Porky Goodness
The Koreans definitely take their bbq seriously. There’s a lot of bbq joints around town. We chose two of the more well known ones from the blogsphere. Loco Quan 401 in Hongdae is owned by Running Man’s Haha. Since he…
Korean Showers
Normal showers Korean showers Korean showers in real life
bokchon hanok’s traditional village
It took us awhile to find Bukchon Hanok Village. It’s an area with restored traditional houses which are mostly private homes. Some are guesthouses where tourists can experience how it’s like to live in a traditional Korean home back in…
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.…
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…
Fire Walking Festival at Mt. Takao
Last Sunday, we headed out to Mount Takao to check out the fire walking festival (Hiwatari-sai). We got there just in time to catch the procession of yamabushi monks walking towards the festival grounds. We quickly follow the procession, making…
The Carry On Wardrobe
Before we left Sapporo, we shipped our large suitcase and snowboard bag back to Vancouver. It will take about 2 months for our bags to get to Vancouver. Surprisingly the cost to ship our bags back was a lot less…
Mapo Tofu Times Two
Woke up this morning to a cold and rainy day, so we decided to stay in and get caught up with blog posts. Well, Jojo did all the posts while I caught up on Answer Me 1988 episodes. 😛 Hunger…
getting our onsen on at hoheikyo onsen
Last Monday we decided to check out Hoheikyo onsen. The main attraction for us was the authentic East Indian food served onsite. Yes, we make all decisions with our stomachs. We get our onsen and bus tickets from the info centre…
