food (installment #1)

Well...Josh is in the other room watching TV I think so I've decided to take this time to update this here blog of mine (good English for an English teacher right?). O_o

Today's entry will be the first of many featuring some of the tasty Korean food I've sampled over the last few months I've been here. Aside from a few things here and there almost all of it has been delicious, and much more nutritious than the standard American fare. If you have a Korean restaurant near you back home, I highly suggest you check it out.

And so we begin with different pics of street vendors (including the korean pancake vendors--as requested), followed by restaurant & take-out food . Yum...

pancake vendor #1

pancake vendor #2

pancake vendor #3

roasted corn vendor

beef & vegetable-topped rice with udon & various side dishes

songpyeong(traditional Korean rice cakes)

whole wheat red bean-stuffed mandu

kimbap

chicken & kimchi fried rice

spicy fish soup

spicy seafood soup

savory rice soup

rice and ginseng-stuffed chicken

Korean rice wine

assorted kimchi & side dishes

kimchi & Korean pancake

sundubu (spicy tofu stew), rice & side dishes

cream cheese-filled pancake

bulgogi, sweet & sour chicken, rice, seaweed soup & side dishes

pork & vegetable mandu & kimchi

potbingsu (Korean snow-cone sundae)

ddeok (rice cake stuffed with sweet red bean paste)

pork cutlet, udon, rice & kimchi

soba (cold buckwheat noodles), sushi & kimchi

hot pot bibimbap & assorted side dishes

busy busy

So I've been out pretty much every night this week with Adam so I haven't had much time to update on here (as usual I know). But hopefully I'll be posting some more pics soon (including that requested pic I took of some Korean pancake vendors in Insadong). Plus, there's soon to be another special post that will show pics of all the various weird "characters" you can find on pretty much every sign and billboard for any kind of business, restaurant, etc. I'm still in the process of taking pics of those, but as soon as I have enough expect another strange post. More Konglish is up and coming as well.

So anyway, Adam should be on a plane on his way back to the states as I type this. I can't believe his time here is over already, it just flew by so fast. In any case I hope he had fun here, and I regret not being able to spend more time with him...but I suppose that can't be helped since I had to work during the daytime. Josh comes in tomorrow night so I'll be leaving straight from school to go pick him up at the airport. It's about an hour away and it takes even longer to get back because of traffic so I probably won't be back home with him until way late tomorrow night. I can't wait to see him though! I just hope more of my friends get to come visit cause I miss all of them so much!