2024 Holiday Gift Guide: The Best Korean Food & Culture Gifts

2024 Holiday Gift Guide: The Best Korean Food & Culture Gifts

Looking for the perfect holiday gift for the Korean food lover or culture enthusiast in your life? Whether they’re obsessed with kimchi jjigae, exploring Korean traditions, or crafting their own bibimbap, this guide has you covered. Here’s the ultimate 2024 holiday...
The Starfield Library | Is it worth it?

The Starfield Library | Is it worth it?

Type: Instagram Bait Good for: Instagram–if you’re already in the COEX Mall Worth it? Authenticity Uniqueness Fun A fake library full of fake books for fake people COEX Mall’s “Library”: a playground for faux-intellectuals and a paradise for...
Nanta | Is it worth it?

Nanta | Is it worth it?

Type: Fake Culture Good for: saying you watched it Worth it? Authenticity Uniqueness Fun Imagine someone watched “Stomp” and said, “Let’s slap some kimchi on this and call it ours!” Voila, Nanta was born. Sure, it’s a non-verbal...
Petit France | Is it worth it?

Petit France | Is it worth it?

Type: Domestic, Artificial Good for: if you’ve never been to Europe, and you’re fine with a fake Europe Worth it? Authenticity Uniqueness Fun Why fly halfway across the world to visit a mock-up of a French village? You know what’s authentically French there?...
Trending in Seoul: Bagels

Trending in Seoul: Bagels

According to the JoongAng Ilbo, bagels have really hit it big in Korea. In the expat-o-sphere, we’ve been noticing more bagel shops pop up over the years in our group Restaurant Buzz Seoul. The New Yorkers and Montréalers pooh-poohed most of the offerings. Not...