16.021 Chadolbagi

Cycle 16 – Item 21

26 (Sun) January 2025

-Post 5,500-

Chadolbagi

4.0

at Gogi Nara

-Changchon, Seowon, Hoengseong, Gangwon, Republic of Korea-

with the Family

2025 Lunar New Year at the Cabin (Day 1 of 4)

Spending the first half of the week-long Lunar New Year holiday at the cabin.

Got in a day early to enjoy some quiet time before the rest of the extended family begins to arrive tomorrow.

2 portions = 300 g = 70,000 won.

This is GMTD’s 5,500th post – not quite a major milestone (although 500 did seem huge at the time), but a nice round number. Glad that it happens to feature one of our all-time favorite restaurants.  Let’s see what happens at #5,555.

At 100: “For this 100th post – who thought that I’d make it so far? – I considered doing something special, but then I had to remind myself that the blog is intended to capture what I eat on a daily basis, for better or for worse” (see 1.100 Fried Chicken with Stuffing).

At 500: “Post 500!!  I can’t believe that I’ve made it this far, never once missing a photo, all photos taken with the same iPhone.  (Now if I could only put these powers of stick-to-it-iveness to something more useful…..)” (see 2.135 Cheddar-Jack Quesadillas with Grilled Chicken and Roasted Peppers).

At 1,000: “While the blog isn’t about adventurous eating, just an on-going record of what I happen to eat on any given day, I suppose that the randomness of red ants as the 1,000th item is appropriate” (see 3.269 Fried Beef with Red Ants) (actually, I’d miscounted; the 1,000th post was the next day at 3.270 Fried Water Buffalo with Snow Peas).

At 5,000: “Though sometimes a daily grind, GMTD has documented every important event during the most eventful period of my life, as well as all the unimportant events in between” (see 14.252 Pyeongyang Nengmyeon).

If I end the blog this cycle, as planned, it won’t reach #6,000.

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