| "Passion For Korea" Tour Day 8 (April 12, 2006) Green Tea Kalguksu Lunch |
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| There were no western-style tables and chairs in this restaurant. Most of us sat on the ondol-heated floors to eat. |
| For lunch, we stopped at Seolawon Garden, a restaurant in Boseong, and tried green tea kalguksu (their specialty dish). Kalguksu is thick handmade noodles served in a broth. In Boseong, green tea is added to the noodles making them green in color (similar to green tea ice cream) and giving them a mild green tea flavor. The green tea noodles had irregular shapes, unlike the usual udon-shaped kalguksu noodles found elsewhere. |
| To accommodate those in our group who were unable to sit on the floor, a makeshift western-style table was made by placing one Korean table directly on top another. For seating, another Korean table was used as a bench. Although Korea is a modern country, we ran across several restaurants that lacked western-style tables and chairs. So if you cannot sit on the floor and the restaurant lacks western-style tables and chairs, ask them if they could put together a makeshift western-style table and bench for you as shown above. |
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