Tag Archives: Korean alcohol
Bourdain’s Survival Drinking in Korea: Customs, Expectations, and Beyond Soju Posted by Tony Kitchen on May 9, 2015
Late last month, Anthony Bourdain made headlines by opening the fifth season of “Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown” with a trip to South Korea, a country whose social habits bind tightly with drinking and eating and eating and more drinking. About Korea’s social life, Bourdain said, “Everything you learned, painfully, in college about drinking–don’t mix, try to…
Korean Alcohol Posted by Ginny on Feb 7, 2010
The most commonly known and consumed alcohol in Korea is 소주 (See post 10/25/2008 for more on 소주), but did you know that there are other varieties of alcohol in Korea? 약주 literally means “medicinal alcohol”. According to legend, there once was a woman who became sick after her husband’s death. She made herself some…