Survive & Thrive in Korea
So a few weeks ago my friend Angela and I journeyed over to Jongno to practice for the International Rice Cake Competition. The practice classes designed to help foreigners learn the ins and outs of rice cake making were held at the Institute of Traditional Korean Food. It’s part cooking school part museum part cafe. […]
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Breeze Burn’s is a trendy Burger joint at Gwangnalli Beach in Busan. The place does wonders with beef. They’ll fry you up a deluxe bacon cheeseburger that tastes like heaven. The only differenct is that the fries on the side in heaven would come with the burger instead of extra. But that one quibble aside […]
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Patrons beware. It usually takes a lot to get a negative review out of me. I’m an optimistic happy go lucky person who can find the bright spot in just about any gloomy situation. And yet the restaurant HBC in haebangchon did their very best to beat the cheeriness out of me and turn me […]
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Coffee is the modern day drink of the gods enjoyed by mere mortals all over the globe. Coffee definitely is the drink du jour for vast army of Seoullites who partake of the steamy java goodness morning, afternoon, and night. Seoul seems to have as many coffee places as people so I thought it would […]
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One of the perks of living in Korea is the food. Sure you might be wary of strange sounding names like odeng, sundae, kimmali or buchimgae but have no fear your taste buds are good hands. You don’t even have to worry about finding a spot to sit in a crowded restaruant because all of […]
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Bundaegi happens to be one of those things that make me cringe. I’ve lived here for over two years and still I have not steeled my stomach, girded my loins or mustered my courage to try some of those beastly little critters. You see, dear readers, bundaegi happens to be cooked silkworm larvae. Usually the […]
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