Seoul Chicken: the Good the Bad and the Crispy
Chicken type: samgyetang, it’s supposed to be good for you One of the Korean dishes to be had in Seoul is samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup) and the most popular restaurant serving it is Tosokchon, past president has eaten there apparently.…
seoul street art
there’s art scattered all over the city of seoul. from the buildings to the scuptures to the murals painted all over the walls in every neighborhood, there’s a lot to take in and the city looks to be quite supportive…
things that make you go hmmmm…
if i had to sum up my seoul experience in one word, it would be: WHY? as in WHY: do the bathrooms make no sense? pretty standard to have everything in one self contained room except why is the showerhead…
weekly update #7 – tokyo & seoul
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. tokyo (airbnb in shibuya/harajuku), seoul (airbnb in itaewon) q. favourite meal a. our build-your-own-lunch at the tongin market in seoul. for a mere 5000won (~$6 cad), you get 10…
first 24 hours in… seoul
now that we’re finally starting to hop between countries as well as cities, here’s our newest update series that we’re committing ourselves to… our initial impressions for the first 24 hours in a new city/country. this inaugural post is for…
In Search of Pho
Didn’t realize how much pho I have until I was missing it badly after two weeks on the road. I guess I almost have it every week and it’s one of my go to cold rainy soup. I didn’t find…
Kamakura by the Sea
We made a day trip out to Kamakura on the Monday predicted to be sunny. What we didn’t know was that there was a national holiday of some sort and it’s a long weekend. So we crowded onto a packed…
hanging with kakuni & the mini goochis
our first meetup with friends from vancouver! prior to seeing kuni right before i left, we hadn’t seen each other in years. him and the family were in town for a week but thanks to their luggage not making it…
spicy kikanbo tsukemen
the last ramen store we tried was a break from the norm. kikanbo’s calling card is spicy ramen and their bowls have been so popular that they opened up a second shop two doors down solely to specialize in each…
laid back afternoon in shimokitazawa
the last area we explored in tokyo was shimokitazawa aka the hipster factory. i suppose they’re all over the world but the concentration was definitely higher here although more in the mid to late 20 year old range. we both…
