Wednesday, July 12, 2006

The Dong Jip...

Dong is Korean for dung, or poo, or what ever else you want to call it. If you haven't heard before, Koreans seem to be obsessed with bodily functions. They have dong stickers and dong cartoon characters. They have dong/dong pot/barrel shaped ash trays/trinket boxes. They even have a Dong Jip. Jip means house. The Dong Jip is a Hof/Soju bar in Seoul (Gangnam area? Samsung area?). They serve soju in kettles, and some kinds of food that Koreans normally eat while drinking. I like how the Korean "Dong" (in the circle... it is actually backwards) is an upside down little man.This picture is from my last year in Korea. I haven't yet been back to the Dong Jip, but if I can find it (and if it is still there), I will go again. For some reason, (well, because of the Korean obsession with dong, I assume) I am often reminded of the place.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Heh. An upside down squatting man at that...

G Junior