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Balwoo Gosang |
Dan
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Balwoo Gosang |
Spicy Galbijjim at Bujagalbi |
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Ippudo Ramen, Japan |
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Ippudo Ramen |
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Ippudo Ramen Japan |
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Ippudo Ramen Japan |
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Ippudo Ramen Japan |
Cappuccino at Aa Design Museum |
Hi Dan,
Stacie, Evan and I (along with new baby Leah) are back in U.S. We wanted to say again what a great time we had on the night time foodie tour.
Thanks,
MarkP.S. Attached is a pic of Evan on the tour as well as a pic with us and Leah.
November 03, 2005 | |
A friend once noted that the only handsome single men she glimpses are in cars, driving away. This is true in a sense. The traffic lanes for single men and women in Korea don’t always merge. For example, you don’t see men and their buddies hanging out in the posh restaurants where women hang out with their girlfriends. And they never go to movies with other men either. I took an informal survey of male friends, and most agreed that they would never do so, even to see a great film. They would rather download it online and watch it at home alone. Okay. So most single men don’t dine at posh restaurants and they watch movies at home. But where do they eat? And why don’t they eat where the women are? While I was searching for a plausible answer, another male friend of mine told me something interesting. He said that most Korean men end up eating at gogitjip, or smoky barbecue-soju joints, because they find it intimidating to go to posh restaurants with male friends. But why? His answer was that going out to nice restaurants without a woman seemed for many Korean men to seriously compromise their masculinity. If you go to a restaurant just for a good meal, and you don’t have a date, you must be desperate. Maybe for men, if it’s not a gogitjip, it smells like a date ― like going to the movies. Go here for the rest : http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2638301 |
Sosun and Jihyun |
Tomato Cheese Tart |
Catherine at from Women and Wine |
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Balsamic Brushetta at TAF |
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Foodie Meetup at TAF with Joe Mcpherson and Sarah Lee |
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Warmed Spinach Dip |
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Pumpkin with curried chicken salad |
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A bit too much love from Zenkimchi |
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Zen Kimchi with his Cannon on his Canon |
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Halmoni Calguksu |
Hyatt Regency Summertime Barbecue |