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Glorious snack food!  Is there anything on earth that can match the gut-filling goodness of bunshik (분식)?  The local snack stall serving up small bites is a gathering place for local students and busy people, and nobody does it better than 삭/Sak. Lots of places will serve up a plate of decent ddokpokki, but very [...]

If you’re really craving the savory delights of the magical chicken, rice, and ginseng soup known as samgyetang, there’s one place in Seoul that rises above all the others: 토속촌삼계탕 (Tosokchon Samgyetang.) This chicken-slinging sanctuary just might be one of the most famous restaurants in all of Seoul, partronized by . . . well, just [...]

Fatman never needs an excuse to go snag some eats on the streets . . .but it never hurts to have one anyway.  Recently Fatman, Zen Kimchi, and some friends (including fan favorite Chef Hickey of the W Hotel and X Burger fame!) went in search of the best of winter street food in Seoul.  [...]

Gomushin Girl lives and works in Korea, but is chronicling her trip back home to the Pacific Northwest US as FatManSeoul’s first food diarist. Kentucky Fried Chicken has done such a good job convincing the Japanese that Americans dine on KFC for the birth of Christ that lines for the chicken buckets stretch around the [...]

For those of you who just can’t manage to down an entire can of beer on your own, Hite has a solution to your woes: the Mini-Hite! Now you can play Goldilocks and figure out exactly which Hite size is right for you: The big poppa Hite clocks in at 500 ml, the normal momma [...]

Set in the picturesque area near Hanseong University, Song’s Kitchen is an old converted hanok nestled into a hollow, making for an almost Brigadoon-like space of cute kitsch. This cosy, artsy space plays host not just to a large collection of ceramic, glass, and ticky-tacky, but also to an impressive open kitchen that turns out [...]

집에서 맥주를 양조될까요?  방법과  공금 찾기 가르치는 블로그가 생겼어요!  A resource for anyone who wants to do some home brewing here in Korea, including where to buy supplies: Homebrew Korea (영어 링크) Fatman heartily approves ~ Korea needs more and better microbrew!  After all, why should OB have all the fun?

Fatman has created a commemerative cocktail for the Hub of Sparkle . . .

This past weekend was a gathering of some of the best and most famous brewers of traditional Korean alcohols at Namsan Hanok Village. The weekend featured taste testings, demonstrations, and a chance to mingle in the beautiful outdoors. There were opportunities to see and share in making dongdongju, appreciate some beautiful ceramics, and even watch [...]

There is a traditional Korean wine event today from noon to four pm at the Namsangol Hanok Village (Chungmuro Station, exits 3 and 4) where can meet and talk with a whole gaggle of traditional brewers, check out some beautiful ceramics and displays, watch demonstrations, and taste over thirty different kinds of traditional alcohols.