Comments on: Zelen Bulgarian Restaurant in Seoul, for Foodie Tuesday

By: Jess and Brandon

Jess and Brandon — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:05:06 +0000

It looks delicious. Sound like an wonderful way to spend time with friends and family and have something delicious to eat.

By: Paul Scoropan

Paul Scoropan — Wed, 21 May 2014 12:02:50 +0000

Really nice dishes. I’m so hungry now.

By: Nancie

Nancie — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 12:21:47 +0000

In reply to Donna Janke. Hi Donna! Definitely one of the best foreign restaurant eating experiences I have had in Korea.

By: Nancie

Nancie — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 12:20:41 +0000

In reply to Suzanne Fluhr. Hi Suzanne! Thanks for sharing a bit of Bulgarian history. I would love to visit Bulgaria and experience the food first hand!

By: Nancie

Nancie — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 12:18:55 +0000

In reply to Doreen Pendgracs. Hi Doreen...Lots of great food here. If I was visiting for the first time, I'd probably want to experience Korean food. Although, it would be hard to pass up an eating experience like Zelen's.

By: Viv

Viv — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:14:49 +0000

Wow! Who knew that you could find such wonderful Bulgarian food in Seoul?!? Everything looks absolutely delicious.

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:39:44 +0000

That sounds like such an unlikely combination: Bulgarian food in Korea, but it’s part of what traveling is all about. Great unusual experiences. Those skewers look delicious!

By: Donna Janke

Donna Janke — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:54:38 +0000

This restaurant has a nice ambience. And the food looks delicious. So nicely presented.

By: Suzanne Fluhr

Suzanne Fluhr — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 02:17:16 +0000

This post almost makes me wish I were an expat in Seoul so I could get in on the Boomer expat lunches. My husband’s parents were born in Bulgaria, leaving in 1940, as it became clear that Europe was not going to be a good place for Jews. (It turned out that the King of Bulgaria managed to keep Bulgarian Jews out of German concentration camps even though officially, Bulgaria was a German ally). What surprised me when I entered the family as an in-law was the large amount of what we consider Mediterranean (Greek) dishes in the Bulgarian cuisine repertoire. There are a few specialties that seemed more influenced by the Russians and eastern Europe, but much of it is the lighter cuisine of places to the southeast of Bulgaria. Bulgaria borders on Turkey, something I didn’t quite remember from my 7th grade world geography studies.

By: Doreen Pendgracs

Doreen Pendgracs — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:54:21 +0000

Those lamb skewers look amazing. I’ve never been to Korea, but you’ve made it sound like quite a tasty travel option.