A Walk Around Gangnam

This is the Seoul Trade Tower in Gangnam. It has 52 floors.



This is a picture of the restaurant on the 52nd floor. I didn't eat there, I just went up for the view.



It is a nice view looking down to the East at Yeongdongdae Road.




Here's a shot to the North. That's Seoul in the distance across the Han River.




Self Portrait






This is InterPark Building. They're a pretty big Korean company. I'm not sure what all their businesses are, but my friend works for them in their publishing division.






This is Bong Eun Temple across the street from COEX Mall. It was founded in the year 794.






Many Buddhas inside one of the main buildings at Bong Eun Sa






You can see the Seoul Trade Tower and Inter Park Building in the Background.




This is the largest statue of Buddha in Korea according to the brochure I got. This version of Buddha is known as "Buddha of the Future".

My Favorite Dishes:

#1 Shabu-Shabu

This is Shabu-Shabu. It starts as a boiling pot of vegetable broth. Then you add a lot of green onions, mushrooms, mandu, fish balls and field greens. Those cook down quickly, so then you you put in pieces of thinly sliced beef at will. The beef cooks instantly, and I usually dip it in a sauce with soy, minced garlic, diced hot peppers, and wasabi (not pictured). There's also a sweet and hot red pepper sauce (go-chu jang). After you eat the meat and vegetables, you throw hand cut homemade noodles into the remaining broth. Finally someone comes by, pours out the broth and offers to cook two diferent styles of fried rice. We usually go for the jook style, which is more soupy and less spicy than the regular fried rice.

#2 Dalk-Galbi

This is Dalk-Galbi. It contains chicken (dalk), onions, cabbage and red pepper paste. We chose the version with mushrooms that this particular restaurant offers. Like all dishes that are prepared at the table, someone comes by periodically, stirs the food and adjusts the heat.

#3 Kam Jah Tang



This soup is called Kam Jah Tang or Potato Soup. Ironically, it had no potatoes in it. If you order a giant bowl for 3 or 4 people, it will have some potatoes in it, but we opted for 2 single servings.

Random shots

Here's some images from around Seoul last weekend.

Yesterday was Memorial Day, so I went to the National Memorial near Dongjak for about an hour to take pictures before I headed downtown.