Dining & Drinks
Places to enjoy food and drinks.
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Dining & Drinks, Korean Travel Itineraries: 52 Weeks of Fun, October in South Korea, September in South Korea, SOS Seasonal Pyeongtaek Guide: Fall
The Best “Basic” Fall Day in Pyeongtaek
It’s almost sweater weather. Grab your best sweater and scarf, then enjoy the most marvelously “basic” fall day in Pyeongtaek! About fall in Korea Fall in Korea is everything you could want for embracing the basic beauty of the season. The skies are never bluer, the weather is perfect for a sweater, the leaves are gorgeous crunchy, and Korea loves fall pumpkin! Every year, I try to have a least one perfectly basic day where I do my favorite basic fall things! Everyone should try it at least once. Read…
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Brewery Visit to Fundamental Brewing
A quick write-up of my recent trip to Fundamental Brewing, a brewery and taproom in Suwon. It’s about a 40-50 minute drive from downtown Pyeongtaek and about the same from Anjeong-ri. Thanks, Pyeongtaek Travelers for letting us at The Pyeongtaek Craft Beer Society share this wonderful treasure of a brewery with your community. About Fundamental Brewing This was my second trip to Fundamental, and boy/girl, was it worth it! As one should do before driving some distance in “the new world” (reference COVID-19), we called to verify Fundamental was open,…
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Delivery and Meal Prep, Dining & Drinks, ESL/EFL Educators Welcome Packet, International Student Welcome Packet, Vegan and Vegetarian
Exploring Nosh Vegan Meal Delivery
(If you just arrived in South Korea, meal delivery services can make life easier. Seriously consider it your first few weeks of work.) Nosh Vegan meal delivery solves many of your meal planning problems. About this Review Nosh recently contacted South of Seoul to see if any of us would be interested in trying some PR Samples. Since I am exhausted, I volunteered to make everyone in my house try Nosh. To be honest, I just needed a break from cooking. Accepting Nosh’s PR samples turned out to be the…
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8 Restaurants to try in Dunpo-ri, Asan
Looking for restaurants in the Dunpo-ri Asan area? The working-class, immigrant town of Dunpo has some delicious restaurants. Put on your adventure shoes and go try some spots in this pocket-sized town. About Dunpo-ri, Asan-si, South Korea Dunpo-myeon is located in northern Asan-si, South Korea, and includes both the tiny town of Dunpo-ri and the larger town of Asan Techno Valley. It is also located near Paengseong Pyeongtaek which is home to the Camp Humphreys US Army Base. Today we are going to look at places to eat in Dunpo-ri.…
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10 Restaurants in Asan Techno Valley to Try
Looking for places to eat in northern Asan near Pyeongtaek? Then, it is time to try these great restaurants in Asan Techno Valley. About Asan Techno Valley Located about 15-20 minutes outside of Pyeongtaek, Asan Techno Valley sits next to many Korean factories and is not far from Camp Humphreys Army Base. Therefore, the small Asan town consists of many apartment tours and a small assortment of businesses serving area residents. Since Asan Techno Valley provides many homes for factory workers and their families, the restaurants focus on comfort foods.…
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The Einspanner Experience
About the einspanner Much like a cappuccino, another favorite of mine, the Einspänner uses whipped cream instead of frothed milk. This classic drink is popular in Austria’s Viennese Cafes. I’d love for a historian and/or Austrian to add more details about when this drink was created. However, for a great list of Viennese Cafe terms, check this site. The einspänner (“one-horse-drawn carriage”) was the preferred coffee drink for coachmen as it allowed them to drive the carriage with one hand and hold their coffee with the other. The firm, lightly whipped…
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20 Fancy Date Nights In or Near Pyeongtaek-si
Looking for a bit of romance? Then, it is time to grab your date and go on an adventure! About Pyeongtaek’s fancy date night locations The concept of the western-style “fancy date” night has begun to slowly spread across South Korea. Since this is a developing concept in rural South Korea, you want to leave space for “fancy” to have different meanings than the west. However, the space might look different. For example, the fancy dinner might not be western food, it might not have wine as an option, it…
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Time to Explore Nearly All of the Sinjeong Lake Cafes in one Blog
Over 20 Sinjeong cafes circle the lake. Here are about 15 we recommend. Sinjeong Lake is a stunning and relaxing lake park in Asan-si.
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5 Restaurants with Poké in Pyeongtaek
Do you love poké? Here are four places to give it a try in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Pyeongtaek has poké! I love that we have a few options for poké in our little city of Pyeongtaek. Sometimes it feels like a dream that I can live in the countryside and this many options for international food options. For a long time, we had no poké, then we had magical poké that lasted for a moment but nobody went, and now the western-style sushi restaurants have caught on to the trend…
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Best, Big Pyeongtaek Area Cafes (Perfect for Monsoon Season)
What is an epic cafe? This is a list of spacious cafes where you will not feel the walls closing in during the rainy season. These are places you can rest AND stretch your legs while escaping your four walls. If you have families, you are going to love these places. Most of these cafes also offer baked goods so you will be caffeinated and fed. Since most are in the countryside, they also offer relatively easy parking. Where are these cafes located? The massive cafes tend to be out…
