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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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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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El Plato

23. August 2007

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Last weekend, we went with Reardon to a tapas restaurant, El Plato.  It’s located on the side street across from “Tea Purple” in Hongdae.  Phone #: 02-325-3515.  The sign on the door said, “Taste Amazing Spanish Food.”  We knew not to get our hopes up, but you know what?  The food was DELICIOUS!  The cooks [...]

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Charcoal Fire Dakalbi Restaurant

22. February 2007

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I had a delicious dinner tonight!  Who knew there were so many restaurants in Reardon’s neighborhood? This is the first time I’ve grilled chicken like this in Korea.  Usually at a restaurant, you grill pork or beef.  Chicken doesn’t seem to be a popular grilling meat.  Six chicken thighs were de-boned and marinated in a dakalbi-like [...]

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