The author would like to again bring you up to speed while his life has finally slowed down. This downtime is a precariously tense truce at best between the enjoyment of life and its many decadent pleasures, not excluding any species of squid, and a real need to rest the writer’s weary bones so that he might feel the desire to resurrect his celebrity here on the internet. The last entry was one of catch-up and this might include that as well. And without further adieu the author will shed the third-person that are his clothes and bare all with the raw honesty that is the body:
So several weeks ago in a country far, far away (from you) I was checking out a food blog I like called www.seouleats.com and noticed that they were having a “meet-up” at a Canadian pub in Sinchon. I emailed the author of the blog and I now had Friday plans that were with people other than coworkers or my college friends. Finally after 3 months my social circle would finally grow! I went to Korean class that Friday and afterwards made my way to Sinchon to find the Seoul Eaters and see what was what and if they had any nachos left because I was famished. Indeed there were nachos left (with jalapeños!) and the owners of the bar are all from Vancouver, so I was like told them I was from Bellingham, scoring me some points: West Coast Best Coast.
The next weekend I found my way to another Seoul Eats meet up at an Uzbek hole-in-the-wall where I had amazing mutton meatballs, mutton filled pastries, and mutton shish kebabs. They also had delicious non-mutton options like spicy shredded carrots, amazing beats, and bread—oh lordy the bread, real bread! All washed down with cheap Russian beers, all Soviet era-named. I liked the dark one, number 8, the best. Number 9 was like soju + beer and just as strong.
Deliciousness continued the following weekend at a place I actually had been before, the Wolfhound, and Irish pub, located in that Mos Eisley of places: Itaewon. We all ordered lots of food and spilt it between us. My favorites were the fish n’ chips and the Irish stew. Yum.
This weekend I treated myself to more curry in Dongdaemun—if there is a god, I think he eats curry. I also had Paraguayan empanadas in Itaewon. Suffice it to say, this country mouse is okay with the big city. Though I do miss the simplicity of Bellingham once in a while—not to mention real tacos…
Plans for the holidays include ice skating at city hall on Christmas, ice fishing for trout on the east coast for New Years, and anything else I can think of.
Photos will be up soon—by my tomorrow night.
Also my friend David, who I have mentioned before of course, made this video and CNN may show it during their New Year’s programming: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-369408
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