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Belated, but pretty, we share here shots of food from our most fabulous capital to the East, Tokyo: Sake and shochu from Jin’s Bar in Shibuya Miso-marinated fresh cheese with shizo and on toast, Jin’s Bar Skate jerky, Jin’s Bar Chicken “gyoza” – instead of using a mandu skin, many bars in Tokyo now de-bone [...]

Yes, 500¥ . . . for ddeokpokki!!! We can’t believe it either. Tokyo, you truly are the city of dreams. Crazy, expensive, overpriced dreams.

Glorious snack food!  Is there anything on earth that can match the gut-filling goodness of bunshik (분식)?  The local snack stall serving up small bites is a gathering place for local students and busy people, and nobody does it better than 삭/Sak. Lots of places will serve up a plate of decent ddokpokki, but very [...]

Head out towards Gwanghwamun when you’re cold and hungry, and you may run into some unusual street eats.  What is in this mysterious card, wafting steam and savory smells out into the intersection? Why it’s the old jjajang peddler, spreading joy and black bean sauce over noodles wherever he goes! Alongside sweet radish pickles and [...]

Fatman never needs an excuse to go snag some eats on the streets . . .but it never hurts to have one anyway.  Recently Fatman, Zen Kimchi, and some friends (including fan favorite Chef Hickey of the W Hotel and X Burger fame!) went in search of the best of winter street food in Seoul.  [...]

The chestnut vendors are out in force.  The turning of leaves and brisk air might signal fall to some, but Fatman officially calls it when the chestnut vendors outnumber the miniskirts . . . Hmmm, we might need to reconsider our criteria . . .

Fatman managed to do a bit of exploring at the Andong Mask Dance Festival this year . . . and being Fatman, of course we managed to take pictures of some delicious noshing! How do you like them apples? Mmmmm, ginseng! and deep fried ginseng!

우리 자매 사이트에게 . . .A special treat for our sister site, www.feetmanseoul.com:

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 [...]

The Seoul Food Festival (English Link. 한국어 여기) is still a relatively new festival (it started in 2007) so it’s still finding its feet. Fatman is a new blog, so we sympathize. We also sympathize with all the people who can’t seem to find their way around! With five venues and inconsistent translation, it’s important [...]