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At night by the Han River in Seoul, I ate cup ramen and fried chicken like in a Korean drama 🍜

An embroidered felt penguin on a picnic mat by a wide river at night with cup noodles and fried chicken
The Han River

In Seoul, Korea, there is a river called the Han River (Hangang).

Drinking beer, eating chicken, and eating ramen by that river.

It seems that Korea has that kind of culture.

I did the thing I had seen in Korean dramas.

A riverside park at night with people sitting on lawns and benches under warm lights
🌙 The Han River park at night
Chicken Shop

By the Han River, there is a chicken shop called bhc.

The bright red sign of a bhc fried chicken shop by the river
🍗 bhc chicken
The Ramen Machine

There was a convenience store under it, so I buy cup ramen there.

In the park, there is a special machine for making cup ramen, just placed there.

When you follow the machine's instructions and add hot water, you can make cup ramen.

A self-service instant ramen cooking machine at a convenience store by the river
♨️ The ramen machine
Washed Down

Like that, I wash down cup ramen and fried chicken with beer.

There was even a trash can just for ramen cups, and it was interesting.

A trash can with a special round hole just for used ramen cups
🗑 A trash can just for ramen cups
Packed At Night

What surprised me was that even though I went around 10 or 11 at night, the seats were still very full.

Besides the seats, many people had also brought picnic mats.

In the Japanese way of thinking, people do not keep talking in a park until almost 10 or 11 at night.

I was surprised that so many people were in the park even this late at night.

I thought, "Korean people stay in the park until 11 PM and talk this much."

A News Survey

That reminded me of something.

In a survey asking "What do you do on weekends and days off?", many Korean people answered "spend time with important people and friends."

I once saw that kind of survey result in the news.

I wondered if that is related.

(※Maybe I saw it in a news article like "Japanese people tend to spend time alone." What was it again?)

Korean Sounds Cute

The Korean people there were probably drunk, and they were chatting a lot in the park.

Korean sounds really cute when you listen to it.

Of course, it is a foreign language, so I do not know what they are saying.

My image is that English has cool pronunciation.

But my image of Korean is that it is cute.

I do not know if they are angry, or maybe complaining about work.

They are talking very fast and strongly in Korean.

Just hearing that scene was somehow fun.

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