Definition of soju
: Korean vodka distilled usually from rice or sweet potato
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In a July 2016 interview on the travel podcast Counting Countries, Johnson boasted of gaining notoriety after once stepping off a moving North Korean train while drunk on soju.
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Inside Dondoh, which opened in December in the San Isidro district, hundreds of wooden ema prayer tablets hang above the bar, which is stocked with soju and sake.
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There’s a playful menu of unpretentious pan-Asian small plates, like a Szechuan chili dog, and cocktails named after Wong Kar-wai movies: In the Mood for Love (sake, ginger, cranberry juice), Chungking Express (soju, Calpico, nigori).
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To refuse soju is rude, even if one is already drunk.
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Usually on The Americans, such a moment would end with cyanide in the soju.
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Origin and Etymology of soju
Korean
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