A hearty bowl of Ma La Tang – the ultimate comfort food.

Now that I’m approaching the six-month mark in Korea, Ma La Tang (마라탕) has become a kind of ‘home comfort’ – with no access to a nourishing roast dinner or a traditional Friday night trip to the chippy, this is the closest I’ve had to ‘proper family food’ (sounds like something Jamie Oliver might say?). My favourite food in Korea is healthy, veganish and ironically, not Korean.

Sassy Flea Market in Spontaneous Seoul

The variety of Seoul never ceases to amaze me. Take this morning for instance; whilst I was eating my PB & J, Charlie stumbled upon an Instagram post from a favourite brewery of ours, saying they had a pop-up stall at a ‘flea market’ in the car park of a swanky Gangnam hotel – very Korean.

Beers, Bakeries and Bamboo Massages.

It’s not all fun and games.

Konglish

We’re official aliens, hoorah. We have received our Alien Registration Cards and are fully-fledged foreign teachers in Korea. Contrary to the name, this means we can now explore more of this incredible country and the local delicacies.