Orange

If there is one thing that I will miss more than anything else when we leave Korea it will be the Orange store. An Orange store is any store with an Orange sign. Obviously, that is not their real name but if you simple say "Orange" people know what you are talking about. These stores are different restaurants but all basically sell the same food. Cheap, quick Korean food. I guess you could say it is Korean fast food! These stores have been a saviour in times of need, a lifeline, a hangover cure and institution for us and most foreigners here in Korea.

The menu includes most standard Korean dishes, bibimbop, kimchi jiggae, bulgogi dup bop, mool nang myung, ramyeon, dukbokki, dongkass and kimbob. Prices range from about $1 for a kimbob (seaweed/rice roll) to $3.50 for beef stir-fry and rice. Generally we can both eat for a total bill of between $5 and $6. All meals come with complimentary sides of soup, kimchi, pickled radish and various other unidentifiable delicacies ranging from nuts to small fish.

Orange stores are everywhere!! There are three (that I know of) within walking distance from our school and they are open 24 hours a day! This makes them a great place to fill you belly at 4am after a heavy night of drinking!

For our first few months in Korea we were packing food to take to work. We soon discovered that it was cheaper, more delicious and easier to just eat at Orange. So that it is pretty much what we have done 3-4 times a week ever since!