“Smooth & light premium beer exclusively designed for well-being of young generation.”Actually, it’s Hite Exfeel-S. Far from being a perfect palindrome. Irresistible, nonetheless. I finally found these bottles of this “stylish beer with fiber” on sale this week. I had a couple with dinner that night. The taste wasn’t as bad as I expected. Much [...]
The Korea Times posted an article stating that McDonald’s is closing its first store in Korea since it first stepped foot on the peninsula almost 20 years ago. McDonald’s official reason is that the rent is too high. Yet the article elaborates that conventional fast food hit its peak in 2002 and has been decaying [...]
The Codex Alimentarius Commission in Rome has pronounced gochujang (red pepper paste) and ginseng as unique Korean foods. It’s notable that ginseng, usually classified as a medicine, is labeled as a food in this report. This could open ginseng to more relaxed regulations when imported into other countries. Share
ACK! Marmot beat me to it on this one. It arrived in my mailbox yesterday, and I puttered around on posting it. Turns out that CIA professor John Nihoff, who I know as one of the judges on “Iron Chef America,” was promoting Korean food recently. He also stated that Japanese food concentrates too much [...]
Went out the other night on Anyang’s Food Street to a little DalkGalbi 닭갈비(Chicken Galbi) restaurant. Eun Jeong and I noticed that they served San Nakji 산 낙지(Live Octopus) with their DalkGalbi. The DalkGalbi itself was a little watery for our tastes, but the San Nakji made up for it. Here’s some video goodness of [...]
