Canadians drinking Belgian in Korea

It's a big fricking deal when a new 'foreign' restaurant opens in Haeundae. Online chat forums explode with the anticipatory chatter of excited expats, searching for a bit of dining variety in our otherwise limited international menu. If you have a hankering for something more than traditional East Asian or cheap n' easy American cuisine, don't come here.

And so it goes, over Christmas I found myself eager to visit a recently-debuted Irish pub in my area. A few of us stopped in one night, to see what all the online fuss was about. Despite the rave reviews, I found pretty much what I expected: an American-style pub, playing host to (what was probably) the entire foreign-teaching crew left in Busan over the holidays. Zero Koreans, save the handful of employees working the bar.

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Walking in, the place was instantly English, instantly young, and instantly overpriced. We sat down to a few pitchers of Hoegaarden, that cost us $35 a piece. Ouch. The company was great though :)

Brianna's boyfriend Matt with our delicious Belgian selection... in a Korean pitcher, no less.