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I love food. During my time in Korea, I have been collecting recipes and anecdotes about Korean food. I also have been working on survival techniques for westerners living in Korea.

In this journal are recipes for cooking Korean food in Korea or abroad and recipes for recreating western food with Korean ingredients.

But mostly, it's about enjoying life.

SUBJECT KEY
Christmas Chronicles - Trying to celebrate Christmas in Korea
Drink - Imbibe me
Event - Special events involving special Korean foods
FFF (Food for Foreigners) - Recipes for foreigners living in Korea
FP (Food Porn) - Pictures for stimulation
Fusion - A mixture -- or clash -- of cultures
Junk - Junk food
KFC (Korean Food Concept) - A blog entry explaining a type of Korean food
Kimchi - Something about kimchi
KR (Korean Recipe) - A recipe for Korean food, duh!
Miscellaneous - Stuff, stuff, and stuff
News - Korean food in the news
Out There - What others are saying
Rest (Restaurant) - An entry about a restaurant in Korea
Street Food - An entry about a street food concept or adventure
Tip - A survival tip for living or visiting Korea
Video - A summary of a video on the site
WTF - A feature on anything unusual that has to be investigated further

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

ZenKimchi Mentioned in The New York Times

Just a note that The New York Times just put out a piece on Korean fried chicken in New York. I'm in there.

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

McDonald's Korea Now Has Breakfast

I know of a few people who would be pleased to know that McDonald's Korea has introduced a "Morning Menu."

There are four food items on the menu: McMuffins, Sausage McMuffins, Sausage Egg and Cheese McMuffins, and Bacon Egg and Cheese McMuffins. The sets come with the same old McHashbrowns was all McKnow and McLove.

I had a Sausage McMuffin set this morning, and it warn't too bad. I noticed that they do give my stomach more of a McBrick than they used to.

Update: We showed up again this morning for breakfast, and the Morning Menu was gone. The counter person said we couldn't order any McMuffins because they were out of--the actual McMuffins. That's okay. I've had my fill of Dirty Ron's for a few months.

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Friday, January 05, 2007

Food is Always Good Diplomacy, Especially BBQ

NPR recently aired a story about Bobby Egan of Hackensack, New Jersey, who owns Cubby's BBQ Ribs. He's become the leading go-between for the U.S. and North Korea over the years.

Egan, who has been cooking BBQ for twenty years and has been running the front of the house for five, has been the guy North Korea turns to when relations with the U.S. break down.

How did he get involved with North Korea?

During the 1980s, he got involved with Vietnam vet friends of his concerning MIA issues. He made good relations with the officials in Vietnam--so good that they recommended him to North Korea as a liaison.

He has since hosted the North Korean team during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and even answered calls from government officials from the register at Cubby's.

I always said that food is the best diplomat. Click here to listen to the story. It's fascinating.

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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Korean Pears Contribute to $110 Burger

I recently read on Slashfood that a $110 Kobe beef burger has been introduced at the Four Seasons Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. It uses premium ingredients that are almost all imported, which accounts for the price. The hamburger is made from Kobe beef, Portobello mushrooms, foie gras, and Korean pears.

If you've never had a Korean pear, you gotta try one. You can also find them in the grocery store labeled as "Asian" pears. They've quickly become one of my top five favorite fruits. They're sweet, extremely juicy, and have a firm solid texture that makes them unique. They are not at all like the familiar Anjou pears, which I always thought had a soapy taste, which makes me wonder why the Korean pear is called a pear. I'm not a botanist, so I'm sure there's something I'm missing in the lucrative academic field of fruit classification.

I do feel that Korean pears are one of Korea's great contributions to the world. I actually think it would work well on a Kobe beef foie gras burger. Then again, it's Indonesia. What--did they run out of durian?

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