By Kozu on June 1, 2010 1:59 PM
Finally, I went to Shin-okubo aka Korean town !
Our Korean staff , Kaku san, started work from this April, took us to Korean town for the first time! (well, for some of us)
Shin-Okubo is walkable from Shinjuku and only 1 station away by JR Yamanote-line, but it totally different from other places.
Korean grocery store, its open till late, has many kinds of korean ingredients, and beverag.
Hangul character is everywhere, and all of these made us to feel we were in Korea! Excited!
Food was great, Samgyeopsal (Thin-sliced pork BBQ), Seafood Jeon (korean style pancake with meat or seafood, vege) , and MIlitary hotpot! (Sausage, toppogi, vege, noodle, meat with spicy soup) and very affordable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soju
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samgyeopsal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeon_(food)
We opened 5 or 6 soju bottles of Soju (Korean Chochu, distilled liquor) and black bean Makgeolli.
If get bored with Japanese food or want to try something new, go Shin-okubo.
You can experience real Korea without plane ticket and hotel booking.
ENJOY KOREA !!
