Tammy Among the more than 80 caterers, mobile and brick-and-mortar restaurants, and food-related vendors at the second annual Eat Real Festival in the San Francisco Bay area were two Korean “taco trucks,” a nouveau...

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ZenKimchi Samsung Imaging has posted the first in a series of videos I’m making for them. This is a video I made on the last day of my infamous cooking class this summer. We...

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Tammy Youngsun Lee immigrated to Queens, New York, from Korea when he was 12 years old. He graduated in 2005 with a degree in culinary arts from the Institute of Culinary Education in New...

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ZenKimchi I hope we’re all enjoying the last days of summer on this gorgeous first morning of September. Weather folks are predicting rain in Seoul, but it’s a turquoise blue outside*. Oh jeez, am...

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ZenKimchi I think I had mentioned something about this before and people were skeptical. Now the JoongAng Daily has come out with a piece on how Pocheon Makgeolli got trademarked in 2008–in Japan by...

August 31 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

ZenKimchi You lucky folks up north! I just got word that Suji’s has opened its first full deli at Ilsan’s Hyundai Department Store Kintex. One less reason to miss home. If you’re like me...

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ZenKimchi I think it’s okay for me to reveal this now. I am traveling from Korea to New York in September to be part of an event promoting Korean Buddhist Temple Cuisine. The event...

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ZenKimchi Harper’s Bazaar (Korean edition) came out with its September edition in all its thick perfumed glory this week. They had a feature where they asked expat professionals in different fields about living in...

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Recipes

Recipe: Zucchibi Minis (애호박 비지 미니떡) »

Recipe: Zucchibi Minis (애호박 비지 미니떡)shinshine After making my first tofu at home, there seemed to be an inordinate amount of biji (비지; soy pulp or okara), a by-product of making tofu.  Although the traditional use...

August 25 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Making Soy Pulp, Soymilk, and Tofu at Home »

Making Soy Pulp, Soymilk, and Tofu at Homeshinshine The brilliance of making tofu at home was suggested by my friends who were already making their own, but it took me a while to get on it as it seemed...

August 21 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

The Beauty of Korea: Bae Yong Joon’s Kalbi Steak »

The Beauty of Korea: Bae Yong Joon’s Kalbi SteakTammy I bought the Korean version of Bae Yong Joon’s best-selling book, The Journey to Discover the Beauty of Korea. I got the book because I knew there would...

August 16 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Recipe: Kkaenip Pesto Butter »

Recipe: Kkaenip Pesto ButterTammy Posted by Tammy Pesto Butter is a classic compound butter but you can replace the basil pesto with kkaenip pesto for an exotic Korean-style spin. You can easily...

July 27 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Wrap-Up [Versatile Chicken - Korean Way Series] »

Wrap-Up [Versatile Chicken - Korean Way Series]shinshine My journey of eating away a whole chicken is complete (for now).  I hope this series at least showed you different possibilities of Korean (-related) dishes you can get...

July 23 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
News & Media

Korean cuisine rolls into Eat Real Festival 2010, San Francisco Bay area »

Korean cuisine rolls into Eat Real Festival 2010, San Francisco Bay area

Tammy Among the more than 80 caterers, mobile and brick-and-mortar restaurants, and food-related vendors at the second annual...

September 3 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Updates: Typhoon Kompasu (Compass) Hits Korea »

Updates: Typhoon Kompasu (Compass) Hits Korea

ZenKimchi This is a food blog, but it’s also about Korea. I’m using this page to collect news...

September 2 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Five questions for ‘neo-Korean’ chef-instructor Youngsun Lee »

Five questions for ‘neo-Korean’ chef-instructor Youngsun Lee

Tammy Youngsun Lee immigrated to Queens, New York, from Korea when he was 12 years old. He graduated...

September 2 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Banchan: Baby Nixon Edition »

Banchan: Baby Nixon Edition

ZenKimchi I hope we’re all enjoying the last days of summer on this gorgeous first morning of September....

September 1 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

New Feature: Wibiya Toolbar »

New Feature: Wibiya Toolbar

ZenKimchi I love adding shiny new toys to the blog, but I’m wary of toolbars. They can get...

September 1 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Suji’s Opens Deli in Ilsan »

Suji’s Opens Deli in Ilsan

ZenKimchi You lucky folks up north! I just got word that Suji’s has opened its first full deli...

August 30 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Joe in Harper’s Bazaar »

Joe in Harper’s Bazaar

ZenKimchi Harper’s Bazaar (Korean edition) came out with its September edition in all its thick perfumed glory this...

August 26 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Five Questions for Stir-fry Expert Grace Young »

Five Questions for Stir-fry Expert Grace Young

shinshine Grace Young, known as a wok evangelist, has won many awards including the IACP Le Cordon Bleu International...

August 23 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

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Korean Alcohol Class? Sign Me Up! »

ZenKimchi The new Susubori Academy is opening some English-language classes for the first time on making Korean liquors. They are opening four sessions with four classes each to fit people’s schedules. Courses are just W50,000, and they include all the ingredients you need, a container to take your liquor home, and some artisanal liquor with banchan...

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Good Grief! »

ZenKimchi (and people let me teach their children) . . . . . . . . . Hold on… Eun Jeong put me up to it. Right? Despite our desecration of a beloved childhood character, I found this kitschy cafe pretty cool. Check it out. Share...

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Video: Kids Playing with Food »

ZenKimchi Samsung Imaging has posted the first in a series of videos I’m making for them. This is a video I made on the last day of my infamous cooking class this summer. We made character dosirak, which many of you know as “bento.” Head on over to the Samsung Imaging blog to read the gory...

September 2 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
Video: Kids Playing with Food

FYI: What the Book? Has Moved »

ZenKimchi Popular expat-owned bookstore What the Book? has moved from its location in a basement off of Hooker Hill to the second floor of the building next to Burger King and the post office in Itaewon. It opens on July 8th. Gonna have to change my landmarks. Share...

July 7 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
FYI: What the Book? Has Moved

Good Grief! »

ZenKimchi (and people let me teach their children) . . . . . . . . . Hold on… Eun Jeong put me up to it. Right? Despite our desecration of a beloved childhood character, I found this kitschy cafe pretty cool. Check it out. Share...

August 23 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
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Commentary

Trademark Your Stuff, Man!

Trademark Your Stuff, Man! »

ZenKimchi I think I had mentioned something about this before and people were skeptical. Now the JoongAng Daily has come out with a piece on how Pocheon Makgeolli got trademarked in...

August 31 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Video: Bibimbap… with RAIN? »

Video: Bibimbap… with RAIN?

ZenKimchi How did I miss this one? It looks like this has been out since early 2010, and I just found it today....

August 24 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Poll: Do You Like Standardized Food Carts? »

Poll: Do You Like Standardized Food Carts?

ZenKimchi I’m trying not to show my bias in this. Seoul has had a love-hate relationship with its own street food. Even though...

July 27 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Events & Holidays

Event: ZenKimchi in New York »

Event: ZenKimchi in New York

ZenKimchi I think it’s okay for me to reveal this now. I am traveling from Korea to New York in September to be...

August 27 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Report: 2nd Annual Korean BBQ Cook-Off in Los Angeles »

Report: 2nd Annual Korean BBQ Cook-Off in Los Angeles

WangKon936 Last year ZenKimchi had reported on the very first Korean BBQ Cook-Off event in Los Angeles, California.  Specifically in L.A.’s Koreatown district. ...

August 12 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
Korean cuisine rolls into Eat Real Festival 2010, San Francisco Bay area

Korean cuisine rolls into Eat Real Festival 2010, San Francisco Bay area »

Tammy Among the more than 80 caterers, mobile and brick-and-mortar restaurants, and food-related vendors at the second annual Eat Real Festival in the San Francisco Bay area were two Korean “taco...

September 3 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

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