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maximreality
Joined: 24 Jan 2007
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 Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 6:25 am Post subject: Food festival in Itaewon? |
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Is there some international food festival going on in Itaewon? I tried to search information but couldn't find any. Does anyone know any url or something about it?
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 6:30 am Post subject: |
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I was in Itaewon on Saturday and saw the food festival. There were some booths/stalls setup. I'm not sure if its still going on.
I saw maybe 10-12 stands. There was also a stage that you could see from the main street, directly across from the Burger King. Some bands where playing there. |
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Flash Ipanema
Joined: 29 Sep 2006
Location: Seoul
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bangbayed
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 8:38 am Post subject: |
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It's going on until Saturday May 5th. The only site that seems to have any info is the Aussie Shop.
http://www.aussieshopkorea.com/home.html
I knew they were good for something!  |
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maximreality
Joined: 24 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 8:49 am Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot for replies, have to go there before it finishes then. |
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wo buxihuan hanguoren
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Avoid the Aussie Shop stall though - five bucks for a microwaved meat pie that WILL give you diarrhea and indigestion; just because Southern Hemispherean pies are scarce in Korea is no reason to be subjected to that over-priced crap.
There are other stalls to choose from, thank god - I just wish Itaewon would have stuff like this going on each day during the summer - great atmosphere, good crowd, outdoor drinking and dining - the way it should be, dammit! |
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tlr
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:27 am Post subject: |
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| wo buxihuan hanguoren wrote: |
| Avoid the Aussie Shop stall though - five bucks for a microwaved meat pie that WILL give you diarrhea and indigestion |
err ... I beg to differ. The pies are fresh baked in the stall. Did you actually eat a pie and suffer the physical ailments you described? BTW I think $5 is more than reasonable for a hand-made pie. You're looking at $10-15 at other eateries in Itaewon ... |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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| They accept American money in Itaewon? |
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thebum
Joined: 09 Jan 2005
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| two nights ago i biked to itaewon to go shopping and saw a bunch of people eating and roasting a huge pig. looked delicious. |
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regicide
Joined: 01 Sep 2006
Location: United States
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
| They accept American money in Itaewon? |
 I can never figure out why some of my students translate something purchased in Korean won to US dollars rather than express it in the currency used. I have heard; they are helping me because I am not Korean and may not understand the local currency. ( sorry, I get paid in the local currency and buy things with it everyday) But the second one is possible; it is easier to say fifty bucks rather than fifty thousand won, since it is hard to say thousand. In any event , can you imagine doing that back home? Expressing something in other than Canadian dollars or Euros? Translating to the currency of the person ( you think) is used to? |
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| wo buxihuan hanguoren wrote: |
Avoid the Aussie Shop stall though - five bucks for a microwaved meat pie that WILL give you diarrhea and indigestion; just because Southern Hemispherean pies are scarce in Korea is no reason to be subjected to that over-priced crap.
There are other stalls to choose from, thank god - I just wish Itaewon would have stuff like this going on each day during the summer - great atmosphere, good crowd, outdoor drinking and dining - the way it should be, dammit! |
What exactly IS a Southern Hemispherean pie? How is it different from the Northern Hemisphere's meat pies? |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 2:32 am Post subject: |
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wylies99 wrote:
They accept American money in Itaewon?
I can never figure out why some of my students translate something purchased in Korean won to US dollars rather than express it in the currency used. I have heard; they are helping me because I am not Korean and may not understand the local currency. ( sorry, I get paid in the local currency and buy things with it everyday) But the second one is possible; it is easier to say fifty bucks rather than fifty thousand won, since it is hard to say thousand. In any event , can you imagine doing that back home? Expressing something in other than Canadian dollars or Euros? Translating to the currency of the person ( you think) is used to? |
In most of Canada they accept real American money along with that monopoly money they call currency. 
Don't get angry- I kid, I kid. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 4:25 am Post subject: |
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| I didn't eat there, but I walked through the food festival. The food looked pretty good. I would have eaten there, but I wanted to have Mexican food. |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:42 am Post subject: |
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| Seemed like a street party tonight out in front of 3 ally and parts there about. |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 6:04 am Post subject: |
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Itaewon??
Feck. A true representation of an armpit of humanity. |
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