Category Archives: travel
Chinese food in Korea – Koreanised Chinese Restaurants.
This is the first post in a short series about Chinese food in Korea, what’s available and where to get it. Chinese food in Korea is not what you’d expect. South Korea is so close to mainland China, merely separated by the small issue of the impermeable North, and this physical divide is reflected in [...]
Posted in Chinese food, Seoult and Pepper, South Korea
3 Comments
Hotteok
Hotteok, Myeongdong. They look like squashed hockey pucks bathing in barely bubbling oil, but the people queueing in the cold suggest this pancake tastes better than it looks. And for once, the masses are right. Hotteok, 호떡 (often pronounced hodduck), Korean pancakes filled with a combination of sugar, nuts, seeds and cinnamon are an unlikely [...]
Posted in Korean, Seoul, Seoult and Pepper, South Korea
5 Comments
Yukhoe bibimbap
Raw beef bibimbap at Kwangjang Market.
Posted in Korean, Seoul, Seoult and Pepper
Leave a comment
Tteokmanduguk at Koong, Insa-dong.
Rice cake and dumpling soup.
Posted in Korean, Seoul, Seoult and Pepper, South Korea
2 Comments
Han Ramen at Hakata Bunko v2, Hapjeong
Hakata Bunko, that dingy ramen hole in Sangsu, has a brighter and less popular younger brother. Close to Hapjeong station, this second floor sibling has none of the grime of the original, nor the queues, just amazing ramen. The menus at both outlets are the same: In Ramen, Han Ramen and a Seoul-style ramen made with chicken, [...]
Posted in Hapjeong, Seoul, Seoult and Pepper, South Korea
Leave a comment
