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12 May 2026 / leggypeggy

Barbecue makes for a great start in Korea

Cooking Korean barbecue

The final cooking happens at the table

Earlier today Poor John and I landed in Korea for a 12-day tour visiting some popular highlights. I plan to tell you more but that will depend on internet availability and how busy James, our tour guide, keeps us.

He certainly got us off to a great start with dinner at a small barbecue restaurant that specialises in meat from Jeju, an island south of mainland Korea. What a winner. The meat was delicious and so were all the sides. I tried a Cass beer, no doubt I’ll try a Kelly down the track.

Korean barbecue and the sides

Loads of side salads and sauces really make the barbecue special

It’s a small group—11 tourists and James—with most from Britain. He warned us that tomorrow we can expect to walk 15,000 to 17,000 steps. I need to get to bed.

Of course this means I won’t be around much. I’ll pop in when I can.

Two Korean beers

Cass and Kelly are popular beers

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  1. plumberderrick99 / May 12 2026 11:50 pm
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    Hi Peggy,
    Good to hear you aren’t letting the grass grow under your feet and you are still travelling,
    No tents or camping this time though
    That BBQ looks nothing like the Korean BBQ’s we have in the west (or the UK)
    You will have a lot more freedom in Sth Korea than North Korea
    Looking forward to some pictures of the local people (and not shopping centers)
    Of course you are bound to come up with local recipes 🙂
    Regards to John
    Love Derrick/Anne x

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  2. Phil Huston / May 13 2026 12:56 am
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    Korean Barbecue joints are proliferating like rabbits in the US. That and burned rice, something I’m quite capable of at home🤣

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  3. beetleypete / May 13 2026 2:01 am
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    The food looks great, Peggy. I hope you got that rest, and look forward to more posts when and if you can manage them.

    Best wishes, Pete.

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  4. trE / May 13 2026 3:01 am
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    I bet everything was absolutely delicious! Enjoy the trip!

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