When I spotted this Korean drink called baekseju (百歲酒) on the menu at the very excellent and formerly close to my house Jang Won Korean Restaurant, I thought it might be a version of the famous Chinese alcohol called , which is sometimes called ‘white wine’—though not by anybody who’s ever had any.
Nope. The Chinese word
Silly ang moh, those are obviously two totally different words.
Wait, hang on, that text on the Korean menu looks, um, rather similar to what’s currently on Wikipedia…
I didn’t photograph the whole menu page, though, so it’s not clear whether those prices are subjected to service charge and tax.
