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Apr 23

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Korea’s First Pop Up Restaurant

This past weekend I had the opportunity to dine at Korea’s first pop up restaurant, Back Kitchen Seoul. Pop up restaurants, for those unfamiliar, are temporary restaurants that allow chefs to experiment with different concepts and ingredients without the financial burden and time consuming effort of opening a permanent eatery. These short term restaurants are popular in major cities, especially in the United States and England. Word is often spread through social media, and when I read on Twitter a month or so ago that the food bloggers behind ZenKimchi and Seoul in the City were joining forces for a one night only creative culinary experience, I knew I had to be there. Read more

Sep 19

The Best Brunch in Seoul

In my opinion, a weekend isn’t truly great until you’ve sat down to recap the events of the last night over great food.  Enter brunch.  Brunch is the meal that allows for the perfect fusion of eating and socializing.  A great breakfast, or brunch, can be hard to find in a city where seafood stew is a traditional breakfast eat, but the Flying Pan in Itaewon manages to create a meal that will satisfy even the most critical of diners looking for brunch in Seoul. Read more

Aug 16

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Celebrating Korean Independence Day

I’m taking a break from the Bali coverage today to write about a special holiday to the Korean people.  On August 15 of every year Korea celebrates its liberation from Japanese occupation.  At the end of World War II the defeated Japan was forced to give up its’ colonial possessions and after 35 years of horrific rule, the Korean peninsula was free again.  Thus, August 15 is a national holiday and a national holiday means independence of another sort.  Freedom from working.  Taking full advantage of every second I don’t have to spend inside the walls of a school, I had a full day planned. Read more

Jul 20

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Inside a Korean Kitchen

When I arrived in Seoul I had eaten Korean food all of one time, the day I signed my contract for this job.  I was unfamiliar with even the most basic dishes and flavors of Korean cookery.  As someone whose life basically revolves around eating I knew this situation would have to be rectified as quickly as possible, which is why when one of my friends mentioned a Korean cooking class in Seoul I jumped on the offer.  Less than two months after my arrival I was sitting inside the cooking studio of Sekyung An. Read more

Jun 28

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More than OK Kitchen

OK Kitchen is Seoul’s attempt at European style haute cuisine.  If compared to establishments in the United States serving the same type of food, OK2 Kitchen would probably fall a little short, but in a sea of Korean and mediocre Western restaurants it lives up the hype given to it by various bloggers in Korea. Read more