RESULTS

After a month of open voting and another month of final round voting, the results are in. Below is a selected list of the Best's of Busan, and analysis based on comments received from voters.

(There were 4-6 options for most categories during final voting. These were chosen from the most frequently nominated items during 'Open Voting'. Top vote getters are listed along with percentage of vote received. Close second and/or third place finishers are listed as well)

Food & Drink

Western food restaurant
Outback Steakhouse 45%
TGIF 11%

Place to buy cheese
Homeplus 33%
Emart 22%

"Best selection of imported groceries in general."

Fast food Restaurant
Subway Sandwiches 36%
Burger King 35%

Street Food:
Chicken on a stick    47%
Deok-bokki   28%

"shame...they don't have satay source but, still good."

Pizza
Dominoes 44%
Pizza Hut    35%

Korean Dish
Samgaetang 26%
Samgyupsal 21%

Anju (drinking side dish)
Pajeon (veg pancakes)  56%
Chicken 24%

Kimchi Dish
Kimchi chiggae  45%
Plain ole Kimchi 19%

Place to go for breakfast or Sunday brunch
Davioda 33%
Marriot Hotel 28%

Service - Restaurant/Bar
Outback Steakhouse 42%
Vinyl Underground 33%

Steak Restaurant
Outback Steakhouse  56%
any bulgogi restaurant 9%

Steak (Grocery market)
Homeplus 37%
Emart 10%

Imported Beer
Molson Canadian  35%
Heiniken (reg, and dark)  26%

Korean traditional alcoholic beverage
Dongdongju  41%
Soju (reg and/or lemon) 33%

Canned coffee
Starbucks Frappuccino   49%
Maxwell House 21%

Korean Non-alcoholic Drink
Aloe juice  35%
You-ja cha  20%

Nightlife

 Dance Club
Vinyl Underground  70%
Soul Trane 28%

Live Music
Moo Monk (PNU)  49%
Vinyl Underground  28%

Western bar
Vinyl Underground  39%
Foxy 27%

Best Place to Meet Foreigners
Vinyl Underground 47%
Crossroads 26%

Best Place to Meet Koreans
School or work  55%
Haeundae Beach 24%

Live Korean band or musician
Mojo 55%
Heady and Getto Bomb each 17%

Live Expat band or musician
Mojo  61%
Remcoe 26%

Teaching

Textbook or textbook series (kids)
New Interchange  56%
New Parade 22%

Textbook or textbook series (adults)
New Interchange  41%
Jazz English 37%

Killing Time Kids Game
Hangman 34%
Cards and Bingo each 26%

Killing Time Adult Game
Free Talking  41%
Soju  36%
No reason the top two finishers are necessarily mutually exclusive.

Travel and Tourism

Busan Mountain
Geumjeong  77%
No other mountain came even close.

Busan Temple
Beomosa  77%
See mountain comment above.

Busan Park
Taejongdae  32%
UN Cemetery  26%

Busan Beach
Haeundae  36%
Gwanganli 33%

Vacation Spot
Jeju-do  59%
Seoul 15%

Best of the '10 Prides of Busan'
Beomosa  26%
UN Cemetery 23%

Luxury Hotel
Westin-Chosun  31%
Marriott  28%

Travel Agent
Kangsan Travel  78%

Shopping and Entertainment

Movie Theater
Lotte   50%
Megabox (Sfunz, Haeundae) 28%

Department Store
Lotte  83%

MegaStore
Home Plus  37%
Walmart 21%

Women's clothing
Kukje Market  45%
Seomyeon Underground 31%

Men's Clothing
Kukje Market  40 %
Lotte 24%

CD/DVD Store
big new place in Nampodong  77%

Date Restaurant
Ganga 43%
TGIF 32%

Coffee Shop
Starbucks 46%
Davioda 43%

Computer Store
Dongnae Computer Mall 52%
Megamart 26%

Cell Phone Company
KT (016, 017)  36%
SK Telecom (011)  31%

Cigarette Brand
Marlboro   46%
Dunhill  33%
Apparently, folks aren't smokin' local this year.

Miscellaneous

Recruiter
Kim and Joe  71%
ESL Busan 29%

Residential Neighborhood
Pusan-dae (PNU) 29%
Haeundae Shindoshi (New Town)  24%

Subway Station
 Seomyeon 62%

Most UsefuTaxi Phrase
Chick-chin (straight) / wen-cheok (left) / oren-cheok (right), gasaeyo. 49%
(place name) gachuseyo [Please go to...] 37%


Thanks very much to all those who took the time to participate in the Best of Busan survey.