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My wife and I spent about 2 weeks visiting Seoul and Jeju-do island, South Korea. We've been to Seoul many times and visited most of the tourist sites so I didn't take pictures of Seoul other than the food we ate. So I apologize for not having Seoul attraction pictures. But I do have some of Jeju-do island since the last time I visited the island was like 18 years ago. Jeju-do is considered Hawaii of Korea and it's popular destination for Korean honeymoon couples. If you visit South Korea, Jeju-do island is must visit along with Seoul.
1) Pictures from Seoul
This is picture of Seodaemun Prison which is famous prison used during Japanese colonial period to imprison Korean liberation activists. After Japanese colonial period ended in 1945 after Japanese WWII surrender, South Korean government continued to use the prison until it was closed in 1987.
One of the first thing we ate in Seoul was KFC, short for Korean Fried Chicken. Kentucky Fried Chicken might be more well known around the world but Koreans have perfected fried chicken and there are like zillion fried chicken places all over Korea and they all deliver even late at night. Nothing better than chicken and beer. Koreans even have name for pairing fried chicken with beer. They call it Chimaek.
And after long night of drinking, breakfast is normally some type of soup. This case it's soybean sprout soup with some eggs and fruit herbal wine.
Koreans love soups and stew. Beef bone broth soup.
Cod fish and egg soup
Pork blood sausage soup
Spicy pork neck and spine potato stew
Braised pork neck and glass noodles
Korean army stew
Hand knife cut noodles with dumpling
But you can't visit Seoul and not eat famous Korean BBQ. Hanwoo is Korean beef. It doesn't have the insane marbling of Japanese Wagyu but it does have great marbling. Many people prefer Korean Hanwoo over Japanese Wagyu because they say the meat has more beefier flavor with better meat to fat ratio. I love Hanwoo beef and think it's one of the best in the world.
My plate of Hanwoo beef with US Angus bone-in short rib mixed in. Left is Hanwoo ribeye and rib fingers, middle is US Angus bone-in short rib, right is Hanwoo brisket. You can clearly see the difference in marbling between Hanwoo and US Angus beef.
Free BBQ banchan (side dishes)
spicy chili fermented raw crab. This was my favorite side dish. All sides are free as are refill. I asked for refill of the crab.
lump charcoal used to cook Korean BBQ. The lump charcoal in Korea is amazing. I wish we could get the Korean lump charcoal in the US.
Grilling Hanwoo beef
Free service bowl of iced buckwheat noodles at the end of the meal to cleanse the palate.
Premium quality lump charcoal on the right and starter briquettes on the left.
Equipment they use to fast light the lump charcoal
Some pork belly BBQ
Lighter and healthier fare. Grilled pork wrap
Some street food. Steamed pork liver, steamed pork blood sausage, spicy rice and fish cakes, fried blood sausage in spicy sauce, and warm anchovy broth to drink.
And some fresh seafood. The fishes on this sashimi plate were swimming in the fish tank 20 minutes prior.
Some more raw fish, oysters, abalone, sea squirt
Free spicy seafood soup made from leftover fish head and bones. Nothing is wasted.
Fresh raw octopus with sesame seed oil.
Next up: Jeju-do island, South Korea
1) Pictures from Seoul
This is picture of Seodaemun Prison which is famous prison used during Japanese colonial period to imprison Korean liberation activists. After Japanese colonial period ended in 1945 after Japanese WWII surrender, South Korean government continued to use the prison until it was closed in 1987.
One of the first thing we ate in Seoul was KFC, short for Korean Fried Chicken. Kentucky Fried Chicken might be more well known around the world but Koreans have perfected fried chicken and there are like zillion fried chicken places all over Korea and they all deliver even late at night. Nothing better than chicken and beer. Koreans even have name for pairing fried chicken with beer. They call it Chimaek.
And after long night of drinking, breakfast is normally some type of soup. This case it's soybean sprout soup with some eggs and fruit herbal wine.
Koreans love soups and stew. Beef bone broth soup.
Cod fish and egg soup
Pork blood sausage soup
Spicy pork neck and spine potato stew
Braised pork neck and glass noodles
Korean army stew
Hand knife cut noodles with dumpling
But you can't visit Seoul and not eat famous Korean BBQ. Hanwoo is Korean beef. It doesn't have the insane marbling of Japanese Wagyu but it does have great marbling. Many people prefer Korean Hanwoo over Japanese Wagyu because they say the meat has more beefier flavor with better meat to fat ratio. I love Hanwoo beef and think it's one of the best in the world.
My plate of Hanwoo beef with US Angus bone-in short rib mixed in. Left is Hanwoo ribeye and rib fingers, middle is US Angus bone-in short rib, right is Hanwoo brisket. You can clearly see the difference in marbling between Hanwoo and US Angus beef.
Free BBQ banchan (side dishes)
spicy chili fermented raw crab. This was my favorite side dish. All sides are free as are refill. I asked for refill of the crab.
lump charcoal used to cook Korean BBQ. The lump charcoal in Korea is amazing. I wish we could get the Korean lump charcoal in the US.
Grilling Hanwoo beef
Free service bowl of iced buckwheat noodles at the end of the meal to cleanse the palate.
Premium quality lump charcoal on the right and starter briquettes on the left.
Equipment they use to fast light the lump charcoal
Some pork belly BBQ
Lighter and healthier fare. Grilled pork wrap
Some street food. Steamed pork liver, steamed pork blood sausage, spicy rice and fish cakes, fried blood sausage in spicy sauce, and warm anchovy broth to drink.
And some fresh seafood. The fishes on this sashimi plate were swimming in the fish tank 20 minutes prior.
Some more raw fish, oysters, abalone, sea squirt
Free spicy seafood soup made from leftover fish head and bones. Nothing is wasted.
Fresh raw octopus with sesame seed oil.
Next up: Jeju-do island, South Korea
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