Seoul Nights These days, I love to go out and just shoot pics with my camera. I am trying to get better with it as well. Here are some night shots that I took while I was out when I spotted a rotisserie pig by a tent. Dan Tent Restaurant Late Nights with Pork Here comes the pig It's still coming. Look at that skin! He's wondering if he could have some pig Here it is again. Wanna Bite?

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...

Sea Bream Sashimi Not being able to find a restaurant is a good sign, that it is where the locals eat. It's also a good sign for they will not be dumbing down their flavors for tourists. I arrived at this restaurant pretty late at night after 2 other rounds of eating, so it's a blur about exactly where it is but I do recall it's near Sindang Station (Line 2, 6) around exit 9 or 10. You come out of the exit and walk up the road and make a right. It's on that street somewhere. I know if I walked back over there, I'd be able to find it- my stomach is a pretty good compass. Anyway, I picked up a flyer for the place but its for a Dakbal (Chicken Feet Restaurant) so it's near by there (02-2237-9906). Even though the location is a blur, the food is not. We started out with some Sea Bream (Domi) Sashimi and I recall how well cut it was. Cutting fish is a skill and those who can do it well, can slice it swiftly enough to keep the meat turgid- not mushy. This woman h...

Korean Omelette Rolls Parking lot by day, tent restaurant by night. Go to Samgeori Pocha in Hongdae. It's good, fun, and cheap. Dan