I am on the way to a restaurant for dinner and what is happening here???
This place is called Myungdong, one of many many downtowns in Seoul.
Some girls are on the stage and ready to do something. Can you guess?
Oh..Yeh…
They started dancing and singing together…
this one looks like some sort of combination of “American Idol”
and “So you think you can dance”.
I walk down the road and see one guy holding up a pink-colored sign that says “I can hug you like a spring breeze”.
I have no idea…what is his intention?
Does he charge people for hugging?
Is it that difficult to get a hug in Korea?
Is he going to hug only girls or guys as well?
I wait a few more minutes to see if anyone comes by and asks for a hug, but nobody…
Every night,this street gets jampacked with street vendors selling food, accessories, clothes, shoes….etc.
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow…..
Fishcake soup[Odeng]and Ddeok boggi [Spicy rice cake pasta] are my all time favorites.
I finally arrive at the restaurant.
“Myungdong Kal-gooksoo” has been in business for nearly 40 years.
As citizens of Seoul, there are places one should know if you do not want to be considered a spy from North Korea.
This restaurant is one of them. I see a signboard written in Japanese.
I guess this place is very well known to Japanese tourists as well.
This is my table and I see a white plastic board standing in the middle. How weired????
I soon realized that this table is a two person table, but meant for two strangers who don’t want to look at each other during dinner.
What a thoughtful hospitality arrangement?
They even made a hole at a bottom so that two strangers can share a sauce
without having to look at each other or say “excuse me..”
While waiting for my dinner to come, I look around the kitchen.
Plates are piled up and some small kimchi dishes are ready to go.
Their menu is very simple…just a few noodle dishes and dumplings.
It smells so good…the smell I am so used to.
It is noodle and dumplings in very thick chicken broth.
They serve it with kimchi and a small bowl of rice.
I want to try a dumpling first. The dumpling dough is so thin that you can see the stuffing through it.
The dumpling is stuffed with pork, Asian chive, and some other ingredients.
The photos is not very clear here because I was so busy eating and it made it very difficult to focus.
Their kimchi is known to be very unique, very saucy and extra spicy.
Actually, the kimchi is as popular as the noodles.
I would love to know how they make their kimchi….they seem to use fresh ground red pepper together with pepper seeds.
This addictive Kimchi is super spicy!!!
My stomach is full and my soul is all spiced up with too much Kimchi I had at the restaurant.
It is 11:00pm now but many people are still hanging out on the street.
My first day in Seoul went very well and I am very excited about Korean food I will venture out tomorrow.
