golbaengi muchim (골뱅이 무침)

This is "Conch mixed with vegetables." (골뱅이 무침)
I made it by myself.
In favor with soju (Korean hard drink) drinkers.
The beer (MGD) is substituted for soju, since I prefer beer to soju.

Eric's New York Steak

I found that there is a new steak restaurant near my office.

pepper steak

The name of restaurant is Eric’s New York Steak. They have cheap lunch courses like pepper steak + soup + bread + salad + coffe (or jasmine tea) at the price of 12,000won (about 13USD). Considering the expensive beef price in Korea and other prices in Seoul, the price is quite good. Since I have not been to New York, I don't know about the taste. I just hope that real New York steak is not very different from this.

cream soup

salad

bread

the entrance

Spring of Seoul

Forsythia in front of my office.

Forsythia is one of the most typical spring flowers in Korea. The yellow flowers make us happy to feel the spring has come.

Doesn't the spring of Seoul look delicious? :D

Breakfast at Burger King

Breakfast at Burger King near Yangjae subway station, Seoul.

It is a bacon croissant meal, I remember. There are tens of Burger Kings in Seoul. Not all the Burger Kings are open in the morning. Only a few that are located in downtown serve breakfast.

One strange thing about Burger King in Korea is that they don't have breakfast menu displayed. You can see breakfast menu printed on paper only on your demand. I guess that's because there aren't many folks in Korea who order breakfast meal which is not well-known to Korean compared to the Whopper.

Sindangdong Tteokbokki Town

Tteokbokki in previous post is from Sindangdong, Seoul, where famous tteokbokki town located. It is not far from center of Seoul. Between lots of restaurants, I chose the most famous one - Grandma Ma Bokrim's tteokbokki.

tteokbokki - rice cake stew

Tteokbokki - Rice cake stew.

You might think it's yucky to hear 'cake stew', but a rice cake is not a real cake. It's a small gummy stick made of sticky rice.

Rice cake(tteok) itself is white, and so is the noodle(ramyeon). It is the soup which make the whole red. You also see dumplings, eggs, cabbages and onion.

It tastes sweet and hot. Koreans generally like hot and spicy food.

Usually teenagers (especially girls) like this, and one of the reason is that it's cheap.

Photo below is tteokbokki before it is cooked.