The doctor has officially pronounced it. The government’s Korean food globalization campaign was an expensive failure. Well, maybe not a total failure. It did enrich the pockets of a lot of charlatans with government connections (we weren’t one of them, DARN those sour grapes!). I remember people calling us out on the...
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Friday, March 29 2013 I was the first to wake up by a long shot. Around 6:00. I found some instant coffee and went outside. We’re facing the water. I watched the stillness while children played in the background. The accommodations are a bit Spartan, but not too rough. Because of Holy Week, there weren’t many rooms to book....
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For the past 7 months, I’ve been trying out this thing called working. By trying out, I mean that there’s been zero room for anything else in my life, and this includes this blog and my poor cat who now hates me and tried to piss on me the other night. My terribly mannered cat trying to filch a cube of chicken. So my...
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first post by guest contributor Jenna Collett 라면 for One I have never seen Ms. Ahn eat alone. I’ve never seen her eat without sharing with the closest available mouth. On any given day I’d be handed a near constant stream of easy-to-share edibles: segments of oranges and tangerines, slices of...
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새해복많이받으세요! Saehae bok mahni badeuseyo! The Lunar New Year mass exodus from Seoul has begun. Sidle up to a bowl or two of TteokGuk (recipe here). While you’re here, we’re looking for some writers to join us at ZenKimchi. Specifically, we are looking for Korean food writers in the L.A., Chicago, and Atlanta areas as well...
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I had heard that this was in the works. It was announced at a press conference last night. I should note that the foreign press was not invited, so it has appeared in the Korean dailies before the WSJ and other international outlets. Basically, the news is that the big food conglomerates are being put on a leash and tied to a tree....
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The Miele Guide, the restaurant guide for Asia, has named Pierre Gagnaire a Seoul as the sixth best restaurant in all of Asia. This is the highest showing for any restaurant in Korea. In the spirit of full disclosure, I’ve been a judge since the inception of the guide, but my opinions are just evaluated for the Korea section,...
read moreWe just got to my dad’s house in Denver last night after a grueling 28 hours of flying and layovers. This is my wife and daughter’s first time in America. I’ve done this trip a few times, but this is the first time I’ve traveled with a child. I’ve learned a few things over the years and a lot of things...
read moreLast week, my first ever piece for theWall Street Journal was published. It covers Chef Woo-joong Kwon and his restaurant East Village, which strives successfully to do Korean fine dining. We particularly talk about his restaurant’s signature dish, an upgrade of tteokgalbi, which is usually like a flaccid hamburger steak. I...
read moreYou miss us? Yeah, we got seriously hacked this time. I’ve really upped the security around here. Google has officially given us the green bill of health, and it’s taken me a while to get the site working normally post-cleaning. So, we’re back to posting. In the process, I’ve been working on another serious...
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