scenes from seoul

Emilie Westwood

scenes from seoul

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lived for a year in hapjeong, traipsing, fumbling and wandering around with only bits of elementary korean to guide me ; discovering the good and the bad - but mostly the happily trivial everyday - sides of seoul ; all images self-uploaded and owned (c) by me

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scenes from seoul

kyeran bbang, one of my favorite street food pastries :: standard cakey bread with a whole egg baked on top

koreans love scrubbing. i mean, LOVE. this was a tenth of the soap / scrubby / bubbly wash stuff available for purchase. an italy towel, anyone? :: sauna swag

squeaky clean after getting professionally ddae'd for the first time - pricey but worth it :: glowing super exfoliated epidermis

a typical jjimjilbang scene - koreans lying around, wearing towels on their head, and watching a kdrama (this was back in the height of meteor garden)

shikye, the typical jjimjilbang beverage, is a refreshingly sweet, cold, rice drink - drink with buttery roasted squid!

doesn't this look mighty uncomfortable? a special stone bench in one of the many jjimjilbang rooms :: dragon hill spa, march 2011

really, this is the height of luxury - a heated outdoor pool (look at all that steam!) :: dragon hill spa

wintertime! the best season to frequent jjimjilbang's imo :: our multinational class entering dragon hill spa, march 2011

dragon hill spa, seoul's nicest & priciest jjimjilbang (korean bathhouse / sauna, typically open 24 hours) at 12,000 won

one of my favorite food discoveries - how they offer an after-meal fried rice for almost anything :: jjimdak bokkeumbap

restaurant jjimdak - note the thicker, darker, syrupy sauce - and HOW is there still no jjimdak in los angeles? :: andong jjimdak restaurant in front of edae

did you know? typical bathrooms in korea have the shower right in the bathroom with the drain in the ground, no separate stall or anything!

the finished product! :: homestyle medley of potatoes, noodles, carrots & braised chicken :: click through for the andong jjimdak recipe we used

the sauce mixture that makes it :: a ratio of soy sauce to sesame oil to sugar to toasted sesame seeds

one of the best things about being in korea second time around :: cooking class and learning to make jjimdak at the rinnai institute

now that's what i call a noona (the way a male addresses an older female, traditionally older sister) :: cute kids spotted on the way to the market

gooey goodness - don't hate! :: cheese ddeokbokki, available in front of edae

my first (and only?) time eating bbq gopchang (intestines) - and it was good!!! :: thanks prof. shin :: if you must eat innards, go to this authentic & enduring hongdae hole-in-the-wall

a place everyone should visit :: sangsangmadang, meaning imagination playground, is a media mixture space for art, cinema & music :: 5 min dash from home

you can always count on hongdae for cool "graffiti" :: brick heart outside bbang

homemade kimbap gives you so much more filling than store-bought :: fall 2010

clearly this kid is as eager to get at them as i am :: child attacking manoffin

adorable halloween muffins from manoffin :: sinchon station, oct 2010

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