Gyeongbokgung

Outside the entrance of the palace

First dinner in Korea

We are so tired from 20 hours of airports and airplanes and a 40 min train ride to Seoul, but we are here.  Checked into the hotel and walked to this little restaurant for dinner.  We all look forward to sleeping in a bed instead of an airplane seat.

Arrived

After 20 hours we are here

Food History Presentations

Those reports on budae jiggae, kimchi, tteokbokki, and samgyetang made my mouth water.  Never tried the Army base stew (or Spam), so might have to seek that out.  What is the rest of the class looking forward to tasting?

Budae Jiggae

Ethnic Food & Culture Celebration

If you visited the ethnic food and culture celebration in Marion Center today - tell us about it.  Taste anything new? Hey, did you notice the Croatian flag in the left-hand corner?  The country of my grandparents!

Food Packaging and Design

Professor Winter gave an interesting talk about food packaging and design that helps us realize our perception of food qualities comes partly from the design of the package - its color, type, and materials.  This was my favorite image - the cute melons that he found in Korean convenience store. I know that I'll pay more attention to the food packaging when we go to Seoul.

Our first Korean meal

At.Sobahn restaurant. Very tasty. And we had a special treat from Erin's mom who sent kimchi and galbi for the class to taste. Yummy - thank you so much for cooking for us - -감사합니다