Blogs from Myeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

The North kept issuing threats but the South Koreans are unfazed. Those threats have become so regular that life remains normal here despite the newspaper headlines. Shops and night markets remain open, karaoke bars still blaring, glasses clinking as soju (Korean vodka) bottles are emptied, and restaurants and food stalls a-steaming with their specialty dishes! LOSING ONE'S SOUL IN SEOUL? Totally wasted. Completely zonked out. We'd likely never do this again. That is, taking a midnight flight to arrive 4am in Seoul. Good thing Incheon Airport is so welcoming. We stayed, glued to our seats in the airport's Cafe Pascucci , sipping our fav black liquids to start our day. No luck. Our energy level hit rock bottom for lack of sleep. Took a taxi to take us to Nine Tree Hotel in Myeongdong, a good ... read more

The next day I went to eat spicy rice cake at a store a few blocks away from my hotel. Spicy rice cake is the main thing I wanted to eat in Korea. I’ve seen it in many Korean tv shows and drama and I really wanted to eat it. It was indeed very yummy. It was spicy but nothing overwhelming. It is made with cylinder rice sticks with noodles, eggs some cabbage and spring onion. After eating I wanted to eat it everyday. If you are going to Korea I suggest trying spicy rice cake. I just decided just to walk around looking at streets and stores. Just down the streets from where I ate I found a store called ABC MART. It was a big shoe shop. There was everything from Nike to Vans. ... read more