Tonight we ordered sushi and soup delivery for dinner, neither of which was especially good, but they were cheap and convenient and pretty nourishing.  This reminded me of something I particularly appreciate about delivery in Korea.

The food was delivered on real non-disposable plates, in real non-disposable bowls, with real non-disposable spoons (alas, disposable chopsticks) [...]

Apartment Forests

With the huge population and economic boom that has taken place in South Korea over the last 30 years, Koreans have flocked into the cities, abandoning the generations-old family houses and farms in favor of apartments.  With space at such a premium in this growing country– Korea is only slightly bigger than the American [...]

Sleeping in Public

Koreans are notorious for overworking.  Students will commonly go to school to language academies to math academies to private lessons from 7 or 8 a.m. until 10 or 11 p.m. six days a week.  Businessmen routinely work late and then have “meetings” at the local bar with their bosses and co-workers until midnight [...]

Personification of Food

Korean restaurants have the curious habit of advertising their food with little personified pictures. You’ll see pigs in chef hats, a happy chicken holding a platter of… well… chicken, smiling fish flipping a pan, and countless inanimate objects with smiling faces and thumbs-up telling you they’re cute enough to eat.

This chicken is [...]