To the D-users in the US: Happy Thanksgiving! Please eat some extra turkey for me. Not too much, I don’t want to gain any more weight.
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A happy Thanksgiving to you too. Can you get turkey in South Korea? Either way I wish you and your family well.
Thanks for the blog. I read it several times per week.
Tom Johnson
Plymouth, MA
Yes, there are places here that serve turkey on Thanksgiving Day. The major hotels often have some form of Thanksgiving meal, but it isn’t cheap. The US Army bases also have turkey in several forms.
At the Dragon Hill Lodge, a US government-run hotel on the headquarters compound in Seoul where I used to work, there are two restaurants that serve Thanksgiving dinners (one pricey, one affordable), and a deli that will bake turkeys and package them with complete dinners to take home. The commissaries on all of the Army bases also sell raw birds. They’re supermarkets for soldiers and government employees. Most of them are small, but the one at the headquarters compound is huge. Unfortunately, I haven’t had access to the Army bases in years.
Other than that, there may be some special dinners at some restaurants. And perhaps the American Embassy hosts an event on Thanksgiving Day (I know they have a Christmas party sometimes). I’ve never really investigated either option. Koreans generally don’t eat turkey. A student of mine told me this morning that he had some turkey at the Intercontinental Hotel yesterday and didn’t like it.
I was looking forward to being home at least for Christmas dinner this year, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. So maybe I’ll get some turkey next year
Thanks for the comment.