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The Urban Farmer @ The Nines Hotel

28. July 2009

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The Nines is a luxury hotel in the heart of downtown Portland.  It houses two restaurants – Departure (modern Asian fare) and The Urban Farmer (a modern steakhouse).  As part of Raswan’s last hurrah in Oregon, we had lunch at the Urban Farmer, an atrium restaurant with a seven-story skylight.  Check out this link for [...]

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Star Chef

19. October 2008

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What wonderful things can I say about Star Chef restaurant that hasn’t already been said by FatManSeoul or ZenKimchi?  I wholeheartedly agree with them – the restaurant is fantastic.  Yesterday, I was reading ZenKimchi’s blog and came upon his Star Chef post.  Since the food looked amazing, and we were going to be in the [...]

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Lemonade Ice Cream

14. August 2008

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I’m always on the lookout for new ice cream bars, so this lemonade bar caught my eye.  Luckily, since it’s still summer, it was also half off at the local store.  What a steal for 350 won (~35 cents USD). The flavor was nice, but it was a tad too sweet for me.  It was still [...]

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A Girl’s Day in Seoul

13. July 2008

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I met up with Barbara and Amy at 1:00pm yesterday at the Seoul Museum of Art.  Amy is a docent for the Chun Kyung-ja exhibition, and gives a guided tour in English at 1pm every Saturday and Sunday. Including me, there were seven of us on the tour, which lasted about 20 minutes.   For those [...]

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Hancock Reviewed

2. July 2008

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I went to a pre-screening of Hancock tonight with the Metropolitician, his two Korean friends, and a photography classmate.  The movie opens tomorrow in Korea.  Tickets were confirmed this morning, and I rushed to the subway station after work. When we arrived at the Yongsan CGV to take our seats, everyone had to check in their [...]

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