Day 71: Stuff for Fires

I'm not in the mood for a long entry, so I'm going to post another good restaurant for some of you people out there looking for a good place to dine. This place, Wood & Brick, is also in Gwanghwamun and is right next door to The Place (from yesterday). This place, though, is a bit more pricey but they do have a lovely bakery with delicious sandwiches. The atmosphere is really 'fast past world in the big city' and the food is quite delicious. So for a little bit more money, you can enjoy yourself.

Day 70: Remember that Place We Went To?

One of my favorite places to go, no pun intended, to eat good Italian food, pizza, sometimes brunch, and a very interesting salad bar is The Place. Thus far, I know of two, this particular one in Gwanghwamun. The prices aren't outrageous, given the food quality, but it can ring up to quite a bit given the fact that the salad bar is not so much 'pay and eat as much as you want' as much as it is 'pay by the gram'. So you load your plate up with some salad, various meats, and other yummies, and pay based on the weight of your food. So a place of yummies could cost you upwards to 13 to 15 bucks, plus you need to still pay for your main dish. I usually like to go with a friend, get the salad bar and also a pizza or something else depending on our mood. Of the people that I've brought here, all have commented that this is one of the better places to go for mid-priced food and a nice comfortable atmosphere to solicit positive conversation. Guys and dolls, it's a good thing.

Day 69: In Your Face, Aurthur

I often say to myself: Tim, if you ever had a castle, you'd totally be able to rule the world. Well, I still don't have myself a castle, but I do have a picture of a medieval castle in Korea that serves sausages, beer, and Italian food. This particular one is located in Hongdae, where, if you haven't learned by now, all the freaky things of Korea live (well, here and Itaewon). Every time I pass by it I think of dinner theater and Medieval Times and Tournament. But alas, such a thing does not exist in Korea. If it did, guys and dolls, I'm sure it would be in Hongdae, and I'm sure it would do well for about a month but then fail miserably. Ah yes, the beauty of Hongdae.

Day 68: Christmas in July

Right outside my hair salon I spotted this delightful sign. I thought to myself, if I had one wish, it would definitely be to celebrate Christmas everyday, you know, after wishing for large sums of money, a puppy, and world peace. But then I started thinking about the repercussions of such a wish, and therefore such a cafe. After a while, the holiday cheer turns to holiday denial, which leads to holiday depression, holiday suicidal tendencies, and finally, holiday weight gain. The last thing we need is another way to gain excessive amount of weight, especially when we already have places like McDonald, Taco Bell, Television, Religion, and Kittens. There is this place in Shinchon called 'Santa's Village' which opened last November and originally served hamburgers (because nothing says Merry Christmas quite like dead cow covered in cheese and lettuce), but now they serve various breakfast foods and beer. Guys and dolls, is it just me or has Christmas been corrupted?

Day 67: Fish in a Barrel

Sometimes we make restaurants out of giant European cook books, and sometimes we simply take large barrels, cut a hole in them, and charge high prices for people to eat meat and chicken in them. This is an example of the latter. In Hongdae, in the back alley of a road that is not so mainstream exists this place, a cross between a pirate's den and a Martha Stewart fixer-upper. The food, when I went a while back, was quite good, and the atmosphere was a little more than strange, to say the least. The entire thing looked like a make-shift fort, but still had this air of superiority as if eating in a place with a giant barrel with a hole in it as the front door is somehow above eating in places made out of concrete or brick or adheres to the fire code.