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Daily Archives: 12/April/2009
Dinner in Insa-dong
Ventured out to Insa-dong last night to visit a nice little restaurant I discovered last year.
The Youngbin Garden is tucked away down the first alley on the right as you enter Insa-dong from Jong-no.
Pretty much standard fare for a Korean restuarant. I had the pork galbi.
What makes the place different is the set up. They have a nice garden patio surrounded by private dining rooms.
But with the weather as nice as it is, it is much more pleasant to eat under the stars on the patio, like these waeguks at the next table.
Of course, dinner is served with all the traditional side dishes I have come to know and love.
And as a special treat, a nice big bowl of dongdongju (rice wine).
Ah, meat’s on the fire. Can’t you almost taste how good it’s gonna be?
Just about ready for the shears, wrapping in lettuce leaves, and filling that empty place in the gut.
Alas, no more photos as I was too busy consuming that Korean goodness.
Next time you are in Insa-dong, give Youngbin Garden a try. It has the LTG seal of approval.
Please Teach Me English
Another night, another Korean movie. This time it was Please Teach Me English. This film was as sweet as cottoncandy, and just about as nourishing. I tried really hard to like this movie, and it did have it’s moments. But at the end I was disappointed. I just didn’t care about any of the characters. It was hollow, empty, and devoid of charm. About the only thing I found mildly of interest was the Korean take on the whole “I gotta learn English” thing. Everyone in the class had their own reason for being there, but given the choice none of them would have been. I also thought the waeguks (foriegners) were portrayed with all the typical stereotypes on overdrive, which means unsympathetically. Again, I wanted this movie to be better and it could have been as the concept was a good one. Ah well, I will reward its potential by giving it a 3 out of 5.
I also watched Renee Zellweger in New in Town. Bleah. Totally predicatable Hollywood fluff. It failed to even entertain, which to my reckoning is a pretty significant failure in a movie. Cornball to the extreme and a total waste of time. It sucked and was a total waste of time. A solid 1.