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Hearts and Seoul
05/12/10
The title is so original it will earn me writing accolades. But I have the supporting photos, I would have you know.
My little family hols started with as little an incident as would be expected with my mom around-- which is to say that she had a completely unwarranted response to NAIA security personnel; she misunderstood what was said by the hapless man and infliicted on him quite an earful.
Our beloved metropolis, right after taking off, was a picture of... uncontrolled particulate pollution. Lovely, nonetheless.
This reminded me of my favorite football player, i.e.; skies and sole star (squint and there's one smack dab in the top center) and splendor and all that.
And then Incheon International Airport, which is an accomplishment in megalomania and airport planning for dummies. I have no, absolutely no head for directions but I skipped from drop-off point to a walkalator and down flights of escalators, waltzed through immigration, boarded a train to the exit, and hopped on a bus to the hotel. The airport awards are smashingly deserved.
Coat and scarf (and flip flops) weather,
A warm welcome from my home away from home,
And midnight dinner, although the acronym for the resto, Fried Chicken Baengi, called to mind a football club which drubbed (in convincing fashion, yes) Arsenal FC in the Champions League...
Starters were popcorn and pickled radish, which is a blinkingly odd combination, if ever there was one...
Instead, FCB came up with two... One of the chicken platters was as head-scratching... kimchi (surprisingly amazing), a blob of boiled noodles (cold, unseasoned, made me ask "why?"), canned peaches (fancily called "Imperial Peach"), and fried chicken. In the odd pairings charts, that's a combo that can't be beat.
It's hard to go wrong with chicken, almost impossible to go wrong when the same is fried; but FCB got everything right.
We wanted a steaming soup bowl to counter the cold, so the most exotic one on the menu, the gigglingly intriguing "A Fish A Cake" it was. It had sea cucumber, fishcake and rice cake (aaahh, that's why), and shrimp.
The blur of hands only prove the hunger.
Seeing as I get carried away with pretty much everything I write, I have decided to narrow this post down to my Fave Five in Seoul (I was striving for alliteration but unless I change the name of the city...)
5 comments
1. You missed "bacon" on photo 4
2. Did you? (last photo)
Page 3
1. "mythical creature, anger management issues" = Was I with you??
Page 4
1. I'd love to be married in Korea. With all the bright colors and nice weather.
Page 5
1. sweet potato fries = LOVE
2. I dream of those potato tornadoes.
1. You missed "bacon" on photo 4
Yes. And I wonder how I did. It was the most amazing bacon I have ever had the pleasure of breaking fast on.
2. Did you? (last photo)
Of course... Not.
Page 3
1. "mythical creature, anger management issues" = Was I with you??
Nope, but your friend might have been. Haha.
Page 4
1. I'd love to be married in Korea. With all the bright colors and nice weather.
I'll make sure to whisper that in (insert name)'s ear.
Cheonggye-cheon stream is pretty romantic, if I may say so myself.
Page 5
1. sweet potato fries = LOVE
It was makunat daw.
2. I dream of those potato tornadoes.
Dream away. They were really good. But the chicken and leek skewers were the pot of gold in my foodfest rainbow.
1. "mythical creature, anger management issues" = Was I with you??
Nope, but your friend might have been. Haha."
hahahaha... snuffy!
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