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Happy New Year! It's now the year of the Pig here in Asia, which for me means extra helpings of bacon with my breakfast and five days off of work. I spent the break playing tennis, traveling around Seoul and drinking heavily. A few highlights:
My co-workers and I discovered a restaurant called "Carne Station." I'm all the way in Korea, but my extensive knowledge of the Spanish language (I only flunked one Spanish class in college) helped me to decipher that this restaurant would have lots of meat. However, I was not prepared for everything else that would come along with a visit to Carne Station. As you walk in the door, you are charged about $23 US and then sat at a table with a grill in the middle - typical for Korean barbecue restaurants. They have a huge buffet line with all sorts of meats, side items, pastas, soups, kimbabs, breads, rice, sauces and ice cream - an array definitely worth the $23 entrance fee. The food was impressive, but here's the kicker: the fee also includes beverage. They have my favorite Korean beer on tap, Red Rock, as well as a myriad of wine and liquors. I drank way more than $23 worth of booze and believe there is a good chance I ate more than $23 worth of food. I'm pretty sure the maitre'd cringed when she saw me walk in. She was well-aware that they would be losing money on letting me in the door. I will definitely be returning to Carne Station.
On Sunday, Atwood and I got some beers and ordered some archived KU games off ESPN Full Court. We ordered the Nebraska game which had aired only a few hours earlier. Neither of us knew the outcome of the game so it was pretty fun to watch. It made me feel like I was at home. All that was missing was the barbecue, the Boulevard and the bowls. The Hawks beat the Huskers up and down the court like they were playing a middle school team. March Madness, here we come!
I also took this opportunity of some time off to check out the COEX Aquarium in Seoul. It is supposed to be really impressive. The first room of the aquarium made me regret paying to enter. They had fish that looked like the fish you were given in second grade as a party favor from the rich kid when you went to his birthday party. And at the back of the room they had a small terrarium with a chipmunk in it - a fucking chipmunk! The experience did improve, however. There were electric eels, sharks, massive sting rays, large and small lizards, elegant jelly fish, etc. It didn't motivate me to become a marine biologist or anything, but it ended up being a fun way to waste an afternoon.
Again, Happy New Year! I've been preparing some photo essays for some future bloggings. I have been collecting silly English (which is everywhere,) pictures of Korean food and am always on the lookout for other eye candy I think y'all may enjoy. Stay posted...
Love from Seoul
My co-workers and I discovered a restaurant called "Carne Station." I'm all the way in Korea, but my extensive knowledge of the Spanish language (I only flunked one Spanish class in college) helped me to decipher that this restaurant would have lots of meat. However, I was not prepared for everything else that would come along with a visit to Carne Station. As you walk in the door, you are charged about $23 US and then sat at a table with a grill in the middle - typical for Korean barbecue restaurants. They have a huge buffet line with all sorts of meats, side items, pastas, soups, kimbabs, breads, rice, sauces and ice cream - an array definitely worth the $23 entrance fee. The food was impressive, but here's the kicker: the fee also includes beverage. They have my favorite Korean beer on tap, Red Rock, as well as a myriad of wine and liquors. I drank way more than $23 worth of booze and believe there is a good chance I ate more than $23 worth of food. I'm pretty sure the maitre'd cringed when she saw me walk in. She was well-aware that they would be losing money on letting me in the door. I will definitely be returning to Carne Station.
On Sunday, Atwood and I got some beers and ordered some archived KU games off ESPN Full Court. We ordered the Nebraska game which had aired only a few hours earlier. Neither of us knew the outcome of the game so it was pretty fun to watch. It made me feel like I was at home. All that was missing was the barbecue, the Boulevard and the bowls. The Hawks beat the Huskers up and down the court like they were playing a middle school team. March Madness, here we come!
I also took this opportunity of some time off to check out the COEX Aquarium in Seoul. It is supposed to be really impressive. The first room of the aquarium made me regret paying to enter. They had fish that looked like the fish you were given in second grade as a party favor from the rich kid when you went to his birthday party. And at the back of the room they had a small terrarium with a chipmunk in it - a fucking chipmunk! The experience did improve, however. There were electric eels, sharks, massive sting rays, large and small lizards, elegant jelly fish, etc. It didn't motivate me to become a marine biologist or anything, but it ended up being a fun way to waste an afternoon.
Again, Happy New Year! I've been preparing some photo essays for some future bloggings. I have been collecting silly English (which is everywhere,) pictures of Korean food and am always on the lookout for other eye candy I think y'all may enjoy. Stay posted...
Love from Seoul
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