Spotlight on Korean Food: Eat like a King!

Written by Kyle about Korea, Republic of. Feelin' excited

When I say eat like a king, I mean literally.  There are numerous restaurants where diners can eat typical king's court food.  With our friend Evan in town and our friend Jinny driving/interpreting, we decided to try out the culinary life of Korean royalty.

Me, Bessie, Evan, and Jiney outside the restaurant

The meal itself was 16 different plates, I think.  (I can't remember...they just kept on coming)  All of them were different and delicious in their own way.  I don't remember what all of them are, but I did caption the ones that I do remember.

It's a little bit like the sweet and sour version of Lucky Charms!


Horseradish flavored jellyfish


Slow cooked pork


Pumpking something


Tofu with yummy-ness on top


Salad with almonds on top


Some sort of cold salad, I think.  The yellow stuff is just dressing.


Salmon salad


Mushroom soup


Meatballs wrapped in rice


Fish cooked in awesome sauce


Rice cakes wrapped in a buckwheat crepe


Desert: Rice soup (left) and a digestive tea

Mmm...it must have been good to be king!

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• December 10, 2009

  Evan

  

  I think the "sweet potato" thing was actually pumpkin, the "I don't remember" was some sort of fish, and the "scallions wrapped in...something" were rice cakes wrapped in a buckwheat crepe. I get so hungry looking at those photos...

• December 10, 2009

  Kyle

  

  Good call. I updated the descriptions based on your memory which is better than mine.
  
  I kind of want to go back there to eat...

• December 10, 2009

  Alex

  

  Oh my! I've been to meals like this...which I actually sort of hate in a way because there is no way to walk away from the table and not be in pain from trying to eat even a little bit of everything. Which isn't to say that I don't keep going back. Oh schadenfreude...what would I do without you?

• December 13, 2009

  Kyle

  

  Can't beat it for a $30 meal. Someday, I'm going to try the $120 set.

• December 16, 2009

  DADDIO

  

  Royal and wonderful! I guess my favorites would be the pork and pumpkin somethings, but the tofu looks super also. Thanks for the pefect photos!!!

• December 17, 2009

  Linda

  

  This restaurant gets an A+ for presentation! Gorgeous photos. However, in my humble opinion, there is no way that you could ever "doll up" jellyfish enough to make it palatable.

• January 23, 2012

  rohizani

  

  very true. I remember on my previous trip to Seoul, we were taken to a restaurant that serves lots of dishes (all I remember is that at the end of the meal...the big sitting table was full with different kind of plates, bowls...saucers...you name it!!!). Anyway, a very good experience...and the food was good too.

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