Yummy...BBQ Duck

Seoul - After meetings and after meetings, YJ drop me off the Hotel for freshening up. He later picked me up in his car together with a Park Chun-Han drove for an hour to a remote location that specializes in BBQ Duck. Though this restaurant was remote, there was a constant stream of people flowing in.

We walked to the restaurant reception area to pay up and pick up the cooking utensils, Duck, chopsticks, drinks, vegetables and head towards a sheltered area for cooking. The cooking area was quite make-shift and choose a 'comfortable' area. In 'comfortable', I mean we had to sit on bottle beer crates, and cook in front of the stove ladden with really hot coals. An old man will go round to put the hot coals and clear up the area after guests have finished with their meals. Just one old man to do this stuff.

We poured all the red spicy Duck onto the stove plate and wait for it to be cooked. It was really delicious and hot especially in this cold winter temperature. There was lots of Duck (1/2 duck I was told) and vegetables but the 3 of us, finished the meal without a trace of meat left...Yummy!

Of course, with every good meal you need Soju to go along with it. When we were almost finished, we were so warm that we had to open the door to let the cold winter air in for us. After the finishing our BBQ Duck, we ordered rice to mixed with the left over duck pieces and vegetables - it also taste really good.

This is really Korean style eating and very homey - it was a very special experience.

My 63rd Trip to Seoul

Seoul - Today will be my 63rd trip to Seoul. Manage to catch 3 movies on the flight over to Seoul. Upon arrival the temperature was 10 degree celcius - very cold. After an hour of Limo Bus ride, I arrived at Grand Hilton Seoul Hotel.

Met with my channel partner Bryan Na and Young Jin, and together went to a seafood famous for a particular type of fish - A-Goo. This is a fiery spicy fish dish cooked over a gas stove, so Bryan asked for the dish to be mildly spicy. When the dish arrives, it was boiling red hot - no visible sign of any fish in the soaked sea of spicy chilli. Wah! one dip into the fish and soup - it was very spicy. We were all panting for water...

Fried Silkworm larva

Also tried one of Korea strangest food - Beondaeggi 번댁기, fried silkworm larva, which are a traditional snack. I was told that this is a Korean favourite snack of when in childhood times but lately has been very expensive. After so many trips to Seoul, this was my first time trying this snack - it was an acquired taste. Having the thought of putting fried silkworm in your mouth would turn many away. But the taste gets better after a few rounds of soju and beers...