On my culinary tour I was not the only one to enjoy fine, elegant and delicious meals.  Here you can see a GIANT PILE OF HUGE BUNNIES EATING THINGS.

I think you’ll enjoy it.

P.S.

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The first course.

Peanuts and red wine followed by…

A tasty duo.

Pro Starcraft championship and pasta.

HELL YES.

I could already tell this was going to be a good trip.

Dear Readers,

It’s been some time since you’re heard from me in an adventure capacity.  I think it’s time to change that.

Just about two months ago we got an amazing opportunity – head to South Korea and experience (and share) a whole new side of  it.  The side that involves tasty intricate food and nearly endless culinary adventures.

Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing my story of a six day period over Thanksgiving where I was shown some of the most delicious/interesting food and venues we have experienced anywhere.   Some of the food was on fire (flaming chestnuts), some was ridiculous (crabs dancing under the moonlight), and some was just incredible (the salad of four seasons).

In true Jet Set Zero spirit I flew out of NYC the same morning North Korea attacked, and then while there managed to meet up with a whole cast of our old friends and even end up partying with an up and coming Brooklyn based rap group.   For a trip about food it really managed to provide quite a lot of entertainment.

Get ready for a fresh set of stories.  This is going to be fun.

-Brian

Disclaimer:  The KTO (Korean Tourism Organization) covered the flight and accommodation for this trip.  They were all awesome and pleasure to work with.

On Sunday I stumbled upon this Buddhist temple that’s literally carved into the side of a mountain. There’s a metal stair case that leads up to the entrance now a days, but I’m still trying to figure out how they initially built it there. This is just one of many reasons why I’m going to miss South Korea. Hmmmmmm…….I wonder how much Kimchi they’ll let me check in my luggage?

It’s official. I can now add international voice actor to my resume now. What a great gig! The job was for an ESL app and it paid pretty well for the 45 minutes worth of “work” that I put into it. I was really nervous at first, but by the end I was having quite a bit of fun and thinking about how cool it would be if this was my full-time job. If I do wind up coming back to Korea, voice acting will be the first thing that I look into doing. Worst come to worst it’ll at least make me better at karaoke. Inching my way closer and closer to Thailand!

In honor of the recent release of Starcraft 2 which I may or may not have excitedly preordered months ago, we went into the archives and dug up some long lost (and awesome) footage from our season in Seoul and this interview with the world’s premiere pro-gamer.

In Korea Starcraft is like baseball in America.  A huge audience , multiple professional leagues, and most everyone has or does play it.  Its just part of the culture.  We were lucky enough not only to see a couple professional matches while we were there but to interview the best eSports player of all time – Lim Yo-Hwan aka “SlayerS_`BoxeR`” aka “The Emperor”.

BoxeR as he is more commonly known makes over $300,000 USD a year to play and has endorsements that bring in around an additional $90,000 each year.  That’s right.  Almost a half million dollars a year to play video games.  Oh, he also has a 500,00 person fan club, most of which is female.

Live eSports match. Feel the intensity.

In Korea there are actually two e-sports channels and at any time of the day you can flip on the TV and watch televised Starcraft matches complete with three different announcers providing commentary.  It’s so popular that lots of bars will turn on all of the TVs to cover the big match of the week.  Oh, and it doesn’t stop there.

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