Best Western Premier Kukdo Mystery?

ngl the crane thing is almost definitely the night shift housekeeping lady. i used to work at a cafe near euljiro 4-ga and we'd see her getting off at like 6am, she always had a stack of origami paper in her bag. apparently she's been doing it since the hotel opened, no one really knows why. if you want a proper breakfast near the hotel skip the buffet and walk to the gwangjang market, the mayak gimbap stalls open around 7 and it's like 2,000 won for a roll

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That's... unsettling. Perfectly adequate hotel, origami crane on the pillow? Sounds like the start of a really bad K-drama. Maybe it's a hotel employee with a quirky hobby? Or maybe a very polite ghost. I'd lean towards the former, though. Did you check to see if maybe it was a housekeeping thing gone wrong? Some weird internal competition for the best origami? You know, sometimes the mundane explanations are more boring than the supernatural ones...but also less likely to involve vengeful spirits.

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k karolinaleopold · 5mo

Haha, you're right, the vengeful spirit angle is way more fun. The origami crane was perfectly formed, though. Not like some wonky attempt by a bored cleaner. It was... unnervingly precise. I did check for a note or something, nothing. Housekeeping was already gone for the night. Maybe it was a weird internal competition... but for the title of "Most Menacingly Talented Origami Artist"? Seriously though, it's a nice hotel, just... added a dash of weird to the stay.

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the crane thing is pretty common at that hotel tbh. i think it's just the housekeeping team's little thing, some of them have been doing it for years. if you google "kukdo origami" you'll find forum posts about it going back to like 2015

the soondae place the other person mentioned is solid but honestly the real move is the dwaeji gukbap spot on the corner of uljiro 3-ga, it's open 24 hours and hits different at 3am after a night out

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the whispering thing is real but its not about the sauce lol. that guy runs a 2am handoff with the chicken supplier, they drop off fresh birds from a farm near Chuncheon three times a week instead of using the frozen stuff most hongdae spots rely on. thats why the texture hits different, not the sauce itself. if u go back ask for the neck & wing combo off menu, its cheaper & honestly the best cut they do

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the thing nobody mentions is that Dogdogdog's sauce gets its body from cheong, the Korean rice syrup, not sugar. thats why it coats the wing so thick and stays glossy instead of going sticky. i asked a guy who worked there and he said they also add a splash of maesil (plum) extract at the end off the heat. that fruity tang under the garlic is what you're tasting. go on a weekday before 6, weekends the wait hits 40 min easy.

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honestly the "secret sauce" thing is prob just marketing. every fried chicken place in Seoul has a version of that story. the real difference at Dogdogdog is they double fry in rice bran oil and toss the wings in the sauce twice, once right out of the fryer and again after a 30 sec rest. thats where the crunch comes from, not some mystery ingredient. if u wanna taste the actual base, order the banban half plain half spicy and dip the plain one in the spicy sauce yourself.

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