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wylies99
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 Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:35 pm Post subject: Seoul Friendship Fair May5-6 with Foreign Food |
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http://www.korea4expats.com/events-in-korea-Seoul-Friendship-Fair-5-6-May-2012-Downtown-Seoul-6127.html
http://www.seoulfriendshipfair.org/
One of the best events in Seoul is coming May 5-6. It will be held at Seoul City Hall. The great foreign food is always the star of the show.
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DESCRIPTION: The year 2012 marks the 17th anniversary of the Seoul Friendship Fair. This year�s festival will be attended by performance teams from sister cities from over 10 different countries as well as teams from foreign embassies, tour agencies, and cultural centers from over 60 countries. A wide spectrum of unique culture events will be taking place, including traditional performances and sampling of cuisine from around the world. Other events include traditional costume shows and an international painting contest for children.
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS:
May 5 (Sat.): folk performances: 14.00~19.00 / opening ceremony: 17.00~17.30
May 6 (Sun.): folk performances: 14.00~18.00
GETTING THERE:
1) City Hall Station (Subway Line 1, 2), Exit 5.
2) Gwanghwamun Station (Subway Line 5), Exit 5.
3) Jonggak Station (Subway Line 1), Exit 5.
4) Euljiro 1-ga Station (Subway Line 2), Exit 1 or 8.
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fosterman
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| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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the event use to be good, when it wasn't about money.
now the food sellers are just after profits! quality has gone way down hill
the past couple years. |
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wylies99
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| We'll see. I would advise everyone to go and see for yourself. I've had fun, in the past, and there will be some great food. |
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shostahoosier
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| This was a fun event last year. They had international liquor too! Not quite Epcot but good enough for Korea. |
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sojusucks
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wylies99
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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The Friendship Fair continues today, Sunday May 6th. I went there with a group of teachers on Saturday. I kept some notes.
Many people were eating kebabs but we were looking for some of the more exotic foods. The Kottu from Sri Lanka was very good, along with the Perkedel Jagung and gorengan from Indonesia. They are at the end, near the Stream, on the opposite side from the South African booth. The South African tent has a 7,000 won sausage on a long roll.
The French booth had some excellent crepes for 4,000. Some were with ham and cheese and others had sausages with onions, but the Nutella crepes for 3,000 were the best. There were British beers and Gavin's bangers for 2,000 but no Gavin. The Peru booth had Papas a la Huanca�na for 3,000.
At the Stream there were tents offring free Korean rice wine and some tents with free makeup, nails, and hair styling. Take a look-see if the food and entertainment bores you. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| The South African sausage was both mediocre and overpriced. Never trying that again. |
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wylies99
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| The South African sausage was both mediocre and overpriced. Never trying that again. |
What was the name of the restaurant selling them in the South African booth?
The Afghanistan booth also had some good food, especially the chicken and vegetables on a stick.
BTW, who was selling the pumpkin bread? We bought some but for forgot who was selling it. Not bad. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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I thought it was a nice crowd on saturday. Not the most amazing food at times (and far too crowded on that food street in the afternoon), but it was a nice time - and good to run into people.
Saw a number of old Dave's posters there. |
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Seoulman69
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 12:45 am Post subject: |
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I went on saturday and sunday and enjoyed myself. Lots of variety of food and beer. Sadly on Sunday a small angry gyopo and his rude girlfriend tried to start trouble with me. This culminated in him telling me to watch myself "in his country" which gave us a good laugh.
Tl;dr good event/douchbag gyopo. |
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radcon
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| Seoulman69 wrote: |
I went on saturday and sunday and enjoyed myself. Lots of variety of food and beer. Sadly on Sunday a small angry gyopo and his rude girlfriend tried to start trouble with me. This culminated in him telling me to watch myself "in his country" which gave us a good laugh.
Tl;dr good event/douchbag gyopo. |
What did you do to this Kyopo guy to make him angry? |
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Seoulman69
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| What did you do to this Kyopo guy to make him angry? |
His girlfriend was pointing and not looking where she was walking. She nearly hit me in the face but I blocked it. When I told her that she nearly hit me in the face she became angry. Her boyfriend came over and got angry as well. He then started spouting his nationalistic nonsense. I walked away.
Two rude idiots who weren't worth my time so I didn't give them it.
How ironic it occurred at a friendship fair.  |
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fosterman
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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I went on Sunday, wasn't that busy compared to Saturday I heard from some of the booth owners.
the food in my opinion was the same as last year but raised in price.
also I noticed a lot of booths missing this year.
the best food, for me the iraq, the Afghan, Sri lanka . but it's always them for me every year, it's the same dudes every year.
didn't really see many new things, the Italian booth was new, was good.
ummmm tried some new beer from vietnam a hanoi beer
the british booth had some beer for 8000 won, so we just sampled it and kept moving, there bangers were tasty though. probably the best there! saw the 7000 won south African sausages, just shook my head and walked past that. it's like the Tiki chicken I paid 5000 won for. the guy gave me like 6 tiny pieces LOL. I understand they are there for the money. but it never use to be that way when the embassy put it on. and actually you know which booths are run by the embassy and which are for profit. the embassy run booths, are cheap and more friendly,.
anyway the number of booths are shrinking every year |
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Seoulman69
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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which booths are run by the embassy and which are for profit. the embassy run booths, are cheap and more friendly,.
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It's funny you should say that. The British stall were run by the embassy and they had the most expensive beer. The beer was excellent though and Gavin's sausages are always delicious. |
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FDNY
Joined: 27 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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I used to go to the Broughton Club. This is the club in the basement of the British Embassy. I used to go for the beer. They had beer you could ONLY get there. Then they banned smoking, upped the prices and correspondingly supermarkets like E-Mart and Lottemart starded selling Kilkenny, Smithwick's and Guinness. Also it only admitted people from 6:00-10:00 on Friday nights. However, the people who went there were much more interesting and mature than the usual crowd of pedantic Yahoos you bump into in Korea.
Back to the point. The British Embassy is now not worth it. |
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