Background: Heuksando is a mountainous island 60 miles off the southwest corner of the Korean peninsula…
Every country has its stereotypical foods. If I say tea or cheese or vodka you won’t have to think very hard to tell me which nation I’m referencing. Kimchi, of course, is the Korean über-food, and its reputed importance in the Korean diet has not been overstated in the…
Jjimdak is steamed on-the-bone chicken combined with hot pepper, garlic, ginger, potatoes, carrots…
Seoul is so big and has so many things to do that it takes a fair bit of planning and ambition to get out of the city. We do want to see more of Korea though, so we set aside a Sunday last month for a day trip to Chuncheon, a city about 40 miles northeast of Seoul. The Chuncheon area is very…
Our first rainy afternoon in Tokyo we decided that a big steaming bowl of ramen would be just the thing to keep us on our feet. We were right. Just look at this. Yum, right?
Kate: On one of our first nights going out to eat in Seoul, we ate at a bimbimbap joint and ordered a random drink off the menu. That drink turned out to be baekseju which is the focus of this week’s Potable Wednesday.
I’ve noticed a pattern on our blog. Descriptions of exciting sightseeing and adventures…
