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The Future of Street Food?

Sep 16, 11 The Future of Street Food?

Posted by in Food Trend, Street Food

Based on Tammy’s and Seoul Sub–>Urban’s posts, I wanted to check out this “Bomb Rice” Poktanbap 폭탄밥 in Noryangjin. I was in the area anyway. To find it, leave Noryangjin Station (line 1) and cross the overpass away from the fish market. Turn left, and head towards a row of street food...

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Recipe: Noryangjin-inspired ‘Bomb Rice’

Seoul-Suburban, one of our co-conspirators on Nanoomi.net, posted this comment about a new dish they discovered while exploring the neighborhood around the famous Noryangjin Fish Market: I passed carts offering bibimbap, bulgogi hot dogs, deopbap, omurice, hamburgers, bokkeumbap, and something that one cart called poktanbap...

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Review of Korean taco truck Seoul on Wheels

Mar 28, 11 Review of Korean taco truck Seoul on Wheels

Posted by in Featured, Street Food

I found Seoul on Wheels at the Eat Real Food Festival in Oakland, Calif. at Jack London Square. Julia Yoon was serving up a truncated menu of Beef, Chicken, Pork or Tofu Korean tacos and spicy chilled noodles. We tried the chicken and beef Korean tacos. They were very good. The charcoal grilled beef and chicken BBQ was served on a...

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Koreamerican creation: Kimchi buffalo hot dog

Feb 01, 11 Koreamerican creation: Kimchi buffalo hot dog

Posted by in Kimchi, Street Food

There’s arguably no food more recognizably Korean than spicy cabbage kimchi. But what is quintessentially American? Few meats are more so than bison. Hunted nearly to extinction in the 19th century, the American buffalo was brought back from the brink of extinction to such abundance that it is becoming more common on...

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Recipe: Pul-bbang Korean pancake dumplings

I found a Danish Æbelskiver pancake pan at William-Sonoma some time ago.  I kept staring at the catalog, scratching my head trying to figure out why the pan and its baked contents looked so familiar. Then I realized I was looking at the perfect pul-bbang pan. Pul-bbang (풀빵) is a Korean pancake dumpling, usually stuffed with...

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Recipe: Korean Egg Toast (계란 토스트)

Sep 25, 10 Recipe: Korean Egg Toast (계란 토스트)

Posted by in Featured, Fusion, Street Food

Korean fusion cooking is not a one-way street where Westerners tinker with Korean dishes to make them more appealing to Westerners. Koreans also have “fusion” recipes, in which they have Korean-ized either Western or Japanese dishes. One of the more recent Korean fusion recipes to hit the street markets of Seoul...

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