Sukhumvit Plaza - Lunch at K-Village

I don’t get over to Sukhumvit very often, but I’m about to be spending a lot more time there this year since I’ll be taking a language class in the area. It’s one of those parts of Bangkok that feels almost like its own world. It's a part of the city that's hugely popular with foreigners. Both expats and tourists seem to love the busy, international, and constantly in motion neighborhoods along Sukhumvit Road. Personally, I find it overcrowded, overpriced, and too full of tailor shops and tour guides trying to sell you things. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of things to do along Sukhumvit, and lots of great food as well. I'm just not super familiar with the area.

I had traveled down to Asoke Station a few days ago to pick up my Duke Language School textbook and decided to stop by at Sukhumvit Plaza for lunch.

Sukhumvit Plaza is sometimes nicknamed "K-Village". It's Bangkok's little Koreatown, but instead of a huge neighborhood like Chinatown, K-Village is really just an old multifloored semi-open air shopping mall filled with all sorts of Korean businesses - mainly restaurants.

There are about 20,000 Koreans in Bangkok, and most don't live in and around this neighborhood, so I'm not sure exactly how Sukhumvit Plaza shopping mall became a center of Korean culture, but somehow it has.

On this early afternoon, I had come here for one thing: Seoul Food.

I'm a huge fan of fusion cuisine. I love the idea of taking the best parts of two unique and interesting flavor profiles and combining them into something amazing and new. When I first heard about Seoul Food, a Korean-Mexican fusion taqueria, I made it my priority to visit next time I was in the area.

I ordered the beef bulgogi tacos, which were as amazing as they sound!

Beef bulgogi is a Korean sweet and savory marinated barbecue dish, and a taco is... well, you know what a taco is since the only people who read this blog are my family members and we all grew up in Texas!

The bulgogi tacos were served with a fresh slaw and two dipping sauces - one a sweet and spicy Korean sauce and the other a spicy salsa verde. Very delicious! Or, as the Mexican-Koreans would say, "muy masheetda"!