Browsing the archives for the Food & drink category
The official start of fall is less than a week away, meaning it’s time again for some of the best weather in Korea and its accompanying frenzy of festivals. Here in Gyeongju we can look forward to a few old favorites plus some changes and special events. First off, both vegetarians and Buddhist culture aficionados [...]
If you’ve read any of my restaurant reviews on here on the blog, you’ve probably noticed I don’t bother ratings restaurants with crap like forks, stars, or hearts. I’m a busy guy. I figure if a restaurant’s blasé or bad (and Gyeongju ‘s got its share of those) then it’s not worth writing about. Also, [...]
Although it’s not quite enough to call a trend, a couple vegetarian restaurants have sprung up around Bomun Resort (보문단지) in the last few years which, for a country that generally considers eating meat equal with common sense, is a pretty big deal. Perhaps the frequent media scares over livestock-borne diseases, like mad cow, foot [...]
It’s finally beginning to feel a bit like spring around Gyeongju, which means we’re just days away from that magical season when the cherry trees begin to bud and then blossom. Entire streets in Gyeongju turn into marshmallow wonderlands and romantic couples stroll through flurries of pink petals. I already posted last spring on some [...]
Growing up I never cared much for mushrooms. Like a lot of kids I guess, I found them bland and boring. Then again, this was back in the culinary dark ages of the 80’s when the supermarkets only stocked button mushrooms and nobody had yet uttered the word “foodie.” In the 90’s my tastes changed [...]
View Gyeongju Restaurant Reviews on Gyeongjublog.com in a larger map As I’ve gotten up to 16 restaurant reviews here on the blog, I decided to put up a permanent page listing them all in one place with links. I don’t want to repeat myself too much, but you can check it out here. I’ll be [...]
Few local foods beat the chill of Korean winters quite like samgyetang (삼계탕). If you’ve not had the pleasure, samgyetang is a Korean ginseng chicken stew that’s warm, hearty and filling. The stew is served in individual bowls with an entire chicken (minus the head thankfully) in each. The chicken itself is stuffed with rice, [...]
I apologize for being a bit slack with the restaurant reviews here lately. It’s been long overdue that I post on one of the classic tourist restaurants in Gyeongju: Dosol Maeul (도솔 마을). And, unlike a lot of over-hyped tourist restaurants around here, Dosol Maeul is well deserving of its reputation.
As we’ve been on the topic of tea lately, I figure it’s about time that I post on Ah Sa Ga Tea House (아사가찻집). Ah Sa Ga is in the middle of Gyeongju’s downtown shopping district, on Bonhwang-ro Culture Street (봉황로). It’s been open for almost a decade, though I only discovered it a little [...]
Looking back on my blog I realize that it’s been months since I’ve posted any restaurant reviews. To make up for this oversight, I hope this will be the first in a series of reviews that focus on restaurants both unique and accessible to tourists. To start off with, I have to mention group a [...]
