{"id":4514,"date":"2022-09-22T14:07:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T18:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/?p=4514"},"modified":"2022-09-22T15:22:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T19:22:38","slug":"one-reason-why-the-seoul-dining-scene-still-has-so-many-nooks-and-crannies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/one-reason-why-the-seoul-dining-scene-still-has-so-many-nooks-and-crannies\/","title":{"rendered":"One reason why the Seoul dining scene still has so many nooks and crannies"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are so many places with dishes you\u2019ve never tried before. And they are deep into alleyways, or on the second or third floors of retail establishments. In these places I never see people take out their cameras and photograph the food. The establishments are not \u201cvery on-line,\u201d as they say.<\/p>\n

More likely than not, a large troupe(s) of middle-aged and older men suddenly come out of nowhere, and descend upon these eateries for dining and intense bouts of conversation. The men don\u2019t seem to want too many other people to know about their special hangouts. English-language menus are hard to come by, so use the outdoor food photographs if you can, or otherwise just point. \u201cI would like your specialty,\u201d translated into Korean on the iPad, works too.<\/p>\n

Korea is an especially sexually segregated society, all the more relative to its high per capita income. And so these restaurants are boys\u2019 clubs of a sort, as much private as public. Might that be one reason why the small restaurant food scene here has stayed so undercover?<\/p>\n

How much is it the presence of women that drives the \u201cInstagram this\u201d trend in dining?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One reason why the Seoul dining scene still has so many nooks and crannies<\/p>\n

Originally posted on Marginal Revolution<\/em> – click to see comments and suggestions.<\/a><\/p>\n

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