ZenKimchi on TV: Jeju

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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. For comic relief, I try to balance on a surfboard. My bathing suit ripped during my successful attempt, so don’t examine it too closely. The lady at the folk village was a hoot. Unfortunately, I couldn’t be there for the Haenyeo (female divers) segment and gorge on sea urchin. A lot of things got rewired in this episode, but the crew made it come together in the end.

AND IT WAS HOT!!!

We only filmed my parts on a single weekend, but my harried experience there made me want to return. I discovered that I love Jeju cuisine. One of my most decadent breakfasts this year was a briny seaweed soup with chunks of sea urchin roe. I think in Korea, the general public hasn’t yet considered sea urchin roe a delicacy as they do abalone. So missing out!

Joe McPherson is the founding editor of ZenKimchi. He is also dining editor for 10 Magazine and writes and consults for multiple publications. He is the only non-Korean judge for the Korean section of the Miele Guide--but don't ever call him a food critic.

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