{"id":209,"date":"2017-10-01T02:44:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T02:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/?p=209"},"modified":"2017-10-03T14:37:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T14:37:30","slug":"street-food-in-seoul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/2017\/10\/01\/street-food-in-seoul\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Food in Seoul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">There&#8217;s only one thing I keep coming back to Korea for\u2014the street food!\u00a0You can never go wrong with the ones found in Myeong-dong\u00a0\uba85\ub3d9.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-211 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7123.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7123-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7123-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7123-819x1024.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Myeong-dong, November 2015<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-75 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7555.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7555-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7555-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Myeong-dong, August 2017<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Myeong-dong<\/em> \uba85\ub3d9 is one of Seoul&#8217;s major shopping and tourism districts. At night, the place comes to life with plenty of street food vendors lined along the streets. With an estimate of over 80 street carts, you will be surprised to find a wide variety of options available\u2014from steaks, lobsters, and scallops to pancakes and egg toast. As soon as we landed, I checked into the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Solaria Nishitetsu Hotel<\/em><\/span>, left my bags, and went straight outside for a food trip.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-83\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7583.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7583.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7583-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7583-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7583-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-229\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7567.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7567.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7567-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7567-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7567-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-81\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7571.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7571.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7571-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7571-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7571-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-80\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7569.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7569.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7569-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7569-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7569-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-79\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7566.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7566.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7566-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7566-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7566-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7587.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7587.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7587-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7587-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7587-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-212\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7199.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7199-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7199-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7199-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-82\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7572.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7572-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7572-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7572-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7564.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7564.jpg 719w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7564-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7564-575x1024.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-77\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7563.jpg 719w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7563-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7563-575x1024.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-84\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7584.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7584.jpg 719w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7584-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7584-575x1024.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-228\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7854.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7854.jpg 750w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7854-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7854-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you find yourselves in the area, make sure to try these out. It can get quite exhausting to walk around Myeong-dong with all the shopping that you&#8217;ll be doing, so look for these street carts and\u00a0take many shopping breaks!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-91 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7625.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7625.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7625-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7625-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7625-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But of course, a trip to South Korea isn&#8217;t complete without Bingsu, so don&#8217;t forget to try this out as well. We had these at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Sulbing Korean Dessert Cafe<\/em><\/span>, one of the popular Bingsu places in Korea.<\/p>\n<p>My 5-day trip to South Korea obviously made me gain weight, but it was worth it and I regret nothing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Modern\/Fusion Restaurant Recommendations in Myeong-dong:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Sicc Dang<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>James Chicago Pizza<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s only one thing I keep coming back to Korea for\u2014the street food!\u00a0You can never go wrong with the ones found in Myeong-dong\u00a0\uba85\ub3d9. &nbsp; Myeong-dong, November 2015 &nbsp; Myeong-dong, August 2017 Myeong-dong \uba85\ub3d9 is one of Seoul&#8217;s major shopping and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8842,"featured_media":76,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[211],"tags":[5752,36,73856],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-asia","tag-food","tag-korea"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p98o8d-3n","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_7557.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8842"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/keishtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}