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A month of soondaes: Kimchi
I thought that was it for soondae, until that is I discovered these boys selling out the back of a van by our apartment.
I’d never actually heard of Kimchi Soondae, and half hoped that this was a meatier sausage more like the ones we’re used to in the old country (despite being a nation of pork lovers, Korea is notoriously bad in the sausage stakes.)
When I knuckled down to eat some the stuff however I found it to be a different story altogether. Kimchi Soondae has a firmer texture than the black stuff, due no doubt to having a lot less glass noodles packing it out than the original. They also seem to have thrown some onions in, mixing it up a little consistency-wise and making it resemble uncooked chorizo. This for me, made it a little more palatable.
As for the kimchi component, I found it gave a good spiciness to the sausage without being too in your face, though I did expect a better showing from the garlic (I guess it was busy stinking out the subway somewhere else instead.) I also found the small intestine casing to be a little bit too true to its original form for my tastes, but I’m going to fry it up next time to see how it goes.
As before the soondae came with a bunch of tripe and other bits, of which the steamed liver particularly stood out and to my mind was worth the 3000 won on its own. I’ve never seen it anywhere else and would love to investigate it further.
All in all it was a pretty good tray of body parts, and coming on the same day as a particularly bad pork experience, managed to almost erase the trauma from my mind.
And I reckon I’ll go back for more.
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Kraze Burger Review on A Hamburger Today!
I recently wrote a review of Kraze Burger that the folks at A Hamburger Today were good enough to put on their site. Many thanks to Robyn (the girl who ate everything) for lowering her editorial standards and being so helpful!
Check it out, it's a great site and should be the first stop for every burger lover on the net.
Mother Playing at Lotte Cinema Seomyeon with English Subtitles
The Lotte Cinema in Seomyeon is screening Bong Joon Ho’s “Mother” with English subtitles. Bong is one of Korea’s most celebrated and (at age 39) youngest visionaries. He quickly established himself as a leading light in Korean cinema when he made “Memories of Murder” (2003) a unique take on South Korea’s first serial killer case and the police procedural genre. He later went on to break local box-office records with his hugely successful monster movie, “The Host” (2006). His latest film, about a desperate adjumma determined to prove her son’s innocence after he is accused of murder, premiered just weeks ago at the Cannes film festival where it was generally well-received. Lotte Cinema is offering a rare opportunity for foreigners living in Busan to see a current Korean movie by an internationally well-regarded director in theatres.
Screening Times:
Friday May 29 – 18:40, 23:50
Saturday May 30 – 9:10, 11:45, 14:20, 16:55, 21:50, 24:25
Sunday May 31 – 9:10, 11:45, 14:20, 16:55, 21:50, 24:25
Monday June 1 - 10:30, 13:00, 15:30, 18:00, 23:10
Tuesday June 2 – 10:30, 13:00, 15:30, 18:00, 23:10
Wednesday June 3 – 10:30, 13:00, 15:30, 18:00, 23:10
Lotte Cinema is located on the top floor of the Lotte Department Store in Seomyeon.
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