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Korean Tent Restaurant in the Sky with Makgeolli

Makgeolli at Wang Dae Po near Olympic Bridge in Seoul I was trying to make the title of this post sound like a bit like "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," but it has a few extra syllables. On an a magazine assignment I was tipped off about Wang Dae Po (왕대포): the King's Goblet my friend Ben Jackson of Seoul Magazine. The restaurant is styled after a Korean Tent Restaurant, but it is on the 9th and 10th floor of a highrise that overlooks   Gwangjin  Bridge. It brings in the young and the hip and the old and the hip, and the vibe in the restaurant is very optimistic and lively. It's a place that friends to to spend an evening. The fare is nothing too adventurous: there is Kimchi and Tofu, Seafood and Kimchi Pancakes, Live Octopus, etc. They do have a few house specialities such as their very spicy chicken feet(왕대포매운닭발); Seafood, Scorched Rice Spicy Stew (해물짬뽕누릉지탕); and their Blood Sausage Beef Intestine Stir-fry(순대곱장볶음). The food is fine. It's nothing specia...