02 Mar 2009, Posted by Matt in Food & Drink, Jeju, 12 Comments

Jeju Feature Part 3: The Food Tour

Open for business! Sliced abalone served next to Jeongbang Waterfall, thanks to a local haenyeo (woman diver).

Over the past few weeks, we saw Jeju’s fire festival and climbed South Korea’s highest peak. But now, it’s time to eat!

As a huge volcanic island, it makes sense that there’s a dearth of arable land on Jeju.  But being an island also means that seafood has always been a staple of Jejanese cuisine.  So to start our culinary exploration, let’s start at the beach… but one warning, food on Jeju doesn’t come cheap!

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31 Oct 2008, Posted by Matt in Food & Drink, Historic Korea, Jeju, Jeolla, News, Seoul, Shopping, 1 Comments

Travel News Summary

A vendor at Seoul’s Noryangjin Fish Market (노량진 수산시장) (from Gourmet Magazine).

Seoul Fish Market in Gourmet Magazine
Seoul’s Noryangjin Fish Market (노량진 수산시장) receives rave reviews in October’s edition of Gourmet Magazine. Described as “one of the greatest food spectacles on earth”, writer Jonathan Gold praises the 700 stalls of stingrays, halibut and pickled clams. If you’d like to visit the fish market yourself, arrive early in the morning via Seoul subway line 1′s Norangjin Station.

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