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More on Korea …

Before I head out for Turkey on Wednesday, I figured I’d better finish blogging about my trip to Korea. First, more on Korean BBQ. On Saturday, while I was attending a middle school debate tournament, I ran into a debate professor, Jason, who was able to give me more information on the “gogijip” (Korean for “BBQ joint”) I had gone to on Thursday night. It turns out Jason was the first of the debate ex-pats to discover the place. He thinks the place is called Ung Dom Mal, but he wasn’t certain. What I do know is that the place is near Sungshin Women’s University and a theater district called Hyehwa. My guess, though, is that so long as there are ex-pats teaching debate in Korea, this place will be… Continue reading

Who is the guy with the handlebar mustache!?

Yesterday was a long day that ended included a mystery that I am going to ask the handful of people who are reading this blog to help me solve.  I have a lot of new media to add to this blog, but unfortunately I won’t have time before leaving Korea to upload it.  Hopefully, I’ll have a chance after I get home tomorrow (later today if your on my side of the dateline at the moment).

Yesterday was mostly work, but we did manage to get a little sightseeing in.  Sadly, the day involved no grilled meat.  While the two meals we had were interesting (more on that tomorrow, regardless of which side of the dateline you’re on, as well).  These meals not compare to the grilled meat feast… Continue reading

Korean BBQ

I like to eat grilled meat. Korea is one of the best places to come if you want good grilled meat, particularly if you like sitting at a table where you get to grill it yourself. With the Korean Won having lost about a third of its value at this point, you can feast on Korean BBQ for a very reasonable price. Continue reading