New Cities/New Soviets

January 18, 2006

Pushcarts in Seoul

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(my camera got stolen in Xi'an, along with a bunch of cool photos, so I'm going all out of order -- I've got some photos on a memory card from the old camera, but I can't get at them yet.)

Seoul is like some kind of pushcart mecca. On the block we were staying (which is near a shopping area) the street is lined with carts, some selling food, some selling merchandise. The sidewalks are wide, about 20-25 feet, so the carts really get to spread out. They are also allowed to lock the carts up and leave them there when they are not there. I'm so jealous. And they're allowed to serve booze. Particularly, they serve soju, a kind of yam vodka, which at about 1,250 Won (about $1.30) a 1/2 liter bottle, will get you fucked up and quickly. Molly and I saw businessmen sitting and getting drunk.

Which brings me to the last part -- most of the pushcarts have stools, either arranged at a counter around the cart, or, at the bigger operations, around tables set up in a tent behind. Many of the larger carts become, in effect, small restaurants. Impressive.

More pictures to follow...

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Posted by Sam at January 18, 2006 06:02 PM

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