It’s not very difficult to find “American” restaurants and fast food places here. We have already found a Bennigans, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Baskin-Robbins, Popeyes, and have been informed that McDonalds delivers here (though we have not actually tried it yet). I am not a fan of “fast food” but I have been known to indulge in the Starbucks Grande Mocha every now and then.
We have tried a few of the local restaurants, (other than Korean restaurants). There is a place just around the block I really like, (I think it is called the Fresh Chicken House). We have tried a dish that looks and tastes like orange chicken. There is a salad they serve that is delicious, it’s a shredded cabbage with and apple flavored dressing. The chicken platter is 16,000 won, but it is enough to feed two.
There is also a Kraze Burger right next door. We ate there one night, we both had the “spicy burger”, (8,600 won each). Also pretty reasonably priced and pretty good. (That means a lot coming from me, I do not have a strong affinity for burgers, and was actually craving one yesterday for some strange reason). more…
No it’s not a car, I am not sure I would want to drive here. We finally broke down and got a bike. Josh has been utilizing the car pool, but since we live very close to where he works a bike might be more convenient and healthier.
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My childhood in Flushing, NY would not have been the same without Kissena Park. It was a great escape from the urban life and very close to my house (just a few blocks away). There is a park just across the street from me here in Songdo that reminds me of Kissena Park. It does not have the Bocce ball court with retired Italian men, or the drainage pipe surrounded by a swamp that was great for exploring, or the eutrophic ponds full of frogs, but somehow it reminds me of the park that will always have a special place in my heart.
This park is not to be confused with “Central Park” which is just a few blocks away. Josh and I call it the Zodiac Park. I have no idea what it is actually called, but there are small signs distributed around the park in a circular formation that have a diagram of each of the zodiac signs in English and Korean. The star patterns are actually lighted at night (we have taken a short cut through this park before on our way home from the subway). more…
