by ZenKimchi | Sep 13, 2018 | Featured, Food Porn, Korean Food 101
There’s a Bon Dosirak franchise near my day job’s location. This is the latest concept from Bon Juk and Bon Bibimbap. I’ve had a few of these dosirak (lunchboxes) before. I particularly like the way they pay tribute to regional cuisines, like the... 
by ZenKimchi | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured, Food Trend, Junk Food & Treats
There’s a Korean burger that has been the must-try in Seoul’s foodie community. And it comes from a surprising place. Lotteria. Yes, Lotteria. The Korean-Japanese fast food franchise known for its culinary abominations–soggy fries and cardboard... 
by ZenKimchi | Jan 7, 2018 | Featured, Korean Food 101
Korean cuisine already has a reputation for being healthy. Not everything in Korean cuisine is so. Yet like most world traditional foods, it’s well-rounded and whole. South Koreans are also some of the thinnest people in the modern world. You’d think that... 
by ZenKimchi | Feb 21, 2017 | Buddhist Temple Cuisine, Featured
All from a bowl of mushroom soup? You may be wondering why an unapologetic meat eater would be enthusiastic about vegetarian Buddhist temple cuisine. Temple cuisine is a topic that the average Korean wouldn’t be able to tell you much about. It’s pretty exotic over... 
by Tammy | Nov 11, 2015 | Beverages, Commentary, Ingredients, Korean Food 101, Korean Food Globalization, Modern Korean
The first-place winner of the recent Korean Sensation Culinary Contest at The Culinary Institute of America’s Napa Valley campus is neither a traditional North American college student nor a stranger to Korean cuisine. A native of Montreal, Stephen Neumann came... 
by Tammy | Oct 28, 2015 | Food Stories, Globalization, Korean Food 101, News & Media
The Korean government doesn’t want Korean cuisine to be Los Angeles’ best kept secret, so the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Greystone, based in St. Helena, Calif., in cooperation with the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation (also called...