by ZenKimchi | Oct 15, 2018 | Featured, Food Stories
This weekend, after a quick few beers & Korean fried chicken the night before, I went to Chef Jay Morjaria’s (Twitter, Instagram) pop-up event at Vineworks. If you haven’t watched Chef Morjaria’s episode on Million Pound Menu (BBC2 &...
by ZenKimchi | Oct 14, 2018 | Featured, Tips, Tours
Korean food tours are one of the top things to do in Korea. When you’re putting together a Korea itinerary, do a food tour or cooking class early. It’s relaxing. It gets you oriented. Best of all, the guides and instructors will give you tips on where to...
by ZenKimchi | Jul 18, 2018 | Featured, Food Trend
Traders makes these limited time pizzas. They’re pretty much copies of Costco pizzas. We just moved to another apartment yesterday. Our gas hadn’t been hooked up. The kitchen was too disorganized for cooking anyway. I offered to pick up a pizza after work....
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 | 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 | Nov 2, 2016 | Featured, News & Media
Leaders in Korean government and corporations have for years been trying to lure the Michelin Red Guide to Seoul. Just consider it another gold star for their sticker charts in their neverending quest for status, along with international sporting events, ads in Times...
