11.3. A guide to Seoul's best Halloween haunts/ 입트영 (eating out)

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A guide to Seoul's best Halloween haunts

It’s that time of the year again when people get excited about their costumes and stores put out the usual pumpkins and skeletons to promote their wares specially prepared for Halloween.

Though Halloween is not a holiday traditionally celebrated in Korea, it has now become yet another excuse to party.

A scene from the 2016 box office hit “Train to Busan” will come alive at LetsRun Park Seoul in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province on Saturday.

“Zombie Run Halloween Festival” engages its participants, dubbed “runners,” in a “deadly” chase with a batch of zombies. The 3-kilometer race will consist of different sections such as an obstacle race, a race against the clock and the “romance” section.

People participate in a Zombie Run event on June 3 in Incheon. (Zombie Run Korea)

The participants will also be able to pay to get special Halloween makeup done to look like the Joker, Harley Quinn, a zombie or wounded. They will also be able to attend after parties at two clubs in Gangnam, southern part of Seoul, for free.

For those lonely souls on the spooky night, GS Engineering & Construction Corp. will be hosting “Romantic Halloween,” a matchmaking event at Gran Seoul in Gwanghwamun, downtown Seoul on Saturday.

A total of 300 working singles aged between 25 and 35 will get to freely roam the eight restaurants inside the Gran Seoul mall in groups of two.

Once they enter a restaurant, the seats will be arranged so that two men and two women are seated together at a table and encouraged to talk. There is a time limit of 45 minutes for every restaurant visited. The event runs from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Embracing the Halloween theme, the event will also feature a business card lucky draw from jack-o‘-lantern and photo-taking events with staff dressed up as zombies and ghosts.

Participants of the 7th Romantic Gran Seoul event network with each other at a restaurant in Gwanghwamun in downtown Seoul. (Saemip)

Cosplay is definitely a key part of the Halloween. D Museum in Hannam-dong, Seoul joins the Halloween fever with its “Museum Halloween Week” from Oct. 27 to 31.

During the period, visitors in Halloween costumes can enter the museum’s “Plastic Fantastic” exhibition for free.

Also, visitors who post their photos in Halloween poses on their social media accounts with hashtags #DMuseum and #MuseumHalloweenWeek, get the chance to receive special Halloween edition slimes from Slime Goodie. The slimes will be presented to 25 visitors everyday on a first-come-first-served basis.

“Great Korean Beer Festival 2017” in Yongsan, Seoul, will feed the hungry souls with food and craft beer.

The beer festival brings together popular craft beers from all over the country such as Gangwon, Busan and Jeju, and from overseas as well, including the US and the Czech Republic.

Alongside the beers will be snacks from restaurants such as Spain Club, Jilhal Bros, California Pizza Kitchen and Mad Fisherman.

The festival will also feature a Halloween costume contest where the winners will earn prizes worth 1 million won ($889.5) in total.

The festival will run from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. from Friday to Sunday.

“Lotty‘s Halloween Party Parade” at Lotte World Adventure (Lotte World Adventure)

Dubbed the lands of dream and fantasy, amusement parks are also ready to welcome visitors with spooky Halloween events and decorations.

Lotte World Adventure in Seoul is holding “Horror Halloween 2: He’s Back” festival until Nov. 5. During the day, the park features the “Cute Halloween” theme under which the visitors get to play with mischievous ghosts. After 6 p.m. a full-blown “Horror Halloween” takes place in various places throughout the park.

Everland Resort, located in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, is providing its visitors with the Halloween experience under three different themes: Real Horror, Happy Halloween and Virtual Horror. The festival runs until Nov. 5.

A promotional poster for "Halloween Night Pool Party" at Lotte City Hotel Mapo (Lotte City Hotel Mapo)

Major hotels in town are also gearing up for wild Halloween parties.

Lotte City Hotel Mapo will hold “Halloween Night Pool Party” on Friday which will feature a blood-red indoor pool decorated with Halloween props and cocktails in blood packs.

Pub restaurant Gran*A in Grand Ambassador Seoul will throw Halloween-themed parties on Saturday and Sunday, during which it will hold “Mystery Singer of Happy Halloween party,” a singing contest in which the contenders wear masks while singing.

Food and drinks are the name of the game in parties. At the “2017 Halloween Party” in Intercontinental Seoul Coex on Friday, guests will be served Halloween special dishes such as Halloween-themed desserts and roasted pumpkin, with unlimited wine and beer.

1. Did you enjoy Halloween? What do you think about this new celebration?

2. Do you like party? Have you participated any of these events mentioned above?

3. Do you know any other celebrations of other countries?

4. What do you usually do in your free time?

Extra topic – relationship

1. What do you feel about making a new relationship?

2. Have you experienced working with someone you hate? What was your solution to deal with that situation?

3. Do you think your first impression usually matches with your real personality? Let’s talk about each others’ first impression.

4. Is there any criteria or condition when you make and keep your relationship?

07. Tue. Eating Out 외식

[Topic] 외식

한국 사람들이 외식을 하는 음식점에 대해 이야기해 주세요.

외식은 우리 식생활 문화의 큰 부분을 차지한다. 한국에 있는 음식점들은 맛이있으면서도 가격이 많이 높은 편이 아니다. 그래서 사람들이 자주 외식을 하는 편이다. 고를 수 있는 음식점의 종류도 수없이 많다. 전통 한국 음식점에서서양 음식점에 이르기까지 다양하다. 요즘에는 동남아 음식에 대한 수요가 급증하면서, 태국 음식점이나 베트남 음식점들의 수도 무척 많이 늘어났다. 가족간의 오붓한 식사나 직장인들이 동료들과 함께 식당에서 점심을 먹는 것은 흔히 볼 수 있는 광경이다. 특별한날을 기념하기 좋은 고급 식당도 많은 편이다.

Talk about the restaurants at which Koreans eat out.

Eating out is a big part of our food culture. In addition to being tasty, restaurants in Korea are not on the pricey side. That’s whypeople eat out quite often. There are endlesstypes of restaurants to choose from.There is everything from traditional Koreanrestaurants to western-stylerestaurants. These days, demand forSoutheast Asian food has spiked. Thenumber of Thai and Vietnamese restaurants has increased noticeably. It’scommon to see families eating together, or office workers eating atrestaurants for lunch. Also, there are many ritzy restaurants where people can celebrate special occasions.

[EXTRA TOPIC]

1. What is your favorite restaurant? Why doyou like it?

2. Do you prefer to eat out, or orderdelivery? Explain your preference.

3. How do you find restaurants to eat out?Where do you find your information?

[KEY VOCABULARY &EXPRESSIONS]

eat out                 외식을 하다

a big partof            ~의 큰 부분

foodculture             음식문화

not on thepricy side     비싸지 않은 편인

endlesstypes of (something) to choose from   고를 수 있는 다양한 종류

traditionalKorean restaurant                  전통 한식 음식점

western-stylerestaurant    양식음식점

demand for~             ~에 대한 수요

spike                      급증하다

increasenoticeably         눈에 띄게 늘다

it’s commonto see         ~dl 흔히 보이다

ritzy restaurant             고급음식점

celebrate aspecial occasion ~특별한 일을 기념하다

[PATTERN PRACTICE]

1. not on the pricy side    비싸지 않은 편인

Restaurantsin Korea are not on the pricy side.

한국의 음식점들은 가격이 비싸지 않은 편이다

My car is not on thepricy side

나의 자동차는 비싸지 않은 편이다

There are plenty of good products that are not on the pricy side.

가격이 저렴한 편이면서 품질이 좋은 물건도 많다.

2. endless  types of (something) to choose from 고를 수 있는 다양한 종류

Thereare endless types of restaurants to choose from

수질 오염은 날이 갈수록 심각해지고 있다.

There were endless typesof cake to choose from at thebakery

그의 상태가 나날이 악화되었다.

There are endless typesof books to choose from at thisbookstore.

감기가 날이 갈수록 심해졌다.

3. increase noticeably   눈에 띄게 늘다

Thenumber of Thai and Vietnamese restaurants has increased noticeably.

태국 음식점과 베트남 음식점들의수가 눈에 띄게 늘어났다.

Herskill increased noticeably in just a few months.

불과 몇 달 만에 그녀의실력이 눈에 띄게 늘었다.

Thenumber of coffee shops has increased noticeably in Seoul.

서울의 커피숍의 수가 눈에띄게 늘었다.

4. ritzy restaurants 고급음식점

Thereare also many ritzy restaurants.

고급 음식점도 많다.

I had dinner at a ritzyrestaurant last weekend.

지난 주말에는 고급 음식점에서 저녁을 먹었다.

I can’t afford to eat atritzy restaurants often.

나는 고급 음식점에서 자주 식사를 할 형편이 안 된다.

5. celebrate a special occasion 특별한 일을 기념하다.

People go to expensive restaurantsto celebrate special occasion.

사람들은 특별한 일을 기념하기 위해 음식점에 간다.

I gave him a gift tocelebrate the special occasion.

나는 특별한 일을 기념하기 위해 그에게 선물을 줬다.

We only go there when we are celebrating a special occasion.

그곳에는 특별한 일을 기념할 때만 간다.

[EXPRESSION‎ OF THE DAY]

We’re spoiled for choice선택할수있는곳이넘쳐나

A: Do you want to eat out tonight? I don’t wantto cook.

B : Sure! Is there a restaurant you wanted to go?

A : Not really, I’m pretty hungry, so I could goanywhere.

B : Don’t worry, We’re spoiled for choice.

A: 오늘 외식 할래? 음식하기 싫어서

B: 그래! 가고 싶은음식점은 있어?

A: 딱히 없어. 배가고파서 어디든 가도 괜찮아.

B: 걱정 마. 선택할수 있는 곳이 넘쳐나거든.

[HOMEWORK]

1. 우리는 첫 데이트를 고급 음식점에서 했다. (ritzy restaurant)

2. 도로 위 자동차 수가 눈에 띄게 늘었다. (increase noticeably)

3. 요즘은 고를 수 있는 스마트폰의 종류가 많다. (endless types of sth to choose from)

4. 우리가 고른 호텔은 비싼 편은 아니었다. (not on the pricey side)

[ANSWERS]

1. We wentto a ritzy restaurant for our first date.

2. The number of cars on the road has increasednoticeably.

3. These days, there are endless types ofsmartphones to choose from.

4. The hotel we chose was not on the pricy side.