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ZenKimchi Korean Food JournalZenKimchi Korean Food JournalExplorations in Korean food, including great photos, recipes, and survival tips for living in Korea Articles
Smoked Turkey at Korea Barbecue
2007-10-11 05:19:00 When my friend Chris and I usually meet up near his place, he always prefers to go sit outside at this fried chicken restaurant. The place is okay. Service is great, and the fries are good. Yet I had noticed that a barbecued chicken joint had opened near him. He had never noticed it before, ... More About: Turkey , Korea , Restaurant , Barbecue , Kore
Han Jeong Shik II ? Marinated Crab Lunch
2007-10-11 05:06:00 Here we go again with the marinated crab. This was a restaurant that specialized in SundaeGuk ???, and I was going to order it. Then I saw on a handwritten sign “Marina ted Crab Lunch ” (Kei-jang Jeong Shik ?? ??). Had to try that. I know my mom would die over it. We started off with the side ... More About: Nate
Chuseok Spread
2007-10-11 04:57:00 This post has been delayed because I haven’t been able to think of anything intelligent or snarky to say. So when I can’t think of anything, I guess it’s time for FOOD PORN!! I was invited to my first official Chuseok ceremony a few weeks ago. I had been to eat great feasts at friends’ ... More About: Spread
Meeting Temple Cuisine with Zen ? Oct. 20th
2007-10-09 11:32:00 This event is calling my name all over it. It’s Korean food — a unique Korean food I haven’t experienced yet — and it has the word “Zen” in it. I’ve already sent an inquiry for a reservation. I got the information from Seoul Selection. The temple is Bongeun-sa Temple in Gangnam (southern Seoul). It’ll be ... More About: Event , Cuisine , Meeting , Sine
Chef Meili Delicatessen
2007-10-06 09:30:00 I’ve found my new place to get my Western food fix. It’s Chef Meili’s Deli catessen in Itaewon. Exit the subway at the Itaewon Market. Take a right down the street behind Gecko’s (the same street of the popular Sultan Turkish Kebabs). Down the hill, underneath The Wolfhound, is this new ... More About: Restaurant , Delicate
Dried Peppers
2007-10-06 09:10:00 It’s that time of year again to dry the peppers and turn them into Gochugaru ????(Chile Powder) and Gochujang ??? (Chile Paste). The guys in the background are doing just that. Copyright © 2007 ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your ... More About: Peppers
Deep Sea in a Bottle
2007-10-05 02:51:00 The Korea Times reports that CJ will be the first Korean company to bottle and market deep sea water. It’s supposedly a big deal because deep sea water is supposed to be full of minerals, nutrition, and free of bacteria. Companies have been working on sending pipes 650 to 1,000 meters below the ocean’s ... More About: Drink , Deep , Bottle
Yea, HUNG!!
2007-10-04 18:02:00 Just watched the “Top Chef” season 3 finale. Actually having some waterworks. I want to comment more about this season and last–but not now. All I can think of is — WOW! Dreading going to sleep tonight. I know I’m going have another high stress “Top Chef” dream where I’m one of the contestants. ...
Eating in Harmony
2007-10-02 02:51:00 So you’re the South Korean president hosting a fancy dinner for a summit in North Korea. What do you serve that combines different regions of the peninsula? Bibimbap, of course. Even though stirring rice in bowls and eating it with spoons isn’t conventional haute cuisine. Copyright © 2007 ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal. This Feed is for personal ... More About: News , Harmony , Eating
Oktoberfest Party
2007-10-01 04:02:00 WHAT: 10,000 won all-you-can-drink beer (need any other reason) WHEN: Wednesday, October 3rd (it’s a Korean holiday) starting at 2PM WHERE: Oktober fest Bar in Jongno RSVP: Leave a comment here, and I will give you my or Manuel’s (the organizer) number so you won’t get lost. Copyright © 2007 ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal. This Feed is for personal ... More About: Event , Party
Radish Kimchi at FARMtoPHILLY
2007-09-24 02:30:00 FARMtoPHILLY’s Nicole has had success with her sauerkraut experiment (which I should try sometime). She’s gettin’ cocky and makin’ some Radish Kimchi (Kkakduggi ???). Copyright © 2007 ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking ...
Caution the Single Use Grill
2007-09-15 07:00:00 My friend Kurt Graham had one of these at his housewarming a few months ago. I saw one at my local K-Mart (the local grocer, not the American big box superstore) for just 6,000 won (~$6). Really? I can grill stuff at home for $6? How could I resist? The opportunity came last ... More About: Single , Grill
Careful What You Eat
2007-09-15 04:16:00 The Korea Times has published an editorial about the sad state of Korean food regulatory agencies and all the harmful products they are allowing consumers to make uninformed purchases for — both imported and domestic. Why? Rep. Chang, a member of the Health and Welfare Committee at the National Assembly, said the KFDA enforces many non-binding ... More About: News , Careful
What About Bob?
2007-09-14 04:10:00 I saw this ad on TV, and I went, “Wha…?” It’s not just the ad itself. Just think about it — Bob and Yogurt?Oh, that was a transfer of the Korean script to English. I’d pronounce it more “Bap” and Yogurt. And, yes, it’s bap — rice. Rice and yogurt — together at last! ...
Ilpoom Andong Soju ? The REAL Stuff
2007-09-05 04:45:00 You think you know soju? I thought I knew soju. It’s cheap enough in Korea to become easily acquaintable. I can only drink it when I’m in the mood for it. I recently did some more research on soju for an article I wrote for SEOUL Magazine, and I became simultaneously repulsed and intrigued. What ... More About: Drink , Stuff , Real , Dong
The Amateur Gourmet. Cool Dude.
2007-09-04 18:33:00 I’ve been a fan of the Amateur Gourmet for a long while. It’s funny that we both started blogging at around the same time. He started in Atlanta in early 2004. I started in Korea soon after leaving Atlanta in early 2004. Of course, my original blog was personal stuff ... More About: Books , Dude , Cool
Korean Redneck Wings from Fencerider
2007-09-04 05:08:00 (From A View from the Fence) Fencerider has posted a Kore an chicken wing recipe that I’m gonna have to try. I’m going to have a hard time finding molasses. I wonder if brown sugar would work since it has molasses in it. Copyright © 2007 ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use ... More About: Fusion , Wings , Rider
Late Night Korean Fried Chicken Pub in San Francisco
2007-08-31 01:16:00 The Examiner reviews Toyose, a Korean hof in San Francisco that serves the now popular Korean fried chicken, along with Korean beers and yogurt soju cocktails. Sounds fairly authentic from the article. They have Haemul Pajeon (”pizza-sized seafood and scallion pancake…crisp on the outside, soft inside”), Kimchi Sogogi BokkeumBap (”kimchee and beef fried rice…red, ... More About: Restaurant , Night , Chicken
LA Times Does Mul Naengmyeon
2007-08-29 05:33:00 (Picture from The Los Angeles Times ) The L.A. Times has posted an article and a recipe for my favorite summertime food, Mul Naengmyeon ? ??. Lots of people have been asking how to make this at home, and I haven’t made it from scratch yet to give out a recipe — not when it ... More About: Out There
One Less Vegetarian in Korea
2007-08-27 01:53:00 I don’t understand. Ohmy News is publishing diary entries? What was the point of that article? It sounded like pointless soul searching. If you don’t feel like reading it, I’ll give you the gist of it. It’s written by a British woman who’s leaving Kore a soon. She was a vegetarian before she came to Korea. ... More About: Vegetarian , N Korea
ZenKimchi Digg Contest
2007-08-26 06:46:00 You like free stuff, right? Okay, well here’s what you do. It’s easy. If you didn’t know already, there’s a popular social networking site called Digg . People submit blog posts and news articles to their database, where other members vote on, or digg, whether they found it interesting enough. Posts get ranked higher on Digg based ... More About: Contest
Korean Baba Ganoush
2007-08-26 05:58:00 We are flooded with summer eggplants. What to do with them all? Eun Jeong usually makes a Kore an side dish by chopping them up, cooking them a little, and marinating them in a sauce similar to her other side dishes. It’s good, but I wanted something different. So I did basically what she did but ... More About: Fusion
Gobchang Gui ? Revisited
2007-08-26 05:24:00 I talked about Gobchang Gui ?? ? in one of the ZKFJ’s first posts. It’s so good that I need to talk about it again. I have had it a few times, and no place beat the little place I used to go to in Ansan until now. A new restaurant has opened at ... More About: Chang , Chan
Move Over Crunchy Frog ? Here?s Crunchy Shrimp
2007-08-26 04:54:00 I have mentioned in the past that the Shrimp Burgers are one of the few things Lotteria does well. So I was intrigued when they came out with Crunchy Sae-u ??? ??, which are basically the Shrimp Burger patties made smaller with more panko breadcrumb breading. Yes, they do taste like the Shrimp Burgers. ... More About: Frog , Move , Junk
Tuna Burritos and Korean Frozen Meatballs
2007-08-26 04:47:00 Saw this at E-Mart the other day and had to pick it up. It’s the first indication that Mexican food is starting to get accepted at the supermarket level. Granted, tuna burritos are hardly Mexican. It’s just the fact that there’s a product there wrapped in a tortilla that is called a “burrito,” as ... More About: Korean , Tuna , Junk , Meatballs , Kore
Tomato Popsicle
2007-08-26 04:37:00 I know that technically a tomato is a fruit. In Korea, it is literally treated as a fruit. They are usually sold in the fruit section of stores. In my first year teaching kindergarten, the school served snacks to the kids every day. One time it was a plate of chunked tomatoes — with ... More About: Tomato
Peach ?Sports? Ice
2007-08-26 04:25:00 I’ve been doing my morning jogs on the mountain again. When I come back down, I usually stop by a little convenience store for some water. This one time, I wanted to also get a little frozen treat, like a pineapple popsicle. Then I found this Peach “Spor ts ” Ice. Looked interesting, and it was ... More About: Ports
More Than One Hui
2007-08-16 04:43:00 Can you believe that this video gets more controversy on YouTube than the live octopus video? Yes, there is some live octopus in there, but that’s not the controversy. There seems to be a string of Japanese folks or Nipponphiles who are slamming the restaurant for trying to copy Japanese food. Hold on right there! This ...
Globat Alert
2007-08-10 02:35:00 I’d change hosting providers, but I’ve already paid for a few years hosting already. This is an alert to anyone hosted by Globat–they are doing it again. Here’s the email they sent out to everyone. Dear Joe, On Monday of this week, we sent you an e-mail with our new GloVault(tm) product ... More About: Alert
Dean & Deluca Do Galbi
More articles from this author:2007-08-06 02:37:00 Dean & Deluca, purveyors of fine food products and who sometimes have ad banners on this site (hint, hint) have added Korean galbi to their catalogue of ribs, steaks, and cheeses. Just click on the banner at the bottom of this post and look under Butcher Shop>>Beef. It’s listed as “Korean Short ... More About: News , Dean 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
