The Iceberg

Those of you who have been to Gwangju might have stumbled upon this restaurant:

However, you might notice that the Korean writing below the food in the poster says, “boneless dalk-galbi”.  Blatant false advertising.  Women - and Lee Joon-ki - would be disappointed.

When I passed by this restaurant again later in the day, I noticed another joint a few meters down the road called “Muffin”.  The yin and yang of dining.  Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera with me.

A couple of weeks ago I took my old 50-cc scooter into the shop. It was slowly leaking fuel so I wanted to get it fixed (I was pretty rough on it…rarely slowed down for speed bumps). While the shop owner was having a look at it, I browsed some of the other scooters. Out of curiousity, I asked him if I could take one of the 100-cc scooters out for a drive. “No problem,” said the owner and I was on my way.

What a huge difference. While I had discovered that my old scooter was no beast - it had considerable trouble going up hills with an extra passenger on board - I had no idea how weak it was until I rode the 100-cc puppy. When I returned to the shop, I told the owner to just keep my previous scooter and I’d take the new one.

Here it is:

I no longer have to sweat it out when I travel the 80 kph roads around town now. The old scooter topped out at around 70 kph and it was a little disconcerting when cars would fly past. This one has no trouble keeping up. In fact, should North Korea attack, I now feel one-hundred percent at ease knowing that my new scooter will lead me to safety.

I jest.