Tuesday, March 31, 2015

First Trip to Downtown Seoul

Notice the "Oriental Massage" . . . it's off-limits.

My namesake.

Yep, MEATPACKING . . . it's an all you can eat Korean barbeque place.

I'm not sure why the Maple Tree restaurant is lined with BIRCH trees . . .



Again . . . I'm just not sure.
 
We were then, literally, pulled into a Korean Barbecue restaurant for one of the best eating experiences of my life.
 
 
Bulgogi is the most popular variety of Korean barbecue. Before cooking, the meat is marinated with a mixture of soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, garlic, and pepper. It is traditionally cooked using gridirons or perforated dome griddles that sit on braziers, but pan-cooking has become common as well.

 
It comes with various banchan (side dishes), including green onion salad called Pajori and a fresh vegetable dish including lettuce, cucumbers, and peppers.  A popular way of eating Korean barbecue is to wrap the meat with lettuce and add condiments such as - pajori (spicy scallion salad) and ssamjang (a spicy paste made of doenjang mixed with gochujang).  This was done for us by our waitress, who never left the table and actually PUT THE FOOD into our mouths.  She would not accept "no thank you" as an answer.




 

I think that the animals were highlighted in the décor because they were the "stars" of the meal.


 

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