Retro Oven Pain De Chocolate It was an excellent foodie weekend as I had to quickly do some stories for a couple of writing assignments that I had so I had to stomp all over Seoul to get pictures, do interviews, take notes, and eat. Above, you can see the Pain de Chocolate from Retro Oven over by Gangnam-gu chong Station. It was flaky and delicious and oh, so chocolatey. You can see a picture of Chef Pack below holding up some of his other goodies. I also went to Flora in Hyojadong for some black bean calguksu- it was alright. The highlight of the weekend was steamed shellfish at Gyomokgil! I'll be putting the information on how you can find these places soon- but I have to get back to work for now. Sooo... Where did you eat? How was it? Retro Oven's Chef Pack

This Wednesday Night (after 5pm), Suji's Restaurant is doing a special at all of their restaurants. They will be adding 100 grams (3.5 oz) of pastrami to their already massive 200 grams (7 oz) pastrami sandwich this Wednesday Night. Suji's makes all of their meats and bread in house. This is a New York Deli Sandwich in Seoul, Korea. It's a sandwich so big, that you'll need a fork. Suji's is located at the entrance of Itaewon near Noksopyeong Station. If you are coming from Itaewon Station, walk out exit 4 and walk down past McDonald's. It's on the corner. Disclaimer: The regular price of the sandwich is W15,000 for 200 (7oz) grams of meat. I was invited by Suji's to try their sandwiches. Suji's Restaurant donated product to an orphanage I volunteer at in return for marketing. Dan

Sliced Pepper Pork meat from Chef Meili and Romanian Peasant Bread from Tartine's. There is some dijon mustard and alfalfa sprouts on there as well. Yummmmmmy Happy Eating! Dan

The fries were thin and crisp like McDonalds, but actually tasted like potato. The Burger patty was oh-my-god amazing. The oatmeal and pumpkin seeds on the bun were scrumptious. Worth every penny (or if you are in Korea wonny). 25,000 at the W-Hotel in Seoul.