Buldalk Pizza Sandwich

After our trip to Sh-wing, we went across the street to 7-Eleven for some sojus and more snacks. I love looking at the sandwich and samgak (triangle) kimbap sections to see what new flavors they come out with. That night, I found something that blew my mind: a buldalk (“fire chicken”) pizza sandwich.

It combined two great late night drinking foods between two slices of bread.

Even better, it had grill marks. Those grill marks weren’t painted on. It was toasted. I guess the chilled panini look is getting popular in Seoul.

Inside was a spot of filling. It had some red sauce that tasted somewhat like pizza sauce, some bits of chicken, green pepper, and shredded cheese. The taste? Well, considering that my tongue was numb from Krazy Koreans and beer, it wasn’t too bad.

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Joe McPherson founded ZenKimchi in 2004. He has been featured and sourced in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, CNN, KBS, MBC, SBS, Le Figaro, Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia, Harper’s Bazaar Korea, The Chosun Weekly, and other Korean and international media. He has consulted for "Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain," The Travel Channel’s “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern,” Lonely Planet, National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveler, the PBS documentary series “Kimchi Chronicles,” and other projects in the UK, Canada, and Australia featuring celebrity chefs such as Gizzi Erskine and Gary Mehigan. Mr. McPherson has written for multiple Korean and international publications, including SEOUL Magazine, JoongAng Daily, The Korea Herald, Newsweek Korea and wrote the feature article for U.S. National publication Plate magazine’s all-Korean food issue. He has acted as dining editor for 10 Magazine and was on the judging panel for Korea for the Miele Guide. He spoke at TEDx Seoul on Korean food globalization, at TED Worldwide Talent Search on the rise of Korean cuisine, and in New York City on Korean Buddhist temple cuisine. The company ZenKimchi International organizes food tours for tourists and corporations and acts as a media liaison for foreign and Korean media and local restaurants and producers.