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Pop-up Diary

Apr 29, 12 Pop-up Diary

Posted by in Events & Holidays, Featured, Newsletter, Press

This is a quick behind-the-scenes diary of setting up ZenKimchi and Seoul in the City’s pop-up restaurant, Back Kitchen Seoul. Read Seoul in the City’s account, too. For reviews on how the food and the evening actually went, check these out: Pop-up Surprise: Korean Food Re-imagined Korea Realtime, Wall Street...

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Yonhap Feature: Visitors learn to make their own Korean dishes

Here is my latest feature article for Yonhap News.  I started working on this in Seoul then finished it when I came back to New York.  I am introducing a few different options for people who are considering a Korean cooking class in Seoul.  The table below didn’t make it to the article, but I thought some of you might find...

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ZenKimchi on TV: Andong, Busan and More

This is another one of my favorite episodes. We did most of this with the new crew, and they were very efficient. This is a good food episode. We travel down the Nakdong River and hit Andong and Busan, two of my favorite towns.

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ZenKimchi on TV: Pyeongchang

This was the first episode we filmed, starting in late May. Most of the time they chose my wardrobe, so don't think I normally dress in lime sherbert cardigans. Here are some highlights, commentary, and trivia from the shoot

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ZenKimchi on TV: Jeju

Finally got my hands on a copy. This is the first of six episodes of G-Korea I did for Arirang this summer, traveling around Korea. This is about Jeju Island. I do some parasailing and go out on a yacht. I hump it up a mountain at four in the morning to watch a sunrise.

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Yonhap Feature: For New Yorkers, cooking classes demystify Korean cuisine

By Shin Here is my latest article for Yonhap News (연합뉴스), for which I got to spend an evening with chef Youngsun Lee and fun people who gathered to learn Korean food at the Institute of Culinary Education.  I appreciate the help from the school, chef Lee and the participants of the Korean Plate class.  I hope you...

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