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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
John Nihoff Likes Korean Food
2007-07-13 05:57:00 ACK! Marmot beat me to it on this one. It arrived in my mailbox yesterday, and I puttered around on posting it. Turns out that CIA professor John Nihoff, who I know as one of the judges on “Iron Chef America,” was promoting Korean food recently. He also stated that Japanese food concentrates too much ... More About: News , Food , Like
Doing My Part to Piss Off PETA ? Chicken Galbi Topped with Live Octopus
2007-07-13 03:22:00 Went out the other night on Anyang’s Food Street to a little DalkGalbi ???(Chicken Galbi) restaurant. Eun Jeong and I noticed that they served San Nakji ???(Live Octopus) with their DalkGalbi. The DalkGalbi itself was a little watery for our tastes, but the San Nakji made up for it. Here’s some video goodness ... More About: Video , Part , Peta
Latest Writing Gig - SEOUL Magazine
2007-07-07 10:19:00 I’ve lately started writing one-page food columns for SEOUL Magazine . It’s a pretty classy magazine compared to its competition and predecessors. And it has a fairly large readership, not only in Seoul but around the world. The Korean National Tourism Organization supplies copies of SEOUL Magazine to Korean tour agencies overseas. So if you ... More About: Writing , Out There , Late
Kids After My Own Heart
2007-07-06 02:40:00 These teenage girls from Iowa spent just a month in Korea, and they have tried–and liked–more exotic foods than a lot of people I know here. The learning continued at meal times. They ate what their host family ate, from meals made with new combinations of familiar ingredients to very unusual foods. One of the most ... More About: News , Kids , Heart
e-DogMeat
2007-07-04 03:09:00 I first saw this on the Marmot and then I saw it on the TV news. This website supposedly sells dog meat (kaegogi ???), among other culinary delights. Oh… whoops… looks like they’ve been ordered to take the site down. (Shh… we don’t eat dog in Korea.) In other news, we plan to have our annual Bosintang ... More About: News
Strawberry Flavored Squid
2007-07-04 02:58:00 I had seen peanut butter flavored squid at the movie theaters. A Geek in Korea has found something else new… 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 at is guilty ... More About: Strawberry , Flavor , Squid
Beer That Makes You Poo and MORE
2007-07-04 02:39:00 Oh, The Chosun Ilbo has an article highlighting products to suit consumers’ wishes. This includes items such as a Hite beer (called “S”) that has extra dietary fiber. They claim that it’s to help people lose weight. But we all know how it will accomplish the task. And it’s too much of ... More About: Beer
Transformers Update
2007-06-29 06:54:00 If you haven’t heard, Michael got 50 TICKETS for tomorrow night. The thing is, the showing is at 11:40. The thing was that the earlier showings didn’t have good blocks of seats available except in the very front rows. We’ll have a late dinner around 9:00. We’ll meet on the corner across from Yongsan Station. ... More About: Event , Transformers , Update , Form , Transformer
Basic Korean Food Vocabulary
2007-06-22 02:35:00 Mary at maryeats has posted a good starter guide to Korean food, describing what the basic terms in most main dishes mean. 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 at is ... More About: Out There , Vocabulary , Basic
Dinner and a Movie ? Transformers Style
2007-06-20 17:19:00 The Transformers movie premieres in Korea before anywhere else. I won’t be available June 28th, but I will be on June 30th, as I’m sure most others will be. Mike, the Metropolitician, and I are thinking of having a get together for food and a showing of the movie at the hyper tech Yongsan ... More About: Movie , Event , Dinner , Style
ZenKimchi Facebook Group
2007-06-16 04:52:00 If you want to talk about Korean food, here’s yet another outlet for you. The ZenKimchi Korean Food Obsession It’s a Facebook group. If you’re not a member of Facebook, it’s easy to join. Copyright © 2007 ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material ... More About: News , Group
Differences in Korean and Foreign Food Culture
2007-06-12 05:59:00 The Chosun Ilbo has published a little article on a survey conducted by the Corea Image Communication Institute pointing out differences in how Korean s and foreigners treat guests to dinner. An interesting find was that 45 percent of foreigners felt that Korean cuisine wasn’t widely accepted because of its strong scent. Copyright © 2007 ZenKimchi ... More About: News , Food , Culture , Foreign
Cool & Spicy Cucumber Salad (Oi Muchim ????)
2007-06-09 05:54:00 I have said many times before that Korean food is very seasonal. I especially look forward to the summer dishes like tangy Mul Kimchi (”water kimchi”), Oi Seobaggi (Cucumber Kimchi), and all the bright cool summer dishes that refresh in the summer heat. One of Eun Jeong’s regular creations is a Spicy Cucumber Salad , Oi ... More About: Cool
Naengmyoen Season is Back!
2007-06-09 04:03:00 It seems only yesterday I was mourning the end of Naengmyeon season. Now it’s back. Eun Jeong and I have recently been trying to find a decent Naengmyeon place in our area since our favorite place in Beomgye closed down. A few weeks ago, she suggested a place on Pyeongchon Food Street that ... More About: Season , Out There , Back , Seas
You?re Welcome, KNTO
2007-06-09 03:07:00 According to this article, the number one reason tourists come to Korea is for the food. And I’m sure the tourists love Korean food because of this site. I’m right, huh. Korean National Tourism Organization, you know where to send the check. Copyright © 2007 ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use ... More About: News
I Didn?t Know Big Bob was This Big
2007-06-08 07:11:00 Serious Eats has posted a BBQ recipe from Big B ob Gibson’s in Decatur, Alabama. I spent the first thirteen years of my existence in Decatur. My dad ran a Popeye’s Fried Chicken across the street from there, and I grew up with the smell and flavor of Big Bob’s chicken and BBQ ... More About: Out There
Pork Belly and Kimchi from Baby Rambutan
2007-06-08 05:32:00 Recipe here. I’m catching up on all my food blog and news reading since things are finally slowing down enough for a short while. That’s why I have a lot of posts talking about what other people are posting. This is one of them. Baby Rambutan regularly posts great recipes. They’re usually ... More About: Out There , Pork , Kimchi , Belly
More Love for Kimbap
2007-06-08 02:14:00 This time it’s Vancouver. 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 at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact legal@www.zenkimchi.com so we can take legal action immediately.Plugin by Taragana -- ZKFJ More About: News , Love
Seoul Food Scene in San Francisco Chronicle
2007-06-07 17:31:00 A short beaming taste of Korean cuisine and a few restaurants in Seoul was featured in the travel section of the SF Chronicle. Not much in there that you haven’t already read here. Yet I’m curious about that Min’s Club he’s talking about. Copyright © 2007 ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal. This Feed is ... More About: News , San Francisco , Scene , San Francisco Chronicle
Tikiti - Indian and More
2007-06-06 15:41:00 I just found out there’s a little place in Anyang (near Beomgye Station) that serves Indian food. We were walking when we saw a banner on a building that said (in Korean) “Indian Curry Rice.” Tiki ti. Doesn’t sound Indian, but I’m not an expert on Indian cuisine beyond what I’ve had (a lot of) in ... More About: Restaurant
Worst Flavor Combination Ever
2007-06-06 15:10:00 Went out with Eun Jeong and her co-workers last night on a rare late night drinking tour. We met some of their friends at a Japanese themed bar called Wara Wara. I had not had anything for dinner beyond some french fries at the previous bar, so I took a gander at the menu. I ... More About: Combination , Flavor , Comb
Edward?s Take on Korean Yogurt
2007-06-01 04:06:00 Wow, it seems that Edward Kim is getting all over the place. He was recently featured on Marmot’s Hole for his take on the Azia Kim scandal at Stanford. Yet he’s also written an interesting bit on the Pinkberry vs. Red Mango Korean yogurt craze (touched on a bit on this site earlier) and how ... More About: Out There , Yogurt , Ward
The Kimchi Scale?
2007-05-25 04:21:00 The Asia Sentinel reports on a Joongang Daily article saying that the Korean government wants to establish standards to rate commercially produced kimchi. The standard would be a five point scale to rate its spiciness as well as rating its level of ripeness (non-fermented, fermented, and over-fermented). So maybe you’ll be able to know the ... More About: Kimchi , Scale
?All Over You Like Egg on Bibimbap?
2007-05-14 04:52:00 That’s Stephen Colbert’s challenge to Korean pop icon Rain. You know what? I haven’t even said much about Bibimbap here, and it’s one of my favorite foods. But first, a song. Originally known as GolDongBan ??? (”rice mixed with stuff”), Bibimbap is basically rice mixed with vegetables, usually some type of meat, and ... More About: Over , Like
The Book
2007-05-01 16:55:00 An essay that I wrote on Korean food and essays and photos from other foreigners in Korea, including some that you have seen on this site, is now published in the book Korea Up Close. You can buy your copy at Seoul Selection right now. If you look closely, you can see ... More About: Book , E Book
More Details on U.S. Beef Imports
2007-05-01 02:00:00 There’s an article at CattleNetwork.com adding more details on the first U.S. beef shipment to be accepted in South Korea in three years. If you’re wonky about stuff like that (as I am) it details which producers this beef came from and the tests the beef has to go through before export. Copyright © 2007 ... More About: News , Beef , More , Details , Tail
Spring Sh-wing Wing Fling
2007-04-28 23:56:00 Spring has finally arrived. It’s the time for birds, flowers, and general heathenism. And it’s a perfect time to hang out outside with some wings and beer. On Saturday, May 5th, the ZK Ruffians will have our Spring Sh-wing Wing Fling. We’ll meet at Hooters, next to Apgujeong Subway Statio, around 2 PM. After some ... More About: Event , Spring
Sesame Leaf Pesto from the Evil Jungle Prince
2007-04-22 02:44:00 Recipe here–> The Evil Jungle Prince has beat me to it! Sesame leaves (kkaenip ??) are similar in flavor to fennel. They have that slightly exotic licorice flavor that I hate in candies but find enticing in meals. Going back to my original plans for the Food Journal, I wanted to experiment with substitutions, such as ... More About: Fusion , Out There , Leaf
The Korea-Italy Connection
2007-04-22 02:25:00 I had heard about the Italian government bringing in Korea n VIPs to promote its food and wine. The Seoul Times recently published an article on the details of what’s going on. The article talks more about the upcoming free trade talks with the EU. Here are some interesting tidbits: The Korean VIPs were 17 business execs ... More About: News , Italy , Connection , Connect
Now Free Trade Talks with the EU?
More articles from this author:2007-04-20 09:00:00 I just found out that in around ten days Korea will be in talks on a free trade agreement with the European Union. I don’t know many details about this one other than it looks to be less contentious than the U.S. free trade agreement. I particularly like this quote: “Competition between ... More About: News , Free , Talk , Trade , Free Trade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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