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First of all, for anyone heading to the Chungjangno Festival in Gwangju (or heading or living in Gwangju at any other time) KoreaMaria has some suggestions on where to grab your coffee. Take that Seth – Gwangju has good coffee! (and a tip of the fat hat to Brian in Jeollanam-do) Still don’t believe Fatman [...]

Even in North Korea you can still get your burger fix . . . South China Post’s Kristine Kwok wrote about her beefy find here (subscription required, 영어링크) and you can read more about your northern fries and fizz here and here (영어 링크.  한국어 여기 . . . 여기 . . . 그리고 여기) [...]

Huh?  Julia & Julie has been pushed back to December 3rd?   Practically everybody else in Asia has an earlier release date . . .  are you trying to make sure we’ve all seen it on pirated DVD’s from China before it hits our theaters?

And &*%$ you, Conde Nasty. Fatman has always loved the beautiful Gourmet Magazine.  We grew up eating recipes from its pages and reading the essays and articles.  It was the gold standard in food writing, and published work by an astounding array of writers and gourmands.   The photography was always wonderful, and trends in the [...]

One of the few festivals not cancelled is the Buddhist Food Festival this weekend in Suwon ~ check it out! (영어와 한국어) The Chosun Ilbo reminds you how to set your 차례상 (영어링크) and tells us that while wine’s on the wane, ginseng is the gift to have given. The Korea Herald profiles one of [...]

Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow digs mixin’ it up with Korean food, apparently.

To add more fuel to the dog eating controversy, we present to you recent studies that suggest that dogs may first have been domesticated not for their adorable antics and friendly companionship, but rather for their deliciousness. Via the New York Times (영어링크)

Fatman doesn’t usually take other reviewers to task for their writing. After all, everyone has different taste preferences and perceptions. One man’s meat is another man’s poison. But seriously, Korea Herald . . . On the Border is authentic Mexican cuisine?!? Are you out of your ever-lovin’ mind??? It isn’t until halfway in the article [...]

Joe McPherson of Zen Kimchi has an insightful article in this week’s Korea edition of Newsweek. You can read the Korean language version here (한국어 링크) or dowload the orginal directly from Zen here.

There’s nothing that makes Fatman angrier than being promised a “Death Burger” that will light our mouth on fire as if we’d just french kissed Satan and finding out that at best all we’re going to get is a “Mild Indegestion Burger” that’s more like a peck from a petulant djinn. Andrew Salmon and Zen [...]