What’s for Dinner at ABC?
ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” had a feature on What’s for Dinner, highlighting family dinners around the world, including family meals in Korea. Here’s a link to the slideshow. Here’s a link to the...
read moreApe with Hype (and a Rant about Patterns in Korean Restaurant Service)
Jul 13, 08
First off, let me start by saying this is NOT a negative review of Ape with Pipe. There are many good qualities about the hip restaurant overlooking Seoul that would make me return. Nonetheless, I had a similar dining experience there as Daniel from Seoul Eats. I had heard about this restaurant repeatedly from the Itaewon...
read moreHongeo 홍어 – The Hardest Thing to Swallow in Korea
Jul 13, 08
Some of my most adventurous friends, Korean and not, have said that the one food they cannot eat without initiating gag reflexes is Hongeo 홍어. Look at the picture above. It seems harmless enough, if you’re familiar with sashimi. What’s so scary about it? I decided to find out. One of my ajumma friends (yes, I...
read more“Soju” will be in the Dictionary
Valleywag has gotten a sneak peak of the 2008 Merriam-Webster dictionary, release date September 1, and has listed 25 of this year’s new words. In case you’re interested, “soju” makes the cut. soju n (1978) : Korean vodka distilled from...
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