A Korean Spread

Ok so i know I have been over here in Korea for a little while now and I think it is time that I said a little something about the food. First of all I find that I almost never cook over here. That is something a little different from back in Australia where I would cook almost every night.

It is not that i can't cook over here. I have a nice, albeit little cramped, kitchen in my apartment. I can find most of the stuff to make a decent meal even though sometimes it takes a bit of running around if I am after specific non-Korean foods. And when i think about it it is not as if I don't have enough time.

But here it is just cheaper and easier to eat out. It isn't all that expensive to eat at home. Most things in the supermarket are as cheap or a little cheaper than at home however to eat out and have a decent meal is just as cheap if not more so.

Example.

This little spread is something that I had a little while ago with my friend after work. What you can see there is some pork that we are cooking on a central hotplate, a spicy tofu and vegetable soup (I like to call it volcano soup because as soon as you eat it your eyes start bleeding due to how hot it is) and a bunch of other side dishes like salads, bean sprouts, kimchi and some other stuff that looking back on I am not sure I can identify. Oh and of course a bottle of Soju to was it all down.

Now the pork was limited but there was more than enough for the two of us to eat our fill. Add to that all the side dishes of which we could get refilled for free and it ended up being a very nice meal. Total cost for two people . . . 20000 won or a bout A$20.

And I've been told that there are lots of places you can get the some for cheaper but i know that place has good food.

And there are heaps of things around like this. I can think of three or four places that I can stop on my way home from my local pub to grab something not too bad to eat.

I can get meat on a stick. Even though it might not sound all that good it can be as yummy as a kebab after a few cold ones. Basically there are heaps of little shops out there that you can go up to and buy s freshly grilled or fried skewer stick heaped with pork or chicken or a few veggies. Topped with any number of yummy sauces. And two of those can make a decent meal. Total cost . . . bout $3.

All in all food here is cheap, tasty, for the most part healthy and easy to get. I think that you would only have an issue if you find yourself on a special diet or are a vegetarian or something like that.

Anyway folks that is all from me for now. I'll have something more soon I'm sure.