Drink, Drank, K-Drunk: People watching in Hongdae

Photo by Andre Francisco If you ever meet up with us in Seoul, we will probably be late. But one of the few times we were early was this weekend when we met some people to see a Rock Tigers show in Hongdae. The lure of people watching and lack of open container laws in [...]

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Drink, Drank, K-Drunk: Seoul’s Reaction to Swine Flu

Yes, we have been away for a while. My family visited over Christmas break. We have been working on a new, non-food-centric website. The days are shorter, the nights are longer, and sleep has been a priority. But we are back and to get us back up and rolling here is a silly, little video [...]

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Sinchon has the best bar names in Seoul

Recently we’ve spent two weekends roaming around Sinchon looking for food and LP bars, and we’ve noticed more strange and interesting bar names than anywhere else. At every block another neon sign makes me tilt my head to the side and question how a bar would get that name. Sometimes it might be a mistranslation [...]

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Drink, Drank, K-Drunk: Drinks in a bag, classy or crass?

Nothing says classy like a drink in a bag, but at Vinyl in Hongdae it’s the hot item on the menu. We first read about Vinyl on SeoulEats.com and decided to give it a go. Photo by Andre Francisco We stood in a long line of mostly foreigners all looking at the menu: a half [...]

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Drink, Drank, K-Drunk: Magic Soju

Photo by Anna Waigand Most foreigners don’t particularly like soju. Koreans drink it for any and all occasions and often when even people from Wisconsin would question whether it’s time for a drink. The national liquor just tastes like watered down vodka, but not watered down enough to not burn. So when we heard from [...]

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Drink, Drank, K-Drunk: Drinking out of bowl

Welcome to the first in a new series of alcohol reviews here on Seoulful Adventures. This series will be called Drink, Drank, K-Drunk and it will feature reviews of traditional Korean alcohols, Seoul bars, and imported alcohol that we haven’t seen outside of Korea. This review falls into that first category. Drinking alcohol out of [...]

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