The International Herald Tribune purports that brunching is the new dining trend in Korea. Why? That brand spankin’ new five day work week. The article also passes on the claim from other newspapers and restaurant owners that there may be 200 restaurants that serve an American style brunch. 200? Where? I know of Suji’s, Butterfinger [...]

I wouldn’t care about it if I wasn’t paying for it. In my opinion, Hanwoo beef does have a good flavor, but it does not justify its uber-Kobe beef prices. And paying those high prices and finding out that it is NOT Hanwoo beef? The flaccid Korea Food & Drug Administration has done it again. [...]

Frank Bruni of The New York Times reviews Moim, an upscale Korean restaurant in Park Slope, Brooklyn, that Bruni himself says is flying under the radar of trendsetters. Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn has more info. Share

I’m bad with birthdays (sorry, ExPat Jane). I knew the ZenKimchi Food Journal was started in October, but I wasn’t paying attention to the exact date this month. It was October 16th. So now it’s been two years since I started the food section of the (heh) ZenKimchi Empire, and it has grown to be, [...]

Mongdori first found this video. It’s pretty self-explanatory, so I won’t translate a lot of it. I do agree with Mr. Mongdori that the processed “sausage” in the video is unpalatable. I’d replace it with a stick of string cheese. What follows is not a direct translation but a description of each step (with extra [...]