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Let’s call it “scenes from a Korean-Chinese restaurant” and hope it doesn’t give away Fatman’s secret identity.

Fatman recently took a browse through Michael Pettid’s Korean Cuisine: An Illustrated History and liked what we saw. Unlike most books about Korean food, this one is not primarily a cookbook. Pettid, an Assistant Professor of Korean and Korean Literature at SUNY Binghampton flexes his scholarly muscles to bring readers a nearly encyclopedic look at [...]

Brilliant Ramble: A Blog for Linguaphiles takes a few moments to muse on the comforting nature of juk (죽:  rice porridge) before getting to the meaty bits about the possible origins of the various words for rice porridge throughout Asia.  Check it out!

Ok, we realize this bird was not intended for battering, deep frying, stuffing, basting, brazing, baking, or rotisserie . . . but you can’t stop Fatman from dreaming! Check out Robert Neff’s Oh My News article on some pretty spectacular chickens.

Regina Schrambling at Slate Magazine has some strong words against Turkey Day and all the toil it entails for the poor, hapless foodwriter.  Sara Dickerman, in the same issue, goes on the record as being pro-sweet potato saute, but anti-brining in her excellent rundown of what the major American food mags are saying about the [...]

Fatman is pleased to report that the first official Hub of Sparkle Party was a rollicking success!  Many thanks to Fatman favorite Song’s Kitchen for letting hoards of bloggers decend en masse on their charming place and run amok.

Gourmet magazine has more that just some delightful soju aperitifs in the latest issue – they also took a jaunt to Seoul’s very own Noryangjin Fish Market. Check it out!

Over at Oh My News, Robert Neff has a Halloween column well worth the read for some spooky stories of Seoul and beyond . . . Check out this clever way to get rid of certain spirits: According to an article published several decades ago by Yi Kyu-tae, there were several ghosts “sighted” in Korea [...]

Stafford of the Chosun Bimbo is running a series on the Hub of Sparkle covering his daily lunch experiences at his school’s cafeteria. Check it out! Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 So Stafford, when are you going to come write for FatManSeoul???

The Blue Ribbon Survey 2009 Seoul Restaurant Guide is now out.  This is probably the largest, most complete guide to restaurants in Seoul.  This is a pretty useful guide, including short reviews, directions, contact info, and maps.  They also covered some of our favorites in this edition, including the Kitchen and Star Chef.  Available at [...]