Memories of Hongdae.

Ah, a weekend has passed and no trip to 홍대/Hongdae...not that I go there a lot, but it is a pretty happenin' place for dinner, drinks and dancing. But those days are over....for now...bo-hahahahaha! Seriously, though, this place (Vancouver) is like a ghost town after 5PM (when they roll up the sidewalks for the night).

Here are a few pics of days goneby in places inebriated.


A restaurant names Oink......that says it all.


Mmmmmmmmm..sam-gyup-sal! Gonna miss that. (Actually this is pork cheek...Oink doesn't serve 삼겹살.)


Take a look: grilled pork; gilled pork and gtilled pork all in the same place! What variety!


Bing-su and coffee...may cost as much as the meal (or more!).


Hodge Podge in daylight...a sight I hardly see (morning light is another story).


Luxury Noraebang....always packed and often with a line outside...except right now.


Kamja-tang place...another locale usually seen at 5AM or so.

This was actually the normal progression: meet at 7 or 8 for dinner, head to a hof or club (or two) before going to Hodge Podge and then a Noraebang and topping it off with Kamja-tang--which literally means potato soup would be more aptly named 돼지/dwei-ji (pig) soup because it is made of pig back (tastes much better than it sounds) and a couple of small potatoes. Sometimes we'd be out til 5AM or 6AM (taxi fares are 20% higher from midnight to 4AM and subways open at about 5:30)...of course now I am more likely to be awakened by 1 or 2 kids bouncing on me at 6AM than anything else.

Well, better get to bed...later.