Archive for the ‘Restaurants’ Category

I was starving, and it was late. I was lazy, and I had money to burn. The perfect storm for a delivery pizza craving. So, with help from Eunmi of course, I ordered a pizza. Not just any pizza, I ordered the “18″ Launching!!! Super Large (45cm)” pizza from Jun’s Pizza. I ordered the most [...]

Those of you who read my blog regularly, you have noticed that I periodically put up posts about different restaurants I’ve visited. I don’t cook, an basically out of necessity, I eat out every meal. And just to let you know, there’s no economic benefit in me writing these reviews. If there is one, it’s [...]

Update: Wolfhound in Itaewon has the best burger…
Since my arrival, I’ve had Korean food for just about every meal in Seoul. Since Korean food is so good and so cheap, there’s really no point in eating anything else. I’ve had maybe a dozen burgers while in Korea, most at McDonald’s or Burger King. I also [...]

I really like this picture. The lady taking the Eunmi’s order is Indian I think. Some of the other servers actually look a  Korean, especially since they spoke Korean Eunmi explained to me that they are Nepalese. Nepalese people sometimes look both Asian and Indian. Eunmi is pretty well traveled and has been to both [...]

Bouncer at a night club in Singapore zapping Eunmi with a Swine Flu temperature reading gun. Pump was the name of this bar. They had a pretty good cover band playing.

I was the next victim of the Swine Flu Gun.

Singapore is known for having some of the best chili crab in Singapore.  Jumbo was strongly [...]

You’ve never been to Singapore but you think its clean because you heard about the kid getting caned for spitting out a piece of gum on the ground? You’re absolutely right. I don’t know if there’s no garbage because everyone is so civilized in Singapore, or if everybody is just scared of getting caned. Whatever [...]

The photo above shows the freshest tuna available in Korea being filleted by the best. There’s a great video at the bottom of this post.
Lunch after our hike at Achasan was at a small sushi restaurant. For 19,000 Korean won, or about $7.00 per person US, we had some of the highest quality sashimi (plain [...]

This sign was prominently displayed on the table with all the food. Obviously due to the mad cow disease scare not too long ago……. I like clean and safe meat….
My friend Clayton introduced me to this awesome Korean buffet restaurant in Cheonho, an area

McDonald’s is doing some really strange promoting in Korea. This is at the COEX Mall in Seoul.

I think I know what I’m going to be for

Flair is really, really popular at TGI Friday’s in Korea. It seems like they go


About Kimchi Soup

Kimchi Soup is a blog journal managed by a Korean-American-Jewish adoptee (this is not a joke). Its sole purpose is to document the adventures of the author's return to Korea and to update his family and friends.

The author of this blog journal was adopted form Korea at the age of 6. He was adopted and raised by a Jewish-American family (not a joke). The purpose of his extended return trip to Korea is to learn more about his birth-family history, learn the Korean language, and immerse himself in daily Korean life to fully experience true Korean culture.

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