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Oh My News에서 빼빼로 데이 역사 설명!  And a little wikipedia-lovin’ here (영어) and here (한국어).  Gotta love those completely commercial holidays invented out of the whole cloth!   And of course, the 빼빼로 홈피!

City-slick Korean chicks know what media to watch for the best and brightest of what’s to be - and for years the bible to what was popular in the states was Sex and The City.  Whatever it was to American women, whatever the controversy and silliness, young Korean women understood it as a benchmark of [...]

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 [...]

Japanese* donut chain Mister Donut has been opening up chains across Seoul, giving some competition to the mostly American-founded chains like Dunkin’ Donuts*and Krispy Kreme, along with the offerings of local bakeries and chains like Paris Baguette and Tous les Jours.  They pride themselves on having donuts that suit local Asian tastes, including their new [...]

Figs are one of the great treats of fall. These inflorescence are actually not fruit at all, but collections of tiny inward-growing flowers that form the “fruit”.  This shows up oddly in the etymology of the Korean name: 무화과 means “no flower fruit”. There are flowers that contain fruit, but we can’t [...]

우리 자매 사이트에게 . . .A special treat for our sister site, www.feetmanseoul.com:

Sometimes you just have to get out of Seoul.
But with limited time, where are you going to go?  Sure the KTX has made getting around faster and easier, but sometimes you’re just looking for a fun, easy day or weekend trip away from it all.  Fatman knows the best place for a weekend of good [...]

- Mark Twain

“I’m not telling you, ‘Never eat a hamburger.’ Just eat the good ones with real beef, you know, like the ones from that mom-and-pop diner down the street, … And it’s so good that when you take a bite out of that burger, you just know somewhere in the world a vegan is [...]

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 [...]

From Korea Beat, we have the tale of a new and creative (albeit unintentional and kind of gross) way to get your kids to eat something a little more nutritionally useful than a plain ol’ butter ring.
Mmm, protein!