When you travel in Korea, and if you are lucky enough to have a good Korean friends to have good time with, you have more than 90% of chance to experience "Soju".
"Soju" is a distilled liquor similar to Vodka. But, lower alcohol volume, about 19% while Vodka is +40%. Some special Soju producers' more expensive and higher quality Sojus are as strong as Vodka, but normal Korean people enjoy factory made ones. Those are very cheap 1,000 Won (less than 90 Cents in USD) in a market, or 3,000 Won (do the math yourself) in most restaurants or drinking places.
Koreans love to have dinner with Soju. Since Soju is not a strong drink, it goes very well with meats, fish, and vegetable dishes. Especially on grill tables (Koreans love to cook their beef and/or pork on the dinner table), while waiting meats are done, Koreans start their dinner session ahead drink Soju with small side dishes. So conversation and chatting start right away enjoying the drink and food. And, it goes all along till the end of the dinner. Korean dinner table is the spot to start and maintain friendships. It is a beautiful way to finish the day.
