Eating Korean

Sometimes, American fast foods gets exported to a place (y’know, like Korea) and then things just go wrong.
I just saw an example of it in the Korean fast food chain, Lotteria. This is how they’re celebrating their 30th anniversary

with a shrimp and boolgogi burger.
Some kinds of fusion, just shouldn’t happen.

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Since I’ve been torturing you with picture of food, I decided to provide a recipe for you to make kal gooksu for yourself.
The clam kal gooksu you get at most restaurants isn’t spicy, but I decided to provide a hot version, since it has a more complex flavor. Be sure to wash the clams [...]

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If you’ve never had hand-cut noodles, you’re in for a real treat. There are various different versions. Some made with clams, chicken, beef, seafood; some spicy, some not, but all delicious.
An inexpensive dish to have in restaurants (usually just 5,000 to 6,000 won), it’s really easy to make at home, too. You can get [...]

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On the way to Shilleuksa (the only temple in Korea located near a river), I stopped in at one of the many restaurants lining the entrance road and enjoyed a simple bolibap (barley rice). A popular and inexpensive meal to have in the countryside, it comes as a bibimbap (mixed rice) with seasonal/regional vegetables, some [...]

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After a long soak in an oncheon (hot spring), a dip in cold water and a long scrubby polish, nothing beats a traditional Korean meal (hanjeongshik). We wandered around the streets of Suanbo, a hot springs town, and chanced upon this cozy restaurant on a side street. Specializing in hanjeongshik and pheasant shabu shabu, we [...]

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Although this isn’t really food related, I thought you’d find this entertaining.
This tiny little “museum” is hidden on the second floor of an Insadong building. Small but full of a rambling assemblage of old toys, kitsch from Korean childhoods, old school stuff, piles of tiny figures and sensational movie posters. Here are some highlights [...]

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A couple of days ago, I had lunch at the hip and happening, modern Korean joint, Gyenari, in Culver City. It’s changed its menu a couple of times, trying to find its identity and it seems to have settled on Korean fusion offerings created by Debbie Lee (of “The Next Food Network Star” fame).
So, [...]

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Eatingkorean.com was chosen as one of the TOP 100 Korean blogs in the “Blog Korea! Visit Korea!” competition held by the Korean Tourism Organization (KTO) and the Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK). Out of about a thousand blogs, they chose 100 — 65 of which were in English, 14 Chinese, 7 Japanese, 5 Spanish, [...]

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