seoul food for people who love to eat
The uberblog of Koreablogs, The Marmot’s Hole, found a fascinating article about the increased popularity of Korean and Asian food across America - including at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky:
The new Korean menu at Murray State University in Murray, Ky., is a hit, and the best proof is the empty plates. Dishes come back [...]
Fatman wonders if some of this is a false trend, or at least partially unrelated to the recent economic downturn.
From the Korea Times:
Despite the slow economy that is forcing consumers to tighten their purse strings, a Pizza Hut restaurant in southern Seoul is enjoying a busier lunch time these days, as customers are up by [...]
The Korea Times has an update on more products found to contain melamine:
Lotte Confectionary’s “Choudy”
Nestle’s Kit Kat Mini
Mars Korea’s Peanut Snickers Fun Size and M&M’s
that’s in addition to the already identified:
Misarang (custard and coconut flavor)
Nabisco Ritz Cheese Cracker Sandwiches
Lipton Milk Tea Powder
Cadbury chocolates
Creamer and coffee products that contain creamer imported from Hong Kong
Danyang Day Bright’s [...]
Zen Kimchi has a list of foods in Korea imported or manufactured in China now known to be potentially tainted with melamine. They are:
MiSarang 미사랑 snacks
Ritz Cheese Crackers
Cadbury Chocolate
Danyang Day Bright Rice Crackers
Non-dairy creamer imported from Hong Kong (includes instant coffee packs)
Lipton Milk Tea Powder
The Korean Food and Drug Administration [...]
The parody site, Dokdo is Ours, has an article on the joys of foreigners eating kimchi . . . oh my!
The Korean blogosphere is buzzing about Chef Kim Hu-nam (김후남) and his bistro, Star Chef. Chef Kim, whose training as chef included time working in Conneticut, has brought a new and vibrant touch to the bistro scene here in Seoul. While the Japanese-French style of bistro food has dominated the Korean scene with its obsession [...]
Food meta-blogg Foodbuzz came up with a new activity for the online foodworld: Their 24,24,24 project had twenty-four bloggers writing about 24 meals, in 24 hours to give a picture of food and eating across the globe. Zen Kimchi’s Behind the Kitchen with Chef Hu-nam Kim of Star Chef was one of the chosen few, [...]
The latest issue of Gourmet magazine has a positively Proustian look at the summer noodle we all know and love: Naengmyeon!
Famed author and writer David Foster Wallace died this past Friday. While he was known for a vast body of works including Infinite Jest, A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, and Girl with Curious Hair, one of our favorite works here at FatManSeoul has always been his essay “Consider the Lobster” (영어 링크.) [...]
At the risk of losing any modicrum of respect we might have earned . . . Fatman was the featured guest on this week’s episode of the Seoul Podcast!
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