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This amazing infographic comes to us from the online magazine, GOOD:
Also be sure to check out their Picture Show:  Visions of Fast Food and tons of other fascinating food related posts on their website (which we found via Serious Eats.  감사합니다!)

Bon Appetit spent a little time recently chillin’ and grillin’ in Seoul for their July Summer BBQ issue.  Check it out! We’re sure you’ll recognize a few of the places they visited, too . . .

Serious Eat’s site A Hamburger Today has covered local legend Lotteria’s burgers, including their rice burger, shrimp burger,  and bulgogi burger.  Check it out . . .

Photo by Robyn of Serious Eats
(and check out whose bulgogi burger taste test got mentioned ^.^V)
Speaking of Robyn, she has a new post up on her website showing the [...]

 
Paul Ajosshi here with some info on the best place to get yourself some roast duck in Seoul. Down in Hannam-dong, there’s a little restaurant  called “The Ginko Tree House” (은행나무집) that specializes in roasting our water based feathered friends in their own little clay bricks and the result is mouth-watering. Ladies and Gentlemen, please [...]

Seoul has an amazingly diverse range of restaurants that cater to all kinds of tastes, but the area south of North America has been shockingly underrepresented. Things are looking up (or is that down south?) though with a spate of newer places looking to bring cuisine from Central and South America to those living [...]

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.

Yukhoi is where it’s at!  Don’t let its reputation as an iffy selection at the wedding hall buffet line stop you from enjoying its sweet pleasures.

There’s few foods in the world that feel as luxurious as an elegant serving of Korean-style steak tartare, and even fewer that are as easy to make.  But while the [...]

Oftentimes you’ll see bulgogi, galbi, and samgyeopsal translated as “Korean Barbecue.”

Fatman hates this translation. While the use of the term varies slightly worldwide, in its home country, America, barbecue has a very specific meaning. Barbecue is a method of cooking using indirect heat. Whether the heat source is burning charcoal, wood, or a gas flame, [...]

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 [...]