The husband got a chance to travel to South Korea in a business trip this past week and I was lucky enough to tag along. 

We spent 6 days in Seoul and it was a wonderful experience. I loved their food and here are some photos I took.

Our first meal in Seoul was a great start. I can’t remember the name of the restaurant though. We sat on the floor, shoes off and had an amazing Korean barbecue. 

Incredibly well seasoned meat and good side dishes. 

And Korean beer.

Our second meal was at a Bulgogi Brothers and it was just as good. It started with a sweet potato soup.

Everyone tried different dishes. I believe this was some sort of bulgogi.

And this was an octopus stew.

I had Bulgogi Bibimbap and it was absolutely delicious.

And we also tried Soju.

There are a ton of coffee shops and bakeries in Seoul. I didn’t realize you were not allowed to take pictures until I left this particular Paris Baguette. Ups. Their pastries have a very unique texture and taste that I hope I can reproduce at home someday.

Egg custard?

You’ll find street food everywhere, put I didn’t get to try any. Next time maybe?

But we did try some fresh lemonade in Myeong-dong.

And we finished our trip with a delicious burger from Shake Shack in Dubai airport. If you want to see more pictures of Seoul, you can check my flickr page.

I probably should have posted this two weeks ago, but even if I’m a little late to the party, I think I could not not show you our Christmas Eve table that my mother-in-law put together. We consumed copious amounts of amazing food in great company. I can only imagine a better setting if my sister had spent Christmas Eve with us. 

Here it goes. And check out my mother-in-law’s dinnerware!

Appetizers: olives, melon with prosciutto, shrimp, cheese plate, grapes, bread and cornbread.

Main course: boiled bacalhau (salted and dried codfish).

Side dish: boiled potatoes and boiled Portuguese cabbage.

Desserts: filhoses, rice pudding, serradura (“sawdust” pudding - made with cream, condensed milk and cookies), strawberry semifreddo, bolo-rei and an amazing chocolate and nuts Christmas tree. We finished the night with what we call “grandmother’s coffee” which basically is coffee made by heating coarse grounds and letting the grounds settle.

New Year’s Eve was spent at home in Denmark with good food (just not has good as what we’ve been eating in Portugal) and with a lot of fireworks. The Danes go a little crazy on NYE and everyone seems to go out and launch their own fireworks. 

This was the end of 2012 and I’m looking forward to resuming my regular posts with new recipes. :)