Category: Video

  • Video: Lunar New Year 2005

    Video: Lunar New Year 2005

    Here’s a little blast from the past.  EJ and I visit the Namsan Folk Village for Lunar New Year, where we ended up having our wedding in 2009.  It was amazingly frigid that day.

  • Surprising place to buy fresh coffee beans

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    Posted by Steve Ward

    Not all E-Marts have the roasters, but it seems like the big ones do and it’s usually by the wine, not the other coffee.

    Steve Ward has been living in Seoul for nearly five years now and has dabbled in many different hobbies and types of work in that time. SteveWard.TV is the homepage of his official online presence.

  • Buying Coffee Beans from the Chains

    Posted by Steve Ward

    I was asked recently by a friend what the price range was for buying coffee beans specifically at the import chain coffee shops. I happened to have my video camera with me so just decided to pop into the places around my office and see for myself, as I’ve been buying my beans from independent roasters for quite a while and really had no idea what was being charged these days.
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    I’ve got another video coming out tomorrow. Hope these have been useful!

  • Three Sheets to South Korea

    Three Sheets to South Korea

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    I’m out of touch with much of what’s on TV in the U.S. these days.  That’s mostly a blessing.  But too bad I missed out on this show, Three Sheets.  The host, Zane Lamprey, goes around the world to explore people’s drinking cultures.  Think Thirsty Traveler but with more wastedness.

    It turns out that Zane went to South Korea.  I can’t find any clips of the show that I can put on the site, but you can watch the whole episode here.

    And it looks like some folks have caught on to some Korean drinking traditions after watching the show.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmP9IrlkMJo

  • Ggaenip Pesto — The Video

    Ggaenip Pesto — The Video

    If you haven’t checked out Koreanfornian Cooking yet, you should.    The host Tamar used to teach here in Korea, Chuncheon to be precise.  She’s just posted her version of Ggaenip Pesto 깨닙 페스토.  Particularly liked that she credited ZenKimchi for posting it a while back.  I should also give more credit where it’s due, for I got the original idea from Evil Jungle Prince, a great food blog that has since disappeared.

  • North Korean Raengmyeon Ad

    North Korean Raengmyeon Ad

    The Marmot has posted some North Korean ads–yes they’re entering the advertising age.  One I particularly, um, enjoyed was the Naengmyeon ad (spelled “Raengmyeon” 랭면 up nawth).  Great noodles.  Hottie North Korean beauties.  Karaoke lyrics.

  • Bette Midler Made Kimchi

    My mom had Regis and Kelly playing in the background at home.  Bette Midler was subbing for Regis, and the topic meandered to the internet.  Bette said she wasn’t an expert on the internet but that it was “a great tool.” She said she had learned to make kimchi through the internet and then went into preacher mode about how wonderful kimchi was.

    I think it’s safe to say that when Bette Midler says you’re wonderful, you’ve made it.  I wonder which recipe she used.

    It’s at the 13:30 mark.

  • ZenKimchi on Arirang (again)

    ZenKimchi on Arirang (again)

    Eun Jeong and I are on Arirang Today, um, today.  It’s a magazine show on Arirang TV.  It’s a bit about the globalization of Korean food.  Got a free meal out of it.

  • KBS Docu about Korean Food — Online

    KBS Docu about Korean Food — Online

    Here is the 30 분 다큐 on foreigners appreciating Korean cuisine that KBS2 aired on May 18th, 2009.  It’s divided into four parts.

    Part 1: Intro

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiVixiDftUI

    Part 2: German university professor, who lives in the Korean countryside and lives an idyllic rural lifestyle.

    Part 3: Food bloggers converge (including ZenKimchi, Fatman Seoul, Roboseyo, Seoul Eats and Kiss My Kimchi)

    Part 4: Back to the Korean countryside PLUS a gorgeous rural organic restaurant

  • Bizarre Foods Video Central

    This is the post where I’ll land videos that I find on the internet regarding the Bizarre Foods: South Korea episode.

    Promo:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IpDUntzX3s

    Noryangjin Fish Market:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz4jcGSxmzU

    Chu-eotang 추어탕 (Live Loach Soup)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43D4TNS3Gsk

    UPDATE: Looks like the whole show has been posted in segments.

    Segment 1: Noryangjin Fish Market (live octopus) — Guide: Chef Hu-nam Kim

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6BNAx3mC2o

    Segment 2: Fermented Bean Paste, Fermented Skate, Changgukjang Jjigae (“Dead Body Soup”) — Guide: Soo-jung Kang

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wySH97FsuVQ

    Segment 3: Chu-eoTang (live loach soup) and more soups, Korean Barbecue — Guides: Terry Rah, Richard Choi, Robert Egbert, Julie Yi

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3EKe2U1Fo

    Segment 4: Kimchi factory, Street Food — Guide: Soo-jung Kang

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkZs5OYA5NA

    Segment 5: Blogger outing with Turtle Soup, Blowfish and Grilled Eel — Guides: Daniel Gray, Eun Jeong Lee, Eun Hak Lee

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEAwGc7C9hw