seoul food for people who love to eat
There was a recent article in the Korea Times about vegetarian restaurants in Seoul, and they’ve come up with some solid suggestions like Sosim at the Anguk intersection north of Insadong. It’s great to see some coverage of smaller or lesser known restaurants (they haven’t included the big bad daddy of them all, the Buddhist [...]
Waffles are the latest food fad in Korea. They’ve cropped up everywhere from street stalls to cafes to fancy restaurants, and have been covered with everything from fruit to ice cream to syrup. But a trend is no fun unless you really play with it, and that’s exactly what they’ve done at 와플속에 [...]
Get ready to chow down with the Seoul Food Festival - this year’s theme is “서울의 맞/ A Taste of Seoul”
Different venues around Seoul including Cheonggyecheon, Gyeonghui Palace, Namsan Hanok Village, the Seoul Museum of History, and Seoul Tower will all be hosting foodie events from August 22nd to 31st. There’s opportunities to do [...]
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Shrimp and cheese sushi with chili sauce
More from our wonderful sister site, SeoulGlow! This episode, Susan keeps eating 족발 (jokbal: trotters.)
Finding the perfect 떡볶이 / ddeokpokki is a long and arduous task. Aren’t you glad the Fatman is dedicating the time and effort to finding it for you? 맛있는 떡볶이를 찾으려면 많은 시간과 노력이 필요하다. Fatman이 여러분을 위해서 직접 발벗고 나섰다는 것이 기쁘지 않은가?
미국 감옥에서 “누트리러프 (Nutra or Nutriloaf, aka the Loaf)”이란 음식은 구류된 사람들의 가장 싫어한 음식이다. What’s the most hated food in American prisons? None other than the notorious “Nutraloaf”; bane of naught prisoners nationwide, this culinary disaster is used as punishment. It contains all your nutrition for a day, requires no utensils to [...]
From our sister site, SeoulGlow:
Susan of Suddenly Susan (note: this site is for her time in Korea, sadly over. To find out what she’s up to now, click here.) and the Met eat Korean-style trotters together.
To see more SeoulGlow videos, you can visit their website or find them on youtube.
The word “pudding” conjures up images of very different foods depending on where you are. Say “pudding” to an American, and they’ll think of creamy dessert puddings. An English person will call just about any dessert a pudding, but uses the term for a range of savory foods, too. And to Koreans [...]
For people not born and raised on Korean food, evaluating how good a given bowl of jjigae is can be a difficult task. Of course, the Fatman thinks whatever floats your boat is good. Eat to please your own tastebuds. But oh! how embarrassing when you take a Korean friend with [...]
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