Foreigners in Seoul turn out to be cheap, cheap dates
Sometimes we like to torment ourselves and try to decide whether soju or kimchi is more indispensable at a samgyeopsal spread. Racking your brains over where to take your clients or old school friends to dinner when they fly in to Seoul?
It turns out there's no need to blow your budget (or your company's expense account) on a pricy dinner at Yongsusan.
No, it turns out that just some good old cured pork belly will suffice. In fact, the lower-key options would be preferable, reported Naver news.
According to a city-wide survey of 1,984 foreign visitors to Seoul, 28 percent said their favorite Korean food was samgyeopsal (strips of cured pork belly) while 17 percent preferred kimchi and kimchi-based dishes.
Surprisingly, deokbokki came in third place, with 16 percent of the votes.
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"Defying expectations," (ostensibly of Koreans who think foreigners can't handle certain smells) respondents also said they liked "stinky" foods such as doenjangjjigae and ganjanggyejang (간장계장) as well as street food such as sundae (stuffed intestines) and hoddeok (Korean pancakes).
Where to eat:
Samgyeopsal (삼겹살)
678 Apgujeong branch, Gangnam-gu Sinsa-dong 637-13 (서울 강남구 신사동 637-13), +82 2 540 6678; www.678.co.kr
Kimchi-jjigae (김치찌개)
Jangho Wang Gopchang (장호왕곱창), Jung-gu Soonhwa-dong 6-16 (서울 중구 순화동 6-16); +82 2 756 5070; www.janghoking.co.kr
Ddeokbokki (떡볶이)
Sindangdong Ddeokbokki Town, Jung-gu, Sindang-dong
