Arrived @ Daegu City

Daegu City - Departed Seoul on the 10am KTX bullet train and arrived Daegu City about 400km away @ 12pm.    We were zipped off in Mr Do car upon arrival at Daegu to his office.  We had a signing ceremony as this is an important event for both companies.

Tony signing the agreement
Mr Lee signing on behalf of HanaIT
Shaking hands to conclude agreement
After the signing ceremony, we were for a Traditional Korean restaurant.  We had lots of dishes on the table.

This is the Korean Traditional Restaurant

Tony posing for a photo
"My chair has no legs"
Tony's long legs fully stretched out under the table
Korean Pine nut souop
Pine nuts are edible nuts from Pine tree.  In Asia, Korea pine nuts are the most important species for international trade because the Korean Pine tree producces the pine nuts that are large enough to be worth harvesting.

Different types of mushroom in the foreground
that's rice
Korean pancake
Marinated Hong Eo - fermented fish
I wrote about this expensive Korean dish on one of my trips - http://countrytravel.blogspot.com/2010/01/meetings-after-meetings.html

Three slices pork wrapped with Kimchi
Chilli marinated fish with a type of Ginseng
Slices of beef over bean sprouts
Cod fish, Eel and Mussels


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