had kimchi and other side dishes. Pickled radish, some other type of radish and green onions. I just had kimchi though. I knew this before, but kimchi is the healthiest food on earth. It has 80% of your daily Vitamin C and carotene and also is high in fiber while being low in calories. The kimchi I had tonight was spicier than the last time I had it, but I am proud to say that I love it. Plus, it can slow cancer growth. You can't say that about America's favorite side dish (I don't know what that would be, but still...). Anyway, my dinner was a whopping 3,500W ($3.50) and the total for the three of us came to 10,000W ($10). I am quickly learning that eating out is far cheaper than making food at home. I am glad to be branching out in the food department and the more I eat out, the more confident I am about going places on my own and trying my Korean skills.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Dinner
Tonight after work Lindsay and Jesse (two of my co-workers, the engaged couple), invited me to dinner with them. We went to a place I go to for kimbap two or three times a week. However, I didn't have kimbap this time. I decided to try mandu kuk. Mandu is a Korean dumpling and kuk means soup. The soup was loaded with mandu, six I think. It was fantastic. The mandu had pork and some other stuff in it and the soup was very light and also had egg in it. It was delicious. I didn't bring my camera, but I found this picture on the internet. Of course we also 
had kimchi and other side dishes. Pickled radish, some other type of radish and green onions. I just had kimchi though. I knew this before, but kimchi is the healthiest food on earth. It has 80% of your daily Vitamin C and carotene and also is high in fiber while being low in calories. The kimchi I had tonight was spicier than the last time I had it, but I am proud to say that I love it. Plus, it can slow cancer growth. You can't say that about America's favorite side dish (I don't know what that would be, but still...). Anyway, my dinner was a whopping 3,500W ($3.50) and the total for the three of us came to 10,000W ($10). I am quickly learning that eating out is far cheaper than making food at home. I am glad to be branching out in the food department and the more I eat out, the more confident I am about going places on my own and trying my Korean skills.
had kimchi and other side dishes. Pickled radish, some other type of radish and green onions. I just had kimchi though. I knew this before, but kimchi is the healthiest food on earth. It has 80% of your daily Vitamin C and carotene and also is high in fiber while being low in calories. The kimchi I had tonight was spicier than the last time I had it, but I am proud to say that I love it. Plus, it can slow cancer growth. You can't say that about America's favorite side dish (I don't know what that would be, but still...). Anyway, my dinner was a whopping 3,500W ($3.50) and the total for the three of us came to 10,000W ($10). I am quickly learning that eating out is far cheaper than making food at home. I am glad to be branching out in the food department and the more I eat out, the more confident I am about going places on my own and trying my Korean skills.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Kimchi and Bank Mishaps
On Saturday I met up with J.T. and we had dinner and went out for drinks. We met some of his co-workers at the bar. I had a good time, I got to see Seoul at night and also venture to another part of town. I left my apartment at 7 and got to Sinchon around 8. Sinchon (pronounced shin chon) is a lot busier than Kangnam and not quite as clean. However, the food was absolutely delicious and I had kimchi for the first time. It was fantastic, in fact, I could have eaten the whole bowl! For dinner, we had what I believe was budae-jjiggae and it too was absolutely fantastic. I also had my first taste of soju and I liked that as well, but that stuff is strong.
Kimchi
Dinner
Later we just went to a couple of bars and I caught a cab home, it was 2am and the subway stops running at about 11:30. It cost me $19 for the cab ride, but I suppose thats not too bad if I don't make a habit of it. I had a lot of fun and that is all that really matters.
Today I made my way to a bank to get some money from the ATM and well, I didn't get any. I'm not sure what I pressed because it was all in Korea. I was intending to take about $100 out and so I pressed the button that said 70, but then no money came out (I hope, I couldn't find any) and the receipt said 700,000W. So I brushed it off thinking no wonder I didn't get any money, I don't have that much in my account. Well, then I tried again, pressed 5 for 50,000W and nothing happened except a receipt. I checked my bank account when I got home and I'm ok, but I figured it might take a few days to post. So I'm really hoping that I accidentally told it to deposit money and I don't have 750,000W sitting at the ATM for someone to steal and my bank account in the red. I'll just have to wait I guess.
EDIT: So I found this on a Korean tourism website...However, as all ATM transactions require an account with a Korean bank, ATMs are not particularly convenient for international travelers except for getting cash advances on a credit card...Cash dispenser machines, called CDs, which only offer cash withdrawal services, can be found in subways, convenience stores, railway stations, bus terminals, and department stores.
Kimchi
DinnerLater we just went to a couple of bars and I caught a cab home, it was 2am and the subway stops running at about 11:30. It cost me $19 for the cab ride, but I suppose thats not too bad if I don't make a habit of it. I had a lot of fun and that is all that really matters.
Today I made my way to a bank to get some money from the ATM and well, I didn't get any. I'm not sure what I pressed because it was all in Korea. I was intending to take about $100 out and so I pressed the button that said 70, but then no money came out (I hope, I couldn't find any) and the receipt said 700,000W. So I brushed it off thinking no wonder I didn't get any money, I don't have that much in my account. Well, then I tried again, pressed 5 for 50,000W and nothing happened except a receipt. I checked my bank account when I got home and I'm ok, but I figured it might take a few days to post. So I'm really hoping that I accidentally told it to deposit money and I don't have 750,000W sitting at the ATM for someone to steal and my bank account in the red. I'll just have to wait I guess.
EDIT: So I found this on a Korean tourism website...However, as all ATM transactions require an account with a Korean bank, ATMs are not particularly convenient for international travelers except for getting cash advances on a credit card...Cash dispenser machines, called CDs, which only offer cash withdrawal services, can be found in subways, convenience stores, railway stations, bus terminals, and department stores.
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