My first meal in Korea

My first meal in Korea

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October 18th 2011
<<1 NEW PHOTO ADDED!>> I'm staying at my aunt's ("eemoh" in Korean) apartment in YangJaeDong--a suburb in Seoul, Korea. She is an amazing cook. This is the meal she prepared for me upon my arrival from the Incheon International airport. The large stone bowl in the middle is Korean Bean Paste soup. It's our version of Japanese Miso soup. Let's go clockwise, starti ... read more

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more