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June 24, 2008

New Writing Gig www.visitseoul.net

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I will be writing food articles for the city of Seoul starting this week. You can check out the website here. AZA! So what that means is that I get to go to many restaurants around Seoul to seek out and promote delicious, sumptuous, amazing, mind boggling, Korean food. AZA!

Sounds like the perfect gig for me. So…that also means that I need to share the wealth. I’m going to need people interested in checking out some of these restaurants with me. Anybody interested?

Dan

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Daniel
Daniel Gray is a Korean adoptee that returned to Korean in 2005 because he wanted to try and find his birth mother and to learn about Korean culture. He started a restaurant review blog in 2007, www.seouleats.com, that became a local and international hit. He and his blog has been featured in the New York Times, Monocle Magazine, The Kimchi Chronicles, Bizarre Foods, Rudy Maxa, Olive Magazine, Euronews and much more. He now is a partner at O’ngo Food Communications (www.ongofood.com), which is a culinary tourism and consulting company that offers Korean cooking classes and restaurant tours to travelers. Their food tours and cooking classes are ranked as one of the top attractions in Seoul according to tripadvisor.




 
 

 
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9 Comments


  1. luna

    Well I’m not sure if you’re serious about asking if anyone wants to come. But I want to! I’d love to go explore new restaurants.

    lunalyl(at)gmail.com

    =D


  2. Daniel Gray

    of course I’m serious! I’ll let you know when I’m planning a review. I’ve gotta get a photographer.


  3. Richard

    OMG! I am so in next time I come to Korea!! I’ll let you know when I plan on being in the country next!

    That is so cool that you get to write reviews for that website. I’ll have to start checking that website out. Ive never seen it before. I usualy use http://www.tour2korea.com which is another government tourist site.


  4. veronica

    Woo! that sounds fun! can i join in on the fun? :]


  5. Daniel Gray

    of course. I’ll let you know when I have a restaurant to check out.

    Dan


  6. Karen

    Your website is exactly what i’ve been looking for! Just moved here recently and am finally quasi-settled in.
    Thanks for all the food 411 and restaurant recommendations. I would love to join you for one of your gastronomical outings, but the queue looks substantial and , most importantly, I’m vegetarian! Alas!


  7. Amanda Min Chung

    Please count me in!!
    I love to eat, can’t cook though. :p


  8. Daniel Gray

    Karen, did you see my post on vegetarian restaurants?


  9. FlyingBurrito Photography

    Did you find a photographer? Check out my website – http://www.flyingburritophotography.com

    Cheers,
    Dave



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