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Belated, but pretty, we share here shots of food from our most fabulous capital to the East, Tokyo:

Sake and shochu from Jin’s Bar in Shibuya

Miso-marinated fresh cheese with shizo and on toast, Jin’s Bar

Skate jerky, Jin’s Bar

Chicken “gyoza” – instead of using a mandu skin, many bars in Tokyo now de-bone the upper part of [...]

It’s tea time!  Although not well known beyond these shores, Korea has a long and venerable history of tea cultivation and appreciation.  Records of tea ceremonies go all the way back to the Three Kingdoms Period, and tea plants were introduced sometime in the seventh century. Tea remained a very important ritual beverage, particularly [...]

Yes, 500¥ . . . for ddeokpokki!!!
We can’t believe it either.
Tokyo, you truly are the city of dreams. Crazy, expensive, overpriced dreams.

Fatman has a whole post devoted to the foods of Andong (as well as posts here and here right at home)  over at Hub of Sparkle, but one place deserves special mention.

It is not merely the best bakery in Andong, or Gyeongsang-do.  It is the best bakery in Korea.  Maybe the best bakery in the [...]

Wanna spend a romantic day with your sweetie-pie? How nice for you!
Now, go bug some other website with your lovey-dovey heart-and-flower chatter  and leave the bitter, the annoyed, the cranky, the romantically disinclined, and everybody else who wants to take a break from your sugared-nonsense holiday to Fatman.

Suwon (수원) is just a short trip from Seoul, and offers some sweet eats.
But first, some history:
Let’s not be coy. Suwon owes its historical prominence indirectly to one of the greatest scandals of the Joseon Era.

The joys of country markets:

Bags of dried peppers and different grades of pepper powder fill the air with a spicy tingle and bring a welcome touch of fall color now that most of the leaves have fallen.

One of the great things about old-fashioned markets is the sesame oil vendor. Sesame seed oil is an [...]

New York based conceptual artist Elaine Tin Nyo will be having a seminar on Korean fermented foods at 3pm Saturday, October 25th at the Seoksu Artist Project studio in Anyang. Lead by fermented skate expert chef Jeong Hyo-jin, this tasting is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the process of making traditional [...]

Fatman can’t be everywhere, so it’s a good job that both A Food Journey in Korea and Brian in Jeollanam-do (check out his flickr page on the festival!) both got to check it out. While you’re at it, check out Brian’s extensive list of festivals down south. Fatman’s stomach is grumbling with [...]

Fatman guesses . . .

this is supposed to help your . . .uh . . . “stamina”
spotted at the Andong Mask Dance Festival