by ZenKimchi | Jan 4, 2022 | Featured, Tour Tips, Traveling
Korean food tours, especially Seoul food tours, daunt travelers with all the choices. There is no one-size-fits-all experience. As I said on a previous post, TripAdvisor/Viator tours and others like them tend to be reposts of other companies’ tours with 15-30%... 
by ZenKimchi | Apr 1, 2021 | Featured, Junk Food & Treats, News & Media, Video
McDonald’s Korea discontinued the Filet-O-Fish in 2008. Today, April 1st, 2021, it is back. I try my first one in maybe 15 years. Will it live up to expectations? And what of the Double... 
by ZenKimchi | Jan 3, 2021 | Chicken Chicken Chicken, Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter
Chicken and beer have become serious institutions in South Korea. Korean style fried chicken started showing up around 1970, when cooking oil became more affordable. In the 1980s and 1990s, chicken “hofs” that served deep fried chicken and beer popped up... 
by ZenKimchi | Jan 2, 2021 | Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter, Tour Tips, Traveling
This is your ultimate Seoul food guide. Reader (and friend) Żaklina had this question: Do you have recommendations or a 10-day restaurant tour guide for Seoul? My parents are coming to visit for 2 weeks, and I’m looking to take them to restaurants in Seoul. Any... 
by ZenKimchi | Nov 16, 2019 | Commentary, Featured, History, Ingredients
The spicy stewed pork ribs emerged from the kitchen. Two attractive TV hosts gawked at them in wonder. They gazed at a dish of decadence. A dish that broke all the rules. A dish that was Korean but smothered in mozzarella cheese. With small tongs one woman grabbed a... 
by James Chung | Dec 5, 2018 | Chicken Chicken Chicken, Featured, Restaurants
Nashville Hot Chicken has hit Seoul. There’s been buzz about this new style of fried chicken in Seoul, a feat that is hard to imagine in a country that alleges to have more establishments selling fried chicken than there are McDonald’s worldwide. What is Nashville Hot...