Walked up a different alley on my way home from the subway station the other day, and saw this restaurant:
The name of the restaurant is Pungcheon Jang-eo, or Pungcheon Eel. Pungcheon, literally 'abundant river' (豐川), is the name of a stream in Jeolla Province that is known for its fine-tasting eels. The word for eel literally means 'long fish' (長魚).
Featured on the sign is an eel chef serving up some slices of eel.
Love the way the eel is wearing a little chef's cap on its tail. Now that's kitchen hygiene for you!Waiting for some friends outside the Nakseongdae subway station the other day, I was standing near a small street stall selling fruits and vegetables, and spotted this box:
That's a freckle-faced Asian pear, wearing a traditional Korean farmer's straw hat, holding an Asian pear, and giving the inevitable thumbs-up sign.
The text at the bottom is this character's name: Baedori. Bae is 'Asian pear' and -dori is, I believe, a prototypical hypocoristic ending for boys names. (See, for example, this page on the 1988 Korean Olympic mascot.) So the name is something like "Li'l Pear" or "Peary".
(If he's got a girlfriend, her name would be Baesuni, or "Pearette".)
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