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어머니가 구워주신 생선구이 translates into something like "Fish grilled by Mom." How charming.
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I always love it when banchan is in pretty plates. Not only does it make them more appetizing, the photos usually turn out better too. And that's just as important, right?
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This dish is 고등어 조림 (Godeungeo Jorim). It's basically braised mackerel.
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Here is the fish grilled by Mom. It's called 갈치구이 (Galchi Gui), just like in the restaurant name.
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This soup was downright tasteless, but oh so pretty in its bowl. It's probably the only thing I ate in Korea that I did not enjoy at all.
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Overall, dinner was enjoyable. Afterward, we immediately set off to find that tea house I mentioned earlier. Right around the corner was this quaint little storefront.
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I ordered a refreshing cup of 모과차 (Mogwacha). It's a traditional Korean tea made using Chinese Quince. At the time, I thought it was papaya. Either way, it was delicious.
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Jieun had the 국화차 (Gukhwa cha), otherwise known as chrysanthemum tea.
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From my seat, I had an interesting vantage point on one of Seoul's uber-modern buildings. If there's one thing I rarely photographed on this trip, it's the modern architecture scattered around the capital. Next time perhaps.
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After tea, we walked back down Insadong-gil and saw some other traditional Korean tea spots.
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We were soon distracted by these loud and crazy men. People seem to view Insadong as fairly touristy and these guys are a great example. It's very entertaining to watch them stretch a single piece of dough into 2 strands. And then 4. Then 8. 16. 32. 64. 128. 256. 512. 1024. 2048. 4096. 8192. 16384. 32768. 65536. It's like a computer scientist's dream.
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Yes, they really do go up to 65536 (and possibly higher). They then wrap these insanely fine dough strands around some chocolate, peanut, or almond filling. I like to compare the look and feel to horse hair. It's impressive considering it was made by hand.
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I had a habit of reading the various Hangul signs I saw as we walked around. This one says "Pa-pa-i-seu" and I got all excited when I deciphered it and figured out it says Popeye's! And then I realized that I could have just read the English sign.
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Fast forward to the penultimate day of our trip. I decided to revisit Insadong to purchase more "horse hair" candy to bring back with me. I came across this man writing some calligraphy for the crowd that had gathered around him.
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Finally, I saw these two pounding away at some dough in spectacular fashion. Always something interesting to see along Insadong-gil.
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