We were shown Insadong, next. This area is well-known as the center of the Korean culture. There were many fancy shops and restaurants. We got 30-minutes' free time and walked around. Look at the first picture. The Korean letter "떡" attracted me. This means "rice cake". Rice cake is also made in Japan when they celebrate something, such as a new year, weddings, newly-built houses and so on. It sounds like both Koreas have the same culture, but Korean rice cakes have much more variety than those of Japan. This was introduced on an educational TV program of the Korean language, which I watched and learned Korean from. That's why I was intersted in Korean rice cakes. I bumped into this shop by chance, but it might be a logical consequence gifted from the God of "learning".
I entered the shop without a second thought and found a few tables inside. It seemed like we could try rice cakes with some drinks. I chose two rice cakes and ordered the traditional Korean tea, which I wanted to try after seeing it on the TV. There were many kinds of rice cakes and teas, but I didn't have enough time to choose and followed the suggestion of the waitress. It was great and I recorded the name of the shop with my digital camera. There were many stalls outside. Eri was curious about it. I wanted to visit there again and recorded the name of the street with my camera.
(Vocabulary)
as a logical consequence 必然の結果として
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