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Fat and Happy Sea Snails

Jul 30, 08 Fat and Happy Sea Snails

Posted by in Food For Foreigners, Top Posts

At my local E-Mart, they’ve been selling sea snails (Golbaeng-i 골뱅이) next to the shrimp. I had looked at them a few times but frequently passed them up. Then one evening, one of the staff had steamed up a bunch and was trying to get shoppers to try it. My impression was that Korean...

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Fatman Seoul Has Returned

Fatman Seoul was the original inspiration for the ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal. Well, my friends, it has been revived by none other than Michael Hurt, creator of The Metropolitician, Bomb English, and, well, FEETman Seoul. This is a good day in Korean food. [Original Fatman Seoul] [New Fatman...

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Korean Food Bloggers in the New York Times

Matt Gross, the Frugal Traveler, published an article about food in Seoul in The New York Times, along with some video. Daniel Gray of Seoul Eats is prominently featured. WOO HOO! Oh, and ZenKimchi gets a blurb, too. [Choice Tables - The Weird, Wild and, Ultimately,...

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MakHui – Chilled Sashimi Soup

Jul 20, 08 MakHui – Chilled Sashimi Soup

Posted by in Food Porn, Korean Food 101, Top Posts

Recently, I talked about the experience of bad service at this seafood restaurant. Nonetheless, I did take pictures of the dish that they told us was squid MulHui but obviously wasn’t. I was too busy taking pictures to pay attention to the fuming of Eun Jeong across the table. Then I realized,...

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The Food of “Shikgaek”

Jul 16, 08 The Food of “Shikgaek”

Posted by in Entertainment

I’ve gone back to trying to watch “Shikgaek,” or as the English blogs now call it, “Gourmet.” Call me a curmudgeon. The food porn on the show just ain’t doin’ it for me. They show many things that look pretty, usually in concentric circles, but little of it looks...

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