FatManSeoul

Hello everyone, Paul Ajosshi here. You might know me from my blog or my obsessive listing of subtitled films over at The Hub of Sparkle, then again perhaps you don’t. Whatever the case maybe, I have been allowed by the Great Fatman on High to post a few musings on this wonderful website…. So without [...]

Tired of all those adorably cute, design-y little cafe’s with charming little bites of food? Nah, we didn’t think so! Slow Garden is a massive take on the tiny corner cafe, and boasts an almost equally massive menu. Fight your way through the moldering carnage as college couples elbow their way into the best chairs [...]

Seoul has an amazingly diverse range of restaurants that cater to all kinds of tastes, but the area south of North America has been shockingly underrepresented. Things are looking up (or is that down south?) though with a spate of newer places looking to bring cuisine from Central and South America to those living south [...]

Myeongdong is generally better known for its many chain restaurants and crowded commercial streets than a place to grab really delicious food.  The high holy days here are all for shopping, not for feasting.  But hidden in the myriad alleys of boutiques and stores are some real gems . . . one of them being [...]

Fatman has a whole post devoted to the foods of Andong (as well as posts here and here right at home)  over at Hub of Sparkle, but one place deserves special mention. It is not merely the best bakery in Andong, or Gyeongsang-do.  It is the best bakery in Korea.  Maybe the best bakery in [...]

In honor of Pi Day, Fatman would like to point out a place to get . . .well, little pies! Tartine in Itaewon is one of the few places that serves up the petite treats, and in great variety. The small, European-style bakery/cafe on one of Itaewon’s side streets has a convivial (if cramped) atmosphere [...]

The explosion of food diversity in Seoul over the past few years has been stunning. Just a decade ago chains like Bennigans and TGI Fridays were a big deal. McDonalds, that bastion of Americanism, only entered the Korean market 1988. Now diners here are spoiled for choice, with food hailing from Indian to haute French [...]

Pizza Mall is pretty darn low on the totem pole of pizza parlors here in Korea. With fancy-schmancy international chains like Pizza Hut, Dominos, Papa John’s, and California Pizza Kitchen alongside domestic divas like Mr. Pizza, what’s the neighborhood tomato smasher to do? Pizza Mall has stayed in the game by offering very domestic interpretations [...]

Ichon is the gathering place of Seoul’s Japanese population, but many a visitor has trekked out that direction only to be a little confused: Instead of sushi joints and izakayas, there seems to be a swank European-style cafe on every corner, stylish Italian restaurants in between, and the occasional American-style pie place just to spice [...]

Brunch is the new black!  And if you’re a fashionista looking to see and be seen on a lazy weekend, Samcheong-dong is high on that list.  But where to feed?  Sure there’s waffle joints and coffee shops galore, but you need a place that can set the tone and put some food in your stomach. [...]