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9 (Sun) August 2020

Baeksuk

2.5

by me

at Bonga Jangsuchon

-Chungun, Hanam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea-

with the Family, In-Laws

Bonga Jangsuchon (본가 장수촌) is a Korean restaurant chain.  Currently 38 locations throughout the country.   Specializes in baeksuk, both duck and chicken – specifically, the traditional free-range tojong dak.

To celebrate FIL’s birthday, we ate boiled chicken.  It was okay.  Whereas Koreans seem to appreciate the so-called “chewiness” of tojong dak, I find it a bit tough.

Old people in Korea tend to like boiled chicken, especially on special occasions – I’m wondering if it harks back to harder, leaner times, when boiled chicken was the best that they could hope for, and only then on special occasions.

(See also GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)

(See also RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)