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[wylies99]

The Seoul Friendship Fair is taking place today and tomorrow (May 8th and 9th) in Seoul Plaza. We stopped by earlier today. There are booths for many countries set up all around Seoul Plaza and a stage with dancers and music. But keep walking because the highlight is the "World Food Court" with great food from many different nations. Most items are priced below 5,000 won, but expect to pay a total of 20,000 or more if you really want to sample from different booths. My personal favorite was the booth representing England. They are serving "Gavin's Sausages" for 3,000 won each, which is well worth the money. Those sausages are truly great. Gavin himself was there, with a beer, shaking hands and posing for pictures. I didn't know so many Koreans knew about him. If you are looking for Gavin's booth, it's next to the Russian booth and on the opposite side of the wildly popular German booth. The Germans are serving beer, soft pretzels, and sausages and there was a l-o-n-g line when we walked by that area. There's also food from many other countries that are drawing crowds including: Thailand, Mexico, and India.

Located a block away is the Seoul Information Fair with booths from many businesses and government agencies.

The fun continues tonight until 7 pm and Sunday from noon to 7 pm. Everyone should go to these kinds of events and try something new. You never know what you'll like.

[wylies99]

Did anyone else go?

[Slaps]

Went last year, was gonna go again tomorrow just for the food.

[sojusucks]

It was a nice day to be outside and some of the crafts being sold looked beautiful. The best food was at the Thai tent. We had a hard time finding places to sit after we bought food. Good thing we ducked into Starbucks. Did you notice that the McDonalds and Lotteria were full of people? They were just meters from the international food. I just have one question for anyone who was there. What was that free fair trade tent all about?

[re:cursive]

I unexpectedly stumbled across this event yesterday afternoon and was really impressed. The grilled salmon from the Norway tent was some of the best I've tasted in Seoul and at 3,000 won a plate, a really good deal.

I spotted workers from McDonalds and Mr Pizza loitering around the street handing out coupons trying to lure people away from the food tents and into the safety of their establishments. I guess it worked.

[wylies99]

Guess what? I went back on Sunday. The food was that good. There seems to be some spirit of competition between the different countries over who sells the most food. This was my first year attending this Seoul Friendship Fair and I will DEFINITELY go back next year.

[KevinLS]

I went both days and spent the large majority of my time near the food. I tried one of Gavin's sausages (stick, no bun). It was good, but I didn't get the big deal. I lived in London four years and it's not on the list of what I'd think of to represent the UK.

Greece's Chicken Pies (1,500) and Cheese Pies (1,000) were great. Nepal's naan and curry set was amazing. And Argentina's sausages with that herb spice stuff in the middle on a Paris Baguette baguette was way better than Gavin's.

France's crepes were a nice idea, but they used poor ingredients, so it wasn't so great, but I loved the cider and wished I could've got a few bottles. Also liked trying just about every booth that had wine as well as the Greek Ouzo.

I didn't actually visit any of the countries' non-food booths, but was lying out on the grass when they did the closing ceremony. In case anyone is interested, the big climax was the announcement of three awards:

Cleanest booth - Saudi Arabia
Nicest people at the booth - Japan
and
Tastiest food - Afghanistan

[husker16]

Going to this may have been my best experience so far here in Korea and I just randomly stumbled on this too. I like the chicken from Congo and the sausages from the UK the best as far as the food goes. China and Vietnam were my favorite performances on the stage. It was just so cool seeing all the diversity in one place.

[itaewonguy]

steak kebab from congo was nice.. the couscous from tunisia, the ouzo from the greeks.. GOD DAMN!! vietnam beer during the days, some african coffee, lebanon kebabs were the best! the Iraqi tent had interesting nice food, I also tried GAVIN sausage on a stick.. was just a sausage.. I found it more quiet this year than the previous years..
but over all was great..

yeah most Koreans are not that adventerous.. so they stick on the sidelines.. and then head into Mr Pizza or mc donalds.. hahahahaha

[curiousaboutkorea]

[Seoul'n'Corea]

I don't know about anyone here, but there was a really good medical/dental office (Hu's Hu) (Who's Who) advertising international healthcare coverage with English,Chinese and Japanese speaking. Two of the advertisers spoke amazing English!
I went to check them out and it's totally true. They offer reasonable services.

Anyways, they impressed me with their understanding of English and cultural differences.