by ZenKimchi | Sep 19, 2017 | Commentary, Featured
The copycat culture is getting more and more shameless. I knew of people coming over and taking pictures of the food, trying to take it apart. I remember back when people were doing that at Vatos when they first opened. Last year, after I left the BBQ Pub, a friend...
by ZenKimchi | May 25, 2017 | Commentary, Featured
Is E-Mart Killing The Economy? Korea’s traditional grocery stores are struggling. They have been struggling for decades, since the first E-Mart “super-supermarket” opened in 1993. According to a recent article by Korea Exposé, between 2000 and 2011,...
by ZenKimchi | May 23, 2017 | Commentary, Featured
This was posted recently on Facebook: Hello, everyone! Namaste ^^; Today, I received a call from a big cable broadcasting company in our country. There is a kind of food broadcasting. They suggest to me that some famous entertainers come to our restaurant and take a...
by ZenKimchi | May 6, 2017 | Commentary, Featured, Globalization
For Children’s Day, we went to the Picnic on the Bridge, part of the Seoul Food Festival, organized by Chosun TV. What they did was take over the lower deck of the double decker Banpo Bridge and made it into a boulevard of food demos, booths, and food...
by ZenKimchi | Apr 22, 2017 | Commentary
I seriously don’t get it. Has the world gone MAD?? Credit: Emilio Andreas ArayaA line outside an Isaac Toast stand When I first came to Korea in 2004, I had some cultural adjustment to do (understatement). Breakfast was one of them. The closest I could get to a...
by ZenKimchi | Apr 20, 2017 | Commentary, Featured
Here is why I don’t buy Dongwon tuna–well, an added reason. Greenpeace has been ranking cans of tuna for years based on sustainability. They released their first list in 2015. Since then, they have noticed that U.S. retailers have worked to carry more...
