Three for one today, but then again, it was my first evening in Seoul!
I arrived at my posh hotel in the Gangnam district around 7 p.m. local time,
after a comfortable 11-hour flight from Rome during which I was able to sleep
what amounted to an almost normal night. So I was certainly not going to relax
in the hotel. No, I had studies the Lonely Planet guidebook on the plane, and
equipped with a subway map, I set out to find the Kwangjang street
market--quite far from the hotel, but it seemed worth it and I had very much
enjoyed these street markets and the food when I was in Taiwan 2 years ago. So
I hoped to find something similar here.
First, a snap from the subway, of a couple that could just as well have been on
the Barcelona metro:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2944006386&k=k8p2M8g&lb=1&s=O
Then I reached the market and walked around admiring all the amazing foods.
These guys flagged me down and insisted that I sit down and have a few drinks
with them, as well as some uden-type pasta (but shaped as rectangles) in a
delicious spicy broth. The guy on the left was celebrating his 46th birthday.
Their English was extremely basis, and my Korean is non-existent, but we
managed just fine:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2944006642&k=WrkwZmK&lb=1&s=O
After saying goodbye to my newfound friends, I sat down at this lady's stall to
have a kind of pancake stuffed with all manner of goodness and served with some
spice veggies on the side. Together with a large beer, the meal set me back the
grand sum of 7 Euro or so, and I could have had more if I had found more space
in my stomach. The lady was very proud of having appeared in a travel magazine:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2944006854&k=Kw65hNc&lb=1&s=O
A very promising first evening in Seoul.
Cheers,
Nathan
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