FatManSeoul

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 [...]

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 [...]

The GNP has proposed color-coding nutritional information on packaged foods to help customers be more aware of potential health risks from fat, sugar, salt, etc. just like on cigarette packages: Obesity Warning on Fast Food Planned (Korea Times).
비만유발 식품에 ‘색깔경고’ 표시한다 (한국 일보)

Milk: it does the body good, but what’s it doing to your pocket book? Read all about it here and here (warning - may crash firefox) and also over at the Korea Herald (Fatman is very annoyed, but they don’t allow direct links to their articles. Look under “business”). 여어 링크

Korea Beat has kindly translated a bit of food-related fun.
Helpful hint: Next time you’re in Gwangju (광주/Kwangju) and you order jajang myeon (자장면: noodles in black bean sauce) just ask for extra beef ahead of time.
나에버 뉴스:
“자장면에 왜 고기가 없어” 말다툼끝 주먹다짐“