Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs

I think one of my favourite things about Uijeonbgu so far is it's mixture of Korean restaurants,Western style restaurants, brand name stores, and little family owned stores. . . especially the ones with funny names. When walking around, I have to keep reminding myself to look up because often there are 3 different restaurants or stores stacked on top of one another, each offering something different. And, almost every restaurant, no matter how small, has free wifi!

Neither a chocolate shop or a place to find black men. False advertising! 

Who knew he was a fashion icon?

I want to go in here so badly but am restraining myself so I don't end up spending all of my money on a new wardrobe for Autumn.

We live about two blocks from the main downtown area, so it's very easy to access whatever you want. Until I'm comfortable, I've decided to eat more western style foods when eating on my own and Korean food when out with a friend so that I don't have any surprises. Even though pretty much everything has pictures, Jessica told me sometimes they just sneak things in there. She ordered a cheese pizza once that came with corn on it.

Yesterday I ordered a Gorgonzola pizza thinking it would be sprinkled with blue cheese. Nope - just one dab of blue cheese on each piece. It was hilarious to me, but still delicious! 

My second favourite thing about Korea in general is their focus on health. Each restaurant has a listing of the calories in each dish. People exercise a lot. I'm looking forward to this. Some of the teachers do taekwondo and have asked me to join. I might got to a class to see how it goes . . .
The focus on health makes me laugh sometimes. I went to Mom's Touch to eat recently. It is advertised as a New Orleans style restaurant and has a lot of fried chicken. (I went there because it had a picture of a salad in the window and I find it hard to just eat vegetables here. Usually, it's a small side. Anyways I ordered the salad which came with friend chicken on top.)  Here is what their signage says. (Hint: just because it says it doesn't mean it's true.)

This reminds me of Pierce back home. One time he was trying to tell me that Wendy's is the best fast food because on their sign it says "quality is our recipe." I mean, why would you lie about something like that?

I think the thing I dislike the most is their garbage system. There are no garbage cans or bins, you just put your garbage beside a lamp post and it magically disappears at some point. I think this weekend it got pretty gross because it was a holiday.

I will leave you with this fun fact about me. I have never ordered a steak at a restaurant before. Even when I've been to a steakhouse - I always got the chicken. Well last night I ordered steak because we went to Steak Rave, and it was delicious! It was garlic steak and came with awesome sides. Those fries are so crispy and flavourful!

In a few days I get to move into my apartment .  . . can't wait!

Love,

Alli