Elyse Sewell ([info]elysesewell) wrote,
2008-03-08 23:05:00

walkabout

I finally had an entire afternoon and evening free today (had three castings in the morning). Time to click my claws all over Seoul.



Last night, I lurked around watching this girl eat at a tteokbokki stall on the street. Thanks to her, I figured out the method: ask for your tteokbokki by the piece; the stall proprietor will cut it up and give it to you on a plate. Grab as much skewered stuff out of the broth as you want; the proprietor will count up the empty skewers at the end and charge you.


So I was ready to feast this afternoon. Look at the drink I was given: a ladle of hot broth from the reservoir in front of my plate.


If not for you, LJ, I wouldn't've bothered investigating the skewered shit. I thought it was going to be tofu, but it turned out to be fish sausage.


The stall was also selling these sandwiches: fried egg, ham, shredded cabbage, ketchup and mustard.


And on the theme of stalls, here's one I saw later.


No reason. Besides Snoop Doggy Dogg.




I had to walk in three Dunkin Donuts before I solved the mystery of the testicular donut hole. Frickin Cinnamon Chewisty Munchkins were sold out all over town!


I also added this pic to Mc Donald's of the World


Can I take a moment to express my appreciation for my two roommates, Kvetchka and a fine new Canuck that just arrived on Thursday? They're quiet, clean, and respectful. And they don't watch TV and they don't smoke! But now the Canuck's friend, this force of darkness, has swarmed in to await their imminent departure for tha club. This is what she is shrilling to the Canuck as I sit here trying to type my LJ entry. This is an exact quotation: "You should get like white mascara and stuff. Like for you in like the winter and stuff, like you could pull that off." My mellow is harshed.

Update: she just redeemed herself with a story about how she's buying horrendously cheap rum called "Captain Q," and laughing at my Jurassic Park impression. Still wish I was alone in the house though. Fifteen more minutes and I will be!

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[info]daijouboo

March 8 2008, 14:19:34 UTC 4 years ago

That is the coolest slide I have ever seen! I want to live in that building.

[info]miark

March 8 2008, 18:05:31 UTC 4 years ago

imagine getting stuck in that slide. and your building is on fire.

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[info]kinkakinka

March 8 2008, 14:20:16 UTC 4 years ago

Best McDonalds ever!

<3 Canucks.

[info]jonesingjay

March 8 2008, 14:23:50 UTC 4 years ago

i like that you take pictures of food.

[info]elysesewell

March 8 2008, 14:30:45 UTC 4 years ago

I like taking pictures of food.

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[info]lholiday

March 8 2008, 14:23:53 UTC 4 years ago

I'm obsessed with the "Most Unique McDonalds" shows. I want to go to the McCafe'!

[info]workinprogress20s.wordpress.com

March 8 2008, 19:01:57 UTC 4 years ago

I love that one of those pics is from my hometown of Montevideo, Uruguay! I saw on the travel channel the world's most unusual Mc Donald's and i thought of you

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[info]beaniesue

March 8 2008, 14:24:05 UTC 4 years ago

In the third picture, did you try the squiggly looking things on the skewer? What was in the red sauce on the plate? It looks delicious!

Anonymous

March 8 2008, 14:30:34 UTC 4 years ago

D'ok-Bok-Ki

That's D'ok-Bok-Ki (rice cakes) which is made with K'oh-Chu-Chang (the red chilli sauce). Hands down, the best street food ever. Well, maybe next to Pad Thai off the streets of Bangkok.

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[info]tru_my_eyes

March 8 2008, 14:25:35 UTC 4 years ago

I want....

...a colourdy slide out the side of my buildin.....

Anonymous

March 8 2008, 14:27:24 UTC 4 years ago

I (heart) Korea

I'm enjoying reading about your time in Seoul. This entry about food is making me hungry and homesick for my motherland, Korea.

The D'ok-bok-ki is one of my favorite street foods, it's made with anchovy broth, chilli sauce, and rice cakes. YUMMY.

The picture with the donut balls is pretty funny because the Korean text is actually a phonetic spelling of the English phrase. They then translated the phonetic phrase (from Korean) back into English, which explains the crazy phrase (chewisty?).

When are you coming back to HK?

[info]elysesewell

March 8 2008, 14:30:19 UTC 4 years ago

Re: I (heart) Korea

>When are you coming back to HK?

Soon! Six weeks or so.

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[info]one_cup_of_tea

March 8 2008, 14:32:28 UTC 4 years ago

Chewisty Munchkin.

Sounds like a pornstar name.

[info]gemie_pie

March 8 2008, 14:34:45 UTC 4 years ago

did the folks on the subway notice you snapping a picture of them posin for their own camera?

[info]elysesewell

March 8 2008, 14:45:13 UTC 4 years ago

Yes.


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[info]rawrxahh

March 8 2008, 14:34:47 UTC 4 years ago

Hahah you should have totally gone down that slide in the first picture! :D

[info]snoringbeautee

March 8 2008, 14:41:28 UTC 4 years ago

even better

or tried to crawl up it!

[info]margann

March 8 2008, 14:35:03 UTC 4 years ago

just out of curiosity, is the skewered stuff in the picture with the cup of hot broth ...deep fried intestine?

[info]margann

March 8 2008, 15:53:32 UTC 4 years ago

ah nvm answered above

[info]snoringbeautee

March 8 2008, 14:35:48 UTC 4 years ago

?

hey elyse! IDEA

If I sent you one of my shirts or tote bags from my website would you take a picture with it like you do when you take your pictures jumping in the air or eating some once-living oriental treats? I would be excited to have you wearing one of my shirts.

Oh and I sent you a postcard about it when you allowed them, I sent the one with my boyfriends toothbrush in the tiolet

[info]chickitychina

March 8 2008, 14:43:05 UTC 4 years ago

That is one wicked slide.

[info]paparatti

March 8 2008, 14:46:11 UTC 4 years ago

Dear God, those sandwiches look made of win. Do want.

Actually, I have those ingredients here. I'll just go and make one!

[info]earthgazer

March 8 2008, 14:59:11 UTC 4 years ago

yeah! gotta love the fried egg! but mayo would be a nice addition.

[info]johndoe_666

March 8 2008, 14:51:10 UTC 4 years ago

Us Canucks love Elyse too! :)

It was great seeing you on the "Top Models Exposed" recently. As much as Tyra has pretended that the first season didn't exist, it's pretty obvious in ten cycles, Elyse is still the coolest person who has ever been on the show.

[info]earthgazer

March 8 2008, 14:56:55 UTC 4 years ago

i think there are a lot of pretty modelicious girls in the 10th cycle. not quite as entertaining as elyse though.

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[info]earthgazer

March 8 2008, 14:54:34 UTC 4 years ago

love your pics elyse!

oh wow! if we have fire escapes like that, i'd be sliding all my way down everyday, escaping...many times.

as for munchkins, i definitely love bavarian filled! dunno if it's cute to nick it as 'testicle' especially after you bite it and copious yellowish green stuff oozes out. as for korean streetfood...wow, as long as there's no dogmeat there, binge away!

how strategic of you to avoid getting reflected in that train window...and i think kvetchka's name is adorable.

[info]10zlaine

March 8 2008, 14:55:54 UTC 4 years ago

Is that a subway car? Was it as clean as it looks? I love how that pose they are randomly trying to get for themselves actually looks like a photoshoot from your pov.

[info]elysesewell

March 8 2008, 15:43:25 UTC 4 years ago

Yes, it is a subway car, and they are immaculate here. Perfect subway experience.

[info]powkang

March 8 2008, 15:04:01 UTC 4 years ago

in seoul, a friend of mine bought two fried things on a stick, one for her and one for me. turns out it was a corn dog that was fried, then rebattered, dipped in potato chunks, breaded, and then fried again. it was a pretty intense corn dog.

asia wins for street food.

[info]powkang

March 8 2008, 15:06:10 UTC 4 years ago

oh, also, the brothy skewered fish sausage is called "o-deng".

[info]incuvana

March 8 2008, 15:07:27 UTC 4 years ago

i love taking pictures of people taking pictures of themselves

[info]mona_lisa_frown

March 8 2008, 15:08:05 UTC 4 years ago

THAT SLIDE IS AWESOME.
even better to imagine some bad ass sliding down it and tumbling directly onto their motorbike. holy shit

[info]mondegreen

March 8 2008, 15:27:56 UTC 4 years ago

Ahaha, I thought that too! Or a Korean Batman of some sorts. Awesome.

[info]squata_hey

March 8 2008, 15:10:20 UTC 4 years ago

What does the Jurassic Park impression consist of? I imagine you doing a killer Jeff Goldblum, or perhaps the "DINO DNA!!" part.

[info]elysesewell

March 8 2008, 15:31:06 UTC 4 years ago

It was really an impression of a Jurassic Park fan. The Force of Darkness picked up a Jurassic Park DVD off a dresser and goes, "Is this yours, Elyse?" So I was the fangirl who loved the movie and traveled with it. The words "DINO DNA!" WERE part of it!

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[info]enkoded

March 8 2008, 15:14:36 UTC 4 years ago

your blog is great

seriously...i work 12 hour shifts (tech support) and rarely find something as entertaining as your blog out on the intertron. i'm glad to see you have made a career even after ANTM. It sounds like you have a wonderful life! Best of luck to you and if you don't mind, I'm going to add your blog to my preferred list for future perusal.

take care,
amanda

[info]ercuan

March 8 2008, 15:18:00 UTC 4 years ago

Fire escape?

I saw an earlier comment that the slide was a fire escape -- I thought it was some kind of pre-school for danger-loving kids. That is possibly the coolest way ever to flee your burning home.

Incidentally, the morons on ANTM Season 1 who thought you had an eating disorder should take a look at your photos. You are a true foodie!

[info]earthgazer

March 8 2008, 15:30:40 UTC 4 years ago

Re: Fire escape?

i believe that was my comment. i dont think it's a fire escape but it would be very cool to have one like that slide. if it exits to a pool so much the better. :D

[info]ercuan

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[info]sarah_the_crab

March 8 2008, 15:21:50 UTC 4 years ago

Make sure to watch Korean TV and don't forget to check out the Korean boybands. XD

[info]invisibelle

March 8 2008, 23:54:58 UTC 4 years ago

ha, word to that!
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