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Doshirak Lunch at Seoul Tongin Banchan Market

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Banchan from Tongin Shijang Doshirak cafe
Banchan from Tongin Shijang Doshirak cafe[/caption]

Doshirak (lunchbox) Café or Yeopjeon(traditional brass coin) Doshirak are what they are called. It's a great fun concept that brings past into the present. Yeonjeon (엽전 葉錢) is a Korean’s traditional brass coin that was first made by King Seongjong in 996 AD. People had these on a string and that's how they carried it around. Eventually they got replaced with the current currency coins in late Chosun dynasty. Just something about holding these coins in your hand as you go about trying to choose your banchan from the different vendors.
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