Quote Originally Posted by OneGuy67 View Post
Hey Ginsue, I'm heading to Korea in two weeks for a planning conference. Anything I should or shouldn't do or try?
I think Seoul has one of the most restaurants per capita/population. They got everything. Here's WSJ.com link.


Seoul Becomes a Foodie Destination - WSJ.com

By HELEN SEUNGHEE YOON

SEOUL—For many years, dining in Seoul was distinguished mainly by mom-and-pop restaurants and a late-hours dining called pojang-macha in outdoor tents—all serving cheap Korean food.

But over the past few years, Seoul has quietly become a city for foodies. Just this spring, Zagat's, the U.S. publisher of survey-based dining guides, produced its first Seoul edition. The variety and sophistication of restaurants has exploded; foodies seeking Spanish tapas, Uzbeki shurpa and even New York-deli style pastrami sandwiches can now find them here. And Korean dishes are being revamped to mirror the broader upgrading.

So while gourmands from outside Asia are still more likely to stop in Tokyo, Hong Kong or Beijing than Seoul, a visitor who hasn't seen the city for a while will be stunned by the options, cuisines and quality that it now has to offer.......

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