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Yesterday. It's Buddha's birthday, plus the bars had been allowed to reopen, so the streets were more festive. Koreans don't tend to sit in Western style bars to just drink, but must eat while boozing, so they had access to all the alcohol serving restaurants during the bar ban.

Here it's common to eat an entire fried chicken with your beer, so I had that at this Choryang-dong joint. Beer and food cost just $9.48, and the chicken even came with a cabbage salad. It was healing to sit outside to see people walking by. A thriving street culture is good for your mental health.



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