ZenKimchi Last year, my concept of Buddhist temple cuisine was floored by a visit to Baru soon after it opened. I recently returned, this time with a better camera. I am still blown away...

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ZenKimchi I have seen this pop up in a few places this month, and the cafes are popular. In Japan, it’s called Mochi Ice Cream. Okay, in Korea, it’s called Mochi Ice Cream, too....

July 28 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Tammy 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 cut this recipe in half...

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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 they are heavily patronized by citizens, the government has treated them...

July 27 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

ZenKimchi In the back alleys near Dongdaemun there are a lot of grilled fish and weekday lunch stops that are popular with workers in the city. These are where the jewels are found, but...

July 27 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

ZenKimchi Everyone’s in vacation mode, and I think we’ve been a little guilty of it ourselves at ZenKimchi. We have a lot going on in the background. Well, not a LOT lot, but there’s...

July 26 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Guest Written by Taeyang Yoon Korean taco trucks are part of the growing assortment truck-based cuisine, offering simple fusion of Korean-style marinated meat with Mexican tacos. Although, it’s not as simple as just replacing...

July 23 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

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 out of a whole chicken...

July 23 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
Recipes

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...

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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 »

Chicken Nuggets [Versatile Chicken - Korean Way Series] »

Chicken Nuggets [Versatile Chicken - Korean Way Series]shinshine Posted by shinshine This started from my realization that the last bag of shredded chicken meat I had wasn’t enough to make anything substantial.  Still, I didn’t want to go back to...

July 21 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Chogyetang (Chilled Chicken Soup) [Versatile Chicken - Korean Way Series] »

Chogyetang (Chilled Chicken Soup) [Versatile Chicken - Korean Way Series]shinshine Posted by shinshine Today is chobok (초복), marking the first of boknal (복날), which are the three hottest days of the year by lunar calendar.  Although chicken is popular in Korea all year...

July 19 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Spicy & Sweet (Pan-) Fried Chicken [Versatile Chicken - Korean Way Series] »

Spicy & Sweet (Pan-) Fried Chicken [Versatile Chicken - Korean Way Series]shinshine Posted by shinshine It seems that the growing popularity of Korean chicken in recent years has amounted to a “cult of crunchy, spicy, perfectly nongreasy chicken“ which is only getting bigger with the quest for...

July 18 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
News & Media

TrendWatch: ChapSsal Ddeok Ice Cream (or Mochi Ice Cream) »

TrendWatch: ChapSsal Ddeok Ice Cream (or Mochi Ice Cream)

ZenKimchi I have seen this pop up in a few places this month, and the cafes are popular....

July 28 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Banchan: Freakin’ Hot Korean Summer Edition »

Banchan: Freakin’ Hot Korean Summer Edition

ZenKimchi Everyone’s in vacation mode, and I think we’ve been a little guilty of it ourselves at ZenKimchi....

July 26 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

NEW SITE: KoreaTaste.org »

NEW SITE: KoreaTaste.org

ZenKimchi The Korea National Tourism Organization has come out with KoreaTaste.org, a site dedicated to Korean food. It’s...

July 12 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Taco Bell Korea Opens »

Taco Bell Korea Opens

ZenKimchi Chris in South Korea (not pictured above) hits the streets and gives us a firsthand account of...

July 12 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

NEW: ZenKimchi Newsletter »

NEW: ZenKimchi Newsletter

ZenKimchi We’re bringing back the ZenKimchi Newsletter. We’ll have the most popular posts from the blog plus tips...

July 12 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Banchan: Kimchi, Bibimbap, Summer Foods with a few Frog Legs »

Banchan: Kimchi, Bibimbap, Summer Foods with a few Frog Legs

ZenKimchi Before you head off to the beach for the weekend, in person or in mind, here’s what’s...

July 9 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Shh… (taco bell is open) »

Shh… (taco bell is open)

ZenKimchi Word has spread through the social media networks that Taco Bell Korea is having a sort of...

July 8 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

San Francisco protest against Korean consumption of dog meat »

San Francisco protest against Korean consumption of dog meat

Tammy On July 6 for the sixth straight year, an animal rights group led a protest in front of...

July 8 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

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Pubs are Growing in North Korea »

ZenKimchi According to Yonhap News via reports through the official North Korean state media, Pyongyang has more than 150 beer houses and growing. The official North Korean beer, Taedonggang, has modernized its manufacturing facilities with computers. You may remember it from this surreal advertisement. It’s actually gotten some international recognition, including an international standard quality certificate...

July 1 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
Pubs are Growing in North Korea

Food Porn: Baru Revisited »

ZenKimchi Last year, my concept of Buddhist temple cuisine was floored by a visit to Baru soon after it opened. I recently returned, this time with a better camera. I am still blown away by most of the food there. The fruit and veggie chips are everyone’s favorite. This time around, they served a meatless Gganpunggi,...

July 30 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
Food Porn: Baru Revisited

Pinkberry: The Movie »

ZenKimchi Here’s a little clip making fun of Hollywood producing movies just for the marketing tie-ins–using Pinkberry. Remember Pinkberry? I don’t know. I’m in Korea. The fro-yo craze died here years ago. I think only three Red Mangoes exist on the peninsula now. [HT to Mr. Reader. From slashfilm.]...

July 7 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
Pinkberry: The Movie

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....

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

WTF: Kiwi Strawberry “Toast” »

ZenKimchi Brian out of Jeollanam-do recently did a cell phone pic dump from his time in Korea. One notable pic was what was actually considered palatable in a school cafeteria. Seriously thinking of teaching a course in Korea on basic sandwich rules....

June 27 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
WTF: Kiwi Strawberry “Toast”

Commentary

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 they are heavily patronized by citizens, the government...

July 27 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

A Cogent Argument for Dog Meat »

A Cogent Argument for Dog Meat

ZenKimchi The Korean has translated and posted two columns by food writer Hwang Go-Ik about his love for dog meat. He addresses some...

July 21 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Korean food made in the USA »

Korean food made in the USA

Tammy The Korean government is working overtime to convince Americans (and all foreigners) of the superior benefits of Korean cuisine. Even before the...

June 28 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Events & Holidays

“Days in India” Exhibition at Guillaume »

“Days in India” Exhibition at Guillaume

ZenKimchi Continuing their series on great amateur photography, authentic French bakery Guillaume will feature Paul Colin Redmond’s exhibition, “Days in India” at their...

July 4 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

Dalkgalbi Cooking Class on Saturday June 26th »

Dalkgalbi Cooking Class on Saturday June 26th

ZenKimchi According to Dan, there are 5 spots left for the dalkgalbi cooking class, run by ZenKimchi sponsor O’ngo Food Communications, this Saturday....

June 23 2010 / View Comments / Read More »
Royal Court Cuisine Cooking Class

Royal Court Cuisine Cooking Class »

ZenKimchi Korea House will be holding a royal court cuisine cooking class on Saturday, July 24th at 3:30 p.m. The class will last around two hours and includes a tour of...

July 13 2010 / View Comments / Read More »

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