Good day all,
Got some limited net access over here.
One of the civilian contractors took us all out for some Korean BBQ. Since that was one of the things on my check list I jumped at the opportunity.
Our host -
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The setup, uncured pork belly, two types of kimchi (the big one is dikon radish), garlic, a hot bean paste, hot peppers (tasted like serronos), a couople diffent leaves to wrap in, and a marinated onion mix -
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Got the meat on -
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Had to have the booze. In this case soju. Taste more like vodka than saki. Mashi-go chuk-ja -
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The cooked pork -
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The dish in lettuce -
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On another leaf that tasted strongly on anise -
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It was followed by rice and this tofu and shell fish stew. Seems the Koreans cook rice in a stone bowl vs cast iron of the Japanese. This cause a crust to stike to the side. They would pour the soup into the bowl after eating the rice to loosen up this crust. Now a days it is severed after the rice and you save a little of your rice and spoon this over it -
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A couple days later we ave a night off (working the mids) so went out to find some more BBQ. This time we found a place with smoked duck -
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Jim
Looks like fun!
looks like you had some fun
Ive been thinking of getting one of those Butane stoves for outside. There is no way I could sit on the floor for dinner, but I do take my shoes off in the house :) Try and post some more pics of the country too, cool to see other countrys and there ways of life. Thanks
Its funny how a bottle of coca cola shows up everywhere in the world.
Great pics and yes post some more pics
Thanks for sharing.
Always fun to see things in other places.
I remember one time I went to Nebaska . . .
Boy! Those people there are weird.
looks great...have had the Korean BBQ's many times in Seoul and was always enjoyable....actually the only Korean food I really care for....I like the big cloves of garlic..no vampires for a thousand miles....
Thanks for the post. The ban chan looks delicious. I'd murder that grub.
Quote from: classicrockgriller on March 16, 2013, 08:41:27 AM
Thanks for sharing.
Always fun to see things in other places.
I remember one time I went to Nebaska . . .
Boy! Those people there are weird.
;D ;D
Quote from: devo on March 16, 2013, 07:41:29 AM
Its funny how a bottle of coca cola shows up everywhere in the world.
Great pics and yes post some more pics
Defiantly fun, good times & good food as well. Having a little experience with chongqing China. I will venture to say that tall brown bottle (unopened) to the right is the beer. Standard size..... Thanks for sharing.
Nice photos. Some of the foods brings back memories. I spent 13 months in S. Korea (1969 - 1970), and had the opportunities to enjoy S. Korean food, in several small villages. The dishes were mainly rice, kimchee and other vegetable; not much meat.
Looks wonderful! I loved Korea when we were there! Where are you stationed?
Great pics --- Thanks for sharing!
Quote from: SiFumar on March 16, 2013, 05:05:55 PM
Looks wonderful! I loved Korea when we were there! Where are you stationed?
Up north, about a mile or two below the Imjin river; in a small post called Camp Johnson that no longer exist. I can't recall the names of the villages that were around our base. Though we were a tank unit, we mainly were used as foot soldiers. The farther north you get, the different the food is. It is like any other country, different regions have different cuisines; especially the further you get away from the base.
Looks like a good time Jim. Was you feeling nekked without your kilt? ;D I loves me some good kimchee
Got back Sunday morning and have finally started to recover. Very serious lack of sleep.
Here are a few more pics that include some non-food stuff.
The hill that we had to climb several times a day to get to our barracks. Than we were on the 2nd floor. Will not miss that hill-
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We missed peak cherry blossom season by about a week or two. The largest festival in South Korea was to be two weeks after we left -
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Got a chance to do a DMZ tour while I was there. Here is me spying on the North -
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Various shots around the tour including the meeting rooms -
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The 3rd Tunnel -
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The irony of a Buddhist Temple at the DMZ -
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As part of my flag project I brought it with me to the DMZ. Since there are no US flag poles I was able to at least get a shot of it there. Here it is with North Korea's Propaganda Village -
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Jim
Quote from: Drac on March 16, 2013, 06:16:39 AM
The cooked pork -
Since that's in Korea I'd be leery if that was pork or what's left of someone's pet. ;D
Nice pictures. Are they still blasting the propaganda over the loud speakers.
Wow! That brings back memories. The area I was in, there were no trees. We were rotated in and out of the last U.S. GP in the DMZ. Most people don't know that the U.S. only guards about 18 miles of the border, but it is the area that the N. Koreans will launch their invasion.
Quote from: Habanero Smoker on March 26, 2013, 01:46:05 PM
Nice pictures. Are they still blasting the propaganda over the loud speakers.
Wow! That brings back memories. The area I was in, there were no trees. We were rotated in and out of the last U.S. GP in the DMZ. Most people don't know that the U.S. only guards about 18 miles of the border, but it is the area that the N. Koreans will launch their invasion.
Nope, they stopped around '97 The mountains in the picture supposedly are filled with artillery that can reach Seoul. Since 60%+ of South Korea lives there the North can probably kill about a quarter to half of the South's population in a matter of hours if not minutes.
Jim
Thanks for the great pictures.
Quote from: Drac on March 26, 2013, 01:58:12 PM
Quote from: Habanero Smoker on March 26, 2013, 01:46:05 PM
Nice pictures. Are they still blasting the propaganda over the loud speakers.
Wow! That brings back memories. The area I was in, there were no trees. We were rotated in and out of the last U.S. GP in the DMZ. Most people don't know that the U.S. only guards about 18 miles of the border, but it is the area that the N. Koreans will launch their invasion.
Nope, they stopped around '97 The mountains in the picture supposedly are filled with artillery that can reach Seoul. Since 60%+ of South Korea lives there the North can probably kill about a quarter to half of the South's population in a matter of hours if not minutes.
Jim
Thanks for the update. Looking back made me feel young for a moment. When I was there we were told the same. We would only have a few hours to survive.
Thanks again for the pictures. They are beautiful.
Thanks for more Pictures Drac, What was the purpose of your work there?
Great pictures!
Know you had a good time, but I bet it's good to be home.
Thanks for sharing.
Quote from: Keymaster on March 26, 2013, 04:38:34 PM
Thanks for more Pictures Drac, What was the purpose of your work there?
The DMZ was a tour. I was in Korea for my "two weeks a year" reserve duty. Can't go much more into it than that, OPSEC, sorry.
Quote from: Habanero Smoker on March 26, 2013, 02:23:16 PM
Thanks again for the pictures. They are beautiful.
I tried to concentrate on the loveliness of Korea when I took pictures. They have such a bad rep from things like Mash and such that people don't realize how lovely the country can be. Also they are a tough country. Their history is a rough one with the last 100 years being truly oppressing. Granted it helped I was there at probably the best time, missing the freezing cold of winter and the blistering heat of summer :D
Jim
Enjoyed the pictures,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thanks for sharin