Korean restaurant

I know Kaya’s owner, who was a student in S.I.U. Actually, I don’t know well about her. I just met her one time before I came to Carbondale. This is her first time to open the restaurant. The Kaya is a Korean and Japanese restaurant in Carbondale. The most difficult thing about opening a restaurant in foreign countries is whether to persevere with traditional taste or create a fusion taste. Mostly, Korean food’s taste is very spicy, so some foreigners can’t eat it fully. It is a big problem; if a restaurant adheres to traditional taste, that will not interest foreigners, and if they do the opposite that will not interest Koreans either. However, most interesting is the fact that a large number of Carbondale’s people like Korean food.

Traffic patterns different

Tell about driving in and around Carbondale. How is it different from driving in your country? How are traffic patterns different?


In Carbondale, there is special nature. When people go to Giant City Park, which is located in Makanda, they can meet special nature around a car; there are several trees and squirrels. People can meet original nature. Actually, in the United States, also including Carbondale, there are one-way road, but in Korea this road is not a common road. When Koreans drive in the United States, they said that first time was very confusing because of one-ways or stop signs. Some people have been in car accidents because they forgot the stop sign. Both Korea and US have similar traffic patterns, but the United States has more freedom to drive. Also I thought that the United States has wider roads than Korea. So some people say driving in the US is easier than driving in Korea