Seoul food check

Dolsot bibimbap? Check. Dukbokgi? Check. Kalbi? Check. Bulgogi? Check. Ginseng Chicken? Check. Pajeon? Check. Kimchi? Everyday check. Oyster hot pot? Check. Beef tartare? Check. Sundubu Jigae? Check.
 

SHIT AND REPEAT!

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안녕하세요! (an nyoung ha seh yo)

.. which means, hello. obviously.
Quick thoughts on Seoul, where I’ve been for the last 3 days getting hopelessly lost, eating like a king, shopping like I belong on the forbes list and wearing a fuzzy cap just because I can.
1. Korean is such a foreign language to me I might as well be in Russia. [...]

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Back and not quite so ready to rumble

Nothing like being hauled into your boss’ office and grilled like shish kebab your first day back on numbers you went on holiday to forget. Alas! Not so lucky. So much for easing back into the grind, more like thrown right back into the pummelling machine.
Few things to me are as rejuvenating as a good read, and good English, which I [...]

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Test blogging from the airport

Just wolfed down a delifrance croissant in the airport lounge. Stark reminder of how I used to grab-and-go an exhorbitant pret sandwich at gatwick or stansted before taking easyjet/ryanair somewhere not-london. Looking fwd to concussing on the flight! I got greedy and also bought a chocolate croissant, which I will gleefully tuck into when I [...]

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Bali, and then some

I am a bit too excited for this short jaunt, perhaps even more so than the bride herself – i just want to get away!
I raided my bookshelf last night in search of this book following a surge of unexplainable desire to read some eloquent gore blood and mystery:

But realised much later, after making a huge [...]

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