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There is saying 'when you're in Rome, do what Romans do'. It is truly great joy to enjoy local food when you're travelling.  I'll show you some local foods you must try when you visit Busan, Korea. Since I am a Korean, I can not fully understand the taste of foreigners in detail, so I'll try to give you the taste roughly but specific. Before I begin, I can not help mentioning the traffic in Busan. Busan is consitst of Chinese characters in Korean. So, Bu is '釜' which means traditional cauldron in Korea. San is '山' which means mountain in Korea. And these characters make the meaning of Busan as mountain that looks like cauldron. I will move on to the point because there is a controversy about which mountains are cauldron shaped. The cauldron looks like this. It is a pot used in Korea for a long time. It takes a long time to raise the heat because it is made of cast iron. Since its heat lasts longer and strong, it tastes a different flavor if...

The price of beer in the US is about 5 to 10 dollars for 6 pieces. In Korea, it is hard to get this cheap. If you buy a local beer, it will be solved for that price, but Korean even doesn't prefer local beer often. If you mix with Soju which is famous local alcohol, you can use local beer instead of imported beer, but those who eat beer usually prefer beer from abroad. One of the unique things about Korea compared to other countries is that you can get beer and other alcohols 24 hours thanks to the convenience store. Because convenience stores are located all over the place, getting alcohol is not that hard. However, the price of a convenience store is a bit expensive because you have to pay a fixed price compared to a discount store. Nevertheless, beers from abroad in aspects of Korean is relatively cheap in there. It's less than 10 bucks using their discounts policy for 4 cans. ■ Types of convenience stores in Korea There are many convenience stores ...