FatManSeoul

Say it ain’t so!  From Naver (한국어 링크) and Korea Beat (영어링크):
7 brands of hard tack manufactured in China contain, what else?: Melamine.  While the amount contained therin is not enough to make an adult sick, you probably shouldn’t go around chowing down on it.  Fatman has already talked about hardtack’s unique history here.  We’ve [...]

One of the great things about Korean bakeries is that the major chains are constantly trying to one-up each other with new and exciting flavors for each season. By remaining sensitive to flavor trends at large, all the major and many of the minor players try to understand the changing palates of their customers and [...]

One of the great things about Korean bakeries is that the major chains are constantly trying to one-up each other with new and exciting flavors for each season. By remaining sensitive to flavor trends at large, all the major and many of the minor players try to understand the changing palates of their customers and [...]

Ok, so FatMan’s first thought upon hearing the word “Kaya” was that it must be referring to the small Gaya Confederacy of the early Three Kingdoms Period centered in the Gimhae area of the Nakdong River Basin. But just like so much of the food scene in Seoul, Fatman was about to be blown [...]

Hardtack (also known as pilot bread, pilot crackers, ships biscuits, sea bread, and sometimes less nicely as molar breakers, tooth dullers, sheet iron, or dog biscuits) is one of the most notorious foods in history. Because the ingredients are so basic and it lasts so long, it has been a food of choice (well, or [...]

Korean street food is getting more and more creative. Check out this new style of egg bread, found near Hongdae University:
한국의 길거리 음식이 점점 다양해지면서 독특한 먹을거리도 많이 만나볼 수 있게 되었다. 이번에는 홍대근처에서 찾은 새로운 스타일의 계란빵에 대해서 한번 알아보자.

Instead of the normal loaf shape, the egg-based bread was baked in a mini-pizza tin [...]