FatManSeoul

Fatman just got back from a lovely jaunt to the ancestral digs for the lunar holiday, where we got down to the serious business of eating all that scrumptious Sollal food. Of course everybody has to eat some 떡국 (ddeokguk: rice cake soup) to get a year older( ok, nearly everybody; Fatman plans to gain [...]

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

There. Satisfied?

Fatman believes firmly that the recipe we provide will produce perfectly delicious kimchi, but Dokdo is Ours thinks we’ve missed an essential ingredient:  An Extra Large Super Gigantic Dose of Han.

A quick roundup of some delicious goings on in the Korean blogsphere . . . First, Wine in Korea has ventured from purely potent potables (for which they are an excellent source of information, particularly for those of us who rely on fine retailers like E-Mart to fill our snifters) to include a simple yet [...]

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 [...]

This time even Fatman was fingered: The organizer of the party, Joe MacPherson of Zenkimchi fame, said his Seoulpodcasts would be a full hour shorter each if not for Brian, but FatManSeoul was mostly there to try the different Jeolla-do foods.  When asked for a comment, she simply kept singing, “Skate, skate, skate, skate,” to [...]

Fatman guesses . . . this is supposed to help your . . .uh . . . “stamina” spotted at the Andong Mask Dance Festival

Because sometimes fast food just isn’t fast enough! Introducing McDelivery! Now you can call and place your order, which will be zipped to you by scooter in a matter of minutes. Because real estate is at a premium, McDonald’s Korea simply doesn’t have many drive-thru establishments (How rare is it?  Rare enough that the McD [...]

Want to know why Korea is a fabulous place to live? Care to realize the glory of being a fully developed nation? Behold the wonder:  Can you spot the difference? Yes, now while you sit outside on plastic tables eating shrimp crackers and downing hite or cass or jinro you can also be royally entertained [...]