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Chocolates with an Asian Touch

Mar 26, 09 Chocolates with an Asian Touch

Posted by in Restaurants

Recently got this from Chef Ciaran Hickey at the W Seoul Walker Hill (you know, the X Burger folks).  These are some cool creations coming out of their kitchen at Kitchen.  Haven’t tried them yet, but I’ve heard legend.  I love it when Korean ingredients are incorporated in the tool chest...

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Dear Leader’s Mystic Pizza

Check out this account by Ermmano Furlanis helping bring the first Italian food to North Korea.

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Eun Jeong’s Birthday/White Day Dinner

Mar 14, 09 Eun Jeong’s Birthday/White Day Dinner

Posted by in Food For Foreigners

A little bit about Korean holidays.  A lot of love related ones have popped up.  There’s Valentine’s Day (February 14th), where women give men gifts.  There’s White Day (March 14th), where men give women gifts.  There’s Black Day (April 14th), where single folks eat black bean...

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Corned Beef

I was on TBS eFM 101.3 today talking about Ansan Asia Town and making your own corned beef.  I got a couple of requests for the links to the articles about the corned beef.  Here they are: The Great Reuben Project The Great Reuben Project:...

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Agriculture Ministry is Officially NUTS

Mar 12, 09 Agriculture Ministry is Officially NUTS

Posted by in News & Media, Top Posts

You thought Dokdo Is Ours was exagerrating with its fake column by the Korean agriculture minister? Well, this story (via Brian in Jeollanam-do) takes the (rice) cake!  Changing the name of the street food dish ddeokbokki 똑보끼 to topoki 토포키 to make it more accessible to foreigners. [Lee Yeo-ram,...

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