Most people’s first encounter with Makgoelli (which is selling like its been endorsed by Lee Hyo Ri), this tasty traditional Korean liquor (or rice wine) likely results in a headache for the next morning and long and entertaining night while the bottles keep coming. I can remember, vaguely that is, the sweet and refreshing taste while having some pajun
in a traditional drinking house with bowls of booze (sul jib 술집). I think it may have been kimchi jun which on a rainy day. Actually, truth be told on a rainy day in Korea it should be kimchi jun with dong dong ju (a rice beer if you ask me), but heck makgeolli goes just as nice and by the end of the night you end up in the same place — In a Noraebang with some friends making an ass of yourself while you search the sticky pages of the song catalogue looking for any Western song (Korean if you are really hammered and feeling brave) that you know the words too and feel somewhat confident singing. The good thing is everyone else will likely be as smashed as you, but singing much better. Call me a sterotying bastard, but every Korean I meet can sing circles around westerners in Korea. Sure I’ve met some foreigners who have studied music and can carry a note very well here, but overall I’m saying that just any Cho So Mi sounds like Whitney Houston (before Bobby Brown and crack that is) compared to tone deaf Joe Schmo who’s thought makgeolli wasn’t that strong and is now just barely shy of being as drunk as this guy. Well, to wrap this up, I say get out there and drink some traditional Korean rice wine, but make sure it comes in some ridiculously cheap looking green plastic bottle so you know you are getting the authentic makgeolli.
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