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I love food. During my time in Korea, I have been collecting recipes and anecdotes about Korean food. I also have been working on survival techniques for westerners living in Korea.

In this journal are recipes for cooking Korean food in Korea or abroad and recipes for recreating western food with Korean ingredients.

But mostly, it's about enjoying life.

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Christmas Chronicles - Trying to celebrate Christmas in Korea
Drink - Imbibe me
Event - Special events involving special Korean foods
FFF (Food for Foreigners) - Recipes for foreigners living in Korea
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Miscellaneous - Stuff, stuff, and stuff
News - Korean food in the news
Out There - What others are saying
Rest (Restaurant) - An entry about a restaurant in Korea
Street Food - An entry about a street food concept or adventure
Tip - A survival tip for living or visiting Korea
Video - A summary of a video on the site
WTF - A feature on anything unusual that has to be investigated further

Sunday, February 04, 2007

(Rest #9) Burgers at Nashville

Hung out at Nashville with Michael Hurt (Scribblings of the Metropolitician, SeoulGlow) yesterday. It's the oldest restaurant/bar in Itaewon, opening its doors in the basement in 1982 ₁. Now it owns the third and fourth floors and even the roof. The upper levels are drinking areas. The basement is for serious food.

Michael likes the burgers there.

I do too. For one thing, they are not as expensive as the other quality burger joints. They're also slightly smaller. The big kicker is that they cook your meat to your desired temperature.

Those of us who put their culinary lives in their own hands and treat dining as an extreme sport know the pure divinity of a rare hamburger. It's worth the risk to some of us.

I ordered mine medium. It was perfect. I hadn't had a hamburger with intentional pink in it for years. The tenderness. The juiciness. The pure caveman thrill of eating bloody raw meat.

Haw-haw-haw!

The chili is not too bad at Nashville either. It's a little sweet and has ample meat. It reminds me a bit of Wendy's™ chili. It comes with a few slices of processed cheese and some saltines on the side.

Now, I didn't try Nashville's steaks, which are one of their big claims to fame, but I found a secret that makes Nashville worthy of frequent visits: the french fries.

They are perfect. They remind me of the pommes frites I used to eat in Germany. Perfectly crispy. Not a limp one in the bunch. And almost hollow inside. Light and airy. Like eating clouds with crispy coatings.

They even stood their ground after we dumped the bowl of chili on top of them.

After a few beers, I thought I'd try their apple crumble. It comes with either ice cream or custard. I opted for the ice cream.

This is good stuff that reminds me of school cafeteria lunches. Say as you may about school cafeterias. There were some items that were pretty darn good that I haven't had for a long time. The crumble was accented by orange zest, giving it a more grown up flavor.

Nashville's also played action movies on their TV. This makes it not really the place to take a date but to hang out with the guys.

1. (2002) Salmon, Andrew and Jinny. SeoulFoodFinder. Cookand. p. 57

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