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9 Great Korean Restaurant Franchises (and bad ones...

Posted by ZenKimchi | Dec 4, 2019 | Restaurants, Tips, Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter | 10 |

10 Days in Seoul: A 2020 food guide

by ZenKimchi | Dec 21, 2019 | Tips, Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter, Traveling | 14 |

This is your ultimate Seoul food guide. Reader (and friend) Żaklina had this question:...

11 Best Korean Chicken Joints 2020

by ZenKimchi | Dec 15, 2019 | Chicken Chicken Chicken, Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter | 15 |

My rule of thumb is this. To tell a good chicken place, look at the people inside. If it’s full of beautiful young women taking selfies, likely isn’t good chicken. If it’s full of middle-aged men who look like life has kicked them in the teeth–GREAT CHICKEN!

9 Great Korean Restaurant Franchises (and bad ones) 2020

by ZenKimchi | Dec 4, 2019 | Restaurants, Tips, Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter | 10 |

There’s something I’d say for Korea that I wouldn’t say for America–there...

Recipe: Korean Tofu “Steak”

by ZenKimchi | Jan 7, 2018 | Featured, Korean Recipes, Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter | 0 |

Not THAT Tofu Steak A larger variation of many traditional Korean pancakes, Tofu Steak was trendy...

Recipe: Acorn Jelly Salad (Dotorimuk Muchim 도토리묵무침)

by ZenKimchi | Jan 7, 2018 | Featured, Korean Recipes, Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter | 0 |

This Korean vegan recipe–oh, why do I even bother saying it’s vegan? It’s just...

10 Ways to Survive a Korean Summer

by ZenKimchi | Jul 11, 2017 | Food Porn, Top Posts | 10 |

These are the foods we cling to that makes the blistering Korean summer bearable. Let’s pop open the ice chest and share the goodies.

Promoting Korean Food, Chapter 5: Taste vs. Well-being

by ZenKimchi | Mar 28, 2017 | Commentary, Featured, Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter | 0 |

Just because it’s healthy doesn’t mean people will buy it. It’s gotta taste good too.

Promoting Korean Food, Chapter 4: Y2Y Marketing

by ZenKimchi | Sep 14, 2016 | Featured, Korean Food Globalization, Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter | 1 |

A few years ago I was asked to write a small book on promoting Korean food. I finished the...

Crispy Onions Rings made with SOJU!

by ZenKimchi | Jul 26, 2016 | Featured, Korean Kitchen Hacking, Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter | 2 |

One night, I noshed on a multi-hour old onion ring. It was still light and crispy. Not greasy. It came from our new little experiment that we’ve implemented at OK Burger on the Cheonggyecheon.