Choosok Holiday...Incheon's Chinatown

Right across the street from Incheon Station is Korea's Chinatown. I'd heard about this place because I love to eat jjajjangmyeon (noodles in a black bean sauce) and this is the birthplace of this fine, fine food. Of course like most Chinese food outside of China this food is just a local thing past off as Chinese. Unfortunately we bought tickets for a city tour and there wasn't enough time to wander around the area and eat.

It was a cool little area and had signs posted that gave tidbits of history. Before the Korean war Korean-Chinese were a powerful group and made up a large population of Incheon. But soon after the war the Korean-Chinese were left with nothing and there is only a sliver of the original population left in the area. (Korean-Chinese are still not treated very nicely here but people love the food.)

We walked around the area salivating at the plethora of menus and then made our way to Freedom Park (I love propagandadic (is that a word?) like names) at the top of the hill. Here we got a good view of docks and cranes and boats and old people drinking soju while playing cards.