DID: Looked (in vain) for a rain jacket for Jason/me. Shopping in Seoul is amazing though. Loads of cosmetics shops (which Jason found intriguing because they mostly show pix of men using the products). Crazy juxtaposition of traditional restaurants/tea houses + global chains (Zara, H&M, Gap, etc) + Korean stores with funny names (like “Teeny Weenie” and “Slim Jim”). Lots of ads around for cosmetic surgery – people seem to be very image conscious. No fat people anywhere, everyone nicely dressed. Seems like a lot of people wear uniforms to work. No sign of gfc, lots of shoppers out even at 10pm.
Saw the ‘Nanta’ show, a bit like blue man group but with a cooking theme.
http://nanta.i-pmc.co.kr/en/index.asp
Rhys of course screamed at all the wrong moments in the show and may have even kicked the guy in front of him in the head. We went through an entire back of Singaporean dried beef to try to keep him quiet (much to jason’s chagrin). Gavin was particularly amused by a scene involving a man getting stuck in a trash bin – he was seriously cackling his head off.
ATE: Breakfast from Paris Croissant (delivered to the hotel room by Jason!) Lunch @ Korean soup restaurant in Myeong-dong. I had dumpling soup, Jason had some kind of sliced beef soup, the boys had rice soup. Waitstaff was doting on the boys, Rhys had them in the palm of his hand. Gavin later had a corn dog from a street vendor which had French fries in the batter – weird but of course strangely good. Dinner at a casual bulgogi restaurant (more for the university crowd) – had spicy chicken bulgogi with noodles. Fantastic. A bit too spicy for Gavin but he managed it anyway (it was kind of addicting). Great with beer. Followed by a crazy curly fry on a stick (one continuous very thinly spiraled potato slice about a foot long) and then very VERY tall soft-serve ice creams (which fascinated Jason because the ice cream seemed to not melt as quickly as other ice cream). Saw lots of interesting street food at the market on the way home but sadly we were too full to sample any more!
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