A Korean food trip in Korea

Ever since I started my Japan food tour over 10 years ago, I've been getting this question a lot: “Between Japan and Korea, which is better?” and without hesitation, I’d say, Japan by far. You see, I’ve had two Korean food tours in the past, good but not great, the second better than the first. Both were about five years ago. Plus we have so many Korean restaurants in the country there was not much difference if we were to compare. That was my thought before the trip.

Now this third and recent Korean tour just a few weeks ago simply blew my mind. It was a total 180 degree turn from my past two experiences. Wow! 

When people visit Seoul, they all go to the busy, bustling place of Myeongdong. Our hotel Soria was in the heart of Myeongdong, where all the action happens. As you go to the first floor, boom! You’re right smack in the middle of everything (and safe). This place is a paradise for women shoppers. There was make up or face improvement products everywhere. At night, a stretch of that street a kilometer long is abuzz with peddlers of all manner of street food, as well as fruits, steaks, shawarma, seafood bbq, and more. The big but for our group, though, especially for me, was that the food was so much we hardly had any space for anything extra, except for a few in our group who were still able to squeeze in some street food. Amazing! We arrived in the evening and went straight to dinner. Our dinner was a Korean beef meal, in boiling broth with an assortment of vegetables and green noodles. The beef was very well marbled and the noodles were just different. Texture was great, slippery, smooth, just perfect. But what made it better was a simple sauce which I’m told was made with peanut butter, vinegar, sesame oil, and broth. Simple yet so so good! If this meal was an indication of meals to come, then it was going to be very promising.

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