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After a few days in Seoul it doesn’t take long to understand why the city is the heart of Korean culture. The Korean lifestyle is taking off at a nearly idolized status across Asia and with so many fantastic things to do in Seoul, no wonder! You quickly get the feeling that Koreans are setting the trends in fashion, technology, and lifestyle that’s sweeping across Asia. The pace is fast in this young culture and nowhere do you feel this more than the capital city of Seoul. Seoul is leading the growth and moving at a feverish pace of expansion, technological advancement, and a modernization of lifestyle. Despite this young, trend setting culture, Seoul – and Korea in general – have not forgotten their roots. You can feel the blend of modernization and tradition as you walk through the city and everything that makes it unique oozes out at every turn. Seoul is an incredibly large and spread out city with unique neighborhoods just waiting to be explored. It’s clea...

Lauren Vs. Food is my attempt at overcoming my food neophobia by forcing myself to eat new and intimidating foods as I travel around the world.  When I first arrived in Asia I surprised myself by being unexpectedly adventurous and trying some unfamiliar foods such as rice and noodles (yes, really), and some slightly crazier foods such as duck tongue. However, when I arrived in China and no longer had my Taiwanese friends translating menus and insisting that I try weird foods, I stopped doing it . I fell back into my old pattern of going to grocery stores to buy familiar Western foods and choosing to eat McDonalds or KFC over eating the weird-looking Chinese food. My lack of willingness to try new things in China was really starting to get me down. When I finally departed China, I was filled with a newfound energy and enthusiasm that I hadn’t felt in a while. I was ready to immerse myself into Korean culinary culture.  My less than pleasant introduction to Korean food occurr...