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.
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