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A meme going around the food blogs right now is Very Good Taste’s highly subjective (a little curry-centric) “Omnivore’s Hundred,” or the the 100 things an omnivore must try in a lifetime. They are not all good or fancy. Some of them are outright bad. But you should at least try them–if you’re an omnivore. [...]

It looks like the Metropolitician and ExPat Jane had a bad experience at the Smokey Saloon in Itaewon this week. Now, it could have been a one time incident, but considering the pattern of bad service at western restaurants in Korea, who knows? I went there once a couple of years ago. The burgers were [...]

I asked if you could guess which celebrity chef was in Korea. One of you guessed correctly. For a couple of weeks, Eun Jeong, a few valuable friends and I have been helping the production of “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern” set up locations, food suggestions, research and on-air guides for their shoot in Korea. [...]

The 2008 Seoul Food Festival runs from August 22nd to August 31st. Events will occur in different locations. Here’s what the press release tells us: The food festivities will be centered on Cheonggye Plaza, starting on the 23rd and running for the entirety of the festival. Come on opening weekend for opportunities to sample traditional [...]