It's a must eat place in Seoul. Calguksu is good, but at Myeongdong Gyoja it is amazing. And here we go. The Myeongdong Bibimguksu. Spicy and Delicious. And here come the amazing Gyoja Mandu, spicy kimchi, calguksu, and rice. Close up on Myeongdong Gyoja Bibimguksu. The sauce is amazing, but I think it's the microscopic bits of meat that make it deletectable. The famous Myeongdong Gyoja Calguksu. There are many fakes, but this one is real. Delicious! The kimchi is spicy. It's good to cool down with some noodle!

When it gets hot, I love to eat Konguksu: Chilled Soymilk Noodle Soup. I love the soymilk with the noodles. I love the subtle flavor of the dish for it isn't spicy- which causes you to sweat more- it's the perfect dish to beat the heat. The place I love to go to is over by Hapjeong Station. It's behind the Holt Building. I don't recall the name of it, but I'll have to head over there sometime for I remember they have parboiled potatoes in that dish along with some watermelon. Another safe place to get it is at Myeongdong Gyoja. There they have healthy green noodles. Here's something I wrote on the Kongguksu there a while back: Kongguksu 콩국수: Kongguk is a chilled soy milk noodle soup. Traditionally, it's a refreshingly hearty bowl filled with wheat noodles, soy milk, cucumbers, and ground peanuts. There are variations of this dish. I have had it with watermelon, parboiled potatoes, pear, and various other ingredients. My favorite version can be found at ...

This weekend Seoul is going to have many adoptees coming from all over the world to attend the G'OAL conference at Sogang University. The conference will be tomorrow and I will be giving a presentation about how I became reunited with my taste buds when I returned to Korea. G'OAL, which stands for Global Overseas Adoptee Link, is an organization to help Korean adoptees in Seoul. So...Welcome fellow adoptees. I wanted to give you some recommendations of places you should eat at while you are in Seoul. I am a foodie and I have been running the website www.seouleats.com for a couple years, so there are a few places you should check out. For Seoulites, who've been here for a while, understand that my recommendations are for newbies and not for seasoned Korean foodaholics. **How to use this list: the places are pretty well known or they have English Speaking staff. Most of the times, you can point to the picture and people will lead you in the right direction. Also, you can ...

日本の皆さん、韓国へようこそ。僕のお料理ツアーや食のツアーにたくさんの日本人が参加して、その多くの観光客がおいしい店を僕に尋ねてくる。僕はグルメで、ウエブサイト www.seouleats.com を2年間ほど運営しているから、お食事におすすめのスポットをいくつか知っている。ここで紹介するのは、観光客におすすめのスポットだ。ソウルティーズ(長い間ソウルに住んでいる人々)なら、僕のおすすめが香い韓国料理ホリックのためではなく、初心者のためであることがわかるはずだ。 **このリストの使い方：店が有名である、あるいは、英語を話せるスタッフがいる。ほとんどの場合、現地で写真を見せるとその店の場所を教えてくれる。また、BBB(02-1588-5644)や観光案内協会(02-1330)に電話をして教えてもらうことが可能。 1　Myeongdong Gyoja (명동교자)　ここは、ソウルで一番有名な手切りヌードルのお店だ。近辺にはこのヌードルをまねた店が数えきれないほどある。この店の辛くて赤茶色のキムチは、唇がヒリヒリするほど辛い、でも、客をリピーターにすることに間違いはない。僕のおすすめは、Gyoja(餃子)、 Calguksu (包丁で切ったヌードル)、それから、 Kongguksuだ。 Konguksuは、冷たい豆乳のスープヌードルだ。 www.mdkj.co.kr 02-776-5348
 場所：: Myeongdong Gyoja： Myeongdong 駅出口5番。はじめの交差点を左に曲がり(Woori Bank)、右折する(Who.A.U. Clothing Store)。 2 Jang-o-rang 　淡水うなぎの蒲焼は、夏の韓国の名物だ。特に、焼肉醤油タレやピリッと辛いチリソースであぶったり、さっぱりとお塩であぶったりするとまさに海陸の産んだ傑作だ。Jang-o-rangは、韓国でも最高のうなぎの食事処の一つで、うなぎチップスを味わえる唯一の店でもある。足を運んでもらえれば、きっと僕の言っていることがわかるだろう。この店では、うなぎの蒲焼に舌鼓を打ちつつ、甘いラズベリーワインのbokfunjaをかたむけ、じっくりと堪能してほしい。 場所：出口５番を出て左に曲がり、二つ目の信号を右折。主要道路に沿って歩き、左折して、Hongda...

I haven't uploaded pictures in a while, so I figured I should go ahead and do that. Here are some shots that I've been holding and waiting for the right moment to upload. I'm on day four of the master cleanse(yes, I'm doing it again) so I have been romanticizing about food for the last couple of days. First up, this is a Korean Tuna Sushi place that I went to. The food was pretty and pretty good. Carol insists that Hubble is a cat and a girl, so here is my dog in a sailor dress. I think he's posing Delicious Chocolate from Passion in Hangangjin. Mignon has some tasty salads. Here's a chicken one that I got. Mignon is behind Hamilton Hotel in Itaewon, up the hill from 3 Alley. Zaza's Tea Party. Speaking of which she is having another one on Sunday at the Orange Tree. Anyone want to go? I'm cooking. I'm making Curried Egg Salad Sandwiches, a 7? layered bean dip, and some sort of wrap (I haven't decided) Potato roasted in Soy Sauce...yum. Chef Meili...

By Daniel Gray www.seouleats.com There are things that I miss about American Summer. I miss the jangling sound of "Pop Goes the Weasel" that drive little kids to beg, steal, or borrow change and then sprint towards roving truck dispensing frozen confectioneries. I miss huge cups at the 7-11 that I could fill with a mixture of exotic frozen Slurpee blends like Super Sour Watermelon, Arctic Blash, and Blue Woo-Hoo Vanilla. And I miss big hulking salads topped with the summer's plenty. Even though there are no Slurpees, ice cream trucks, or big salads in this country, there are plenty of other ways to chillax (chill and relax). As the Seoul sun has been heating up these days, I've made it my mission to find foods that fight the heat wave. Here are my top ten suggestions. 10. Kongguksu 콩국수: Kongguk is a chilled soy milk noodle soup. Traditionally, it's a refreshingly hearty bowl filled with wheat noodles, soy milk, cucumbers, and ground peanuts. There are variations o...