Roadtrip to Suncheon...#3

As the sun set on us and the temple we decided a bowl of makoli (a milky rice wine that farmers and construction workers love to drink on hot summer days but that we love all the time) was the perfect reward for walking up a hill (we easily reward ourselves). There were a bunch of restaurants set up just outside of the temples entrance serving the stuff but their food menus were all fish so we had to wait and eat in Suncheon.



We choose to go to a restaurant we used to visit for some delicious kalbi. Whenever I mention to Koreans I used to live in Sunchoen their immediate response is that the food there is the best in Korea. I have to agree. Along with our meat came 15 side dishes (14 if you ask Rachel Lynn because she refuses to count, smell or eat the hot plate of corn nibbletes because it looks too much like cat puke). From here we went to another nearby makoli pub (these things are the latest trend to hit Korea) where we got well our main fuel before heading to our old home Elvis Bar.





When Heidi and I worked in Suncheon this was the only decent bar. The photo above is of the owners, Christal and Elvis himself, who have always been extremely kind to us. They had us over to their house for delicious meals many times and would hang out with us on days we went to play soccer or just hung out in the park. The bar still felt very homely (they had a ton of pictures up on the wall of old friends). On this night (like many times before) I was able to convince a well oiled Elvis into hitting the Korean Night Club just down the street. It was the perfect end to the night.

The next morning we got up late and headed over to the Outback that is now in town. This seemed so out of place in our Suncheon (when we lived there finding Cheddar cheese a score and a secret you only told dear friends). I love road trips.