In my writing class the students were supposed to brainstorm about disturbing trends in Korea and I said that Black Bean Tea was a disturbing trend. Then I went on to expound on the ghastliness of corn tea (it tastes like soggy popcorn!) and that this will lead Korea to make teas from everything: from flower teas, bundaeggi tea, water tea, book-tea, and even pen-tea. The last one was a mistake. My class exploded with laughter and I was left red faced.
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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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Hi! I’m quite a fan of your blog– it is hands down the best site for seoul foodies such as myself =) I was wondering if you knew of any patisseries in Seoul (that sell french-style macaroons)? Or any places that sell CUPCAKES (which I’ve been craving!). Thanks =) And keep up the great work on this site!
I hope you don’t mind me linking to another blogger Daniel…but Annalog writes about Korean food sometimes.
Annalog did a couple of post about cupcakes here:
http://annalog.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-cupcake-bakery-in-seoul.html
And surprisingly at Dunkin Donuts
http://annalog.blogspot.com/2008/08/dunkin-cupcakes.html
There’s also “Life is just a cup of cake” (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewskorea/2458588589/) in Itaewon. Just head down from Itaewon station past Hard Rock Cafe, past Kraze burger, past the Itaewon Hotel and Kabinett, past La Volpaia and about another 50 metres down the road on the left hand side, sort of tucked away in a side street is this very cute little cupcake shop. Freshly made, beautifully decorated and hideously expensive (4,500 for a cupcake if I remember correctly)…
Thanks for the comments, everyone =) I’ll be sure to check these places out.
I LOVE Corn Tea! Are you krajee?? But bundaeggi tea?? Are you serious, or kidding???
Hey everyone, I just wanted to say thanks for leaving comments and helping each other out.
Amy, I was kidding about the bundaeggi tea^^ But, CORN TEA! Corn belongs on the cob. Corn can be popped. Corn belongs in tortillas. Corn does not belong in tea or on pizza or in ice cream.
See this post for corn ice cream.
http://www.seouleats.com/search?q=corn+ice+cream
hi i was wondering if you could give me a funny anecdote? like a little bit longer than you wrote up there? Thanks…