Bong Ja-ne (봉자네) is a pretty well known tent restaurant (Pojangmacha) in Ichon. The woman has been in the location for over 4 years but she had a street cart for 15 years. Here is her refrigerator full of fresh meats and seafood. She has regular Korean drinking food fare such as grilled eel, fish cake soup, sundubu, and fried oyster. One spoonful of hot soup goes great with soju. Here is a spicy salad side-dish. Here is some Hoyri-ju (Lee Hyori is the beautiful girl on the bottle.) My favorite are the fried oysters battered in egg. THere are a few pieces of battered pumpkin and peppers here as well. Good food and good friends make for a great meal. A little soju makes me crazy.^^ Here is the chef. 크게 보기 Here is a review in Korean. http://review.nate.com/view/8426033/desc/1 

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...

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