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.
Central Seoul: Samcheongdong, Insadong, Jongno, City Hall Central Seoul 2: Myeongdong, Itaewon, Hannam, Dongdaemun, Haebangchon Northeastern Seoul: Nowon, Ulijeonbu Northwest Seoul: Hapjeong, Hongdae Sinchon, Ewha South Seoul: Express Bus Terminal, Seoul National University of Education, Nambu Bus Terminal, Daechidong Southeastern Seoul: Apgujeong, Sinsa, Olympic Park, Jamsil, COEX Southwestern Seoul: Noryangjin Fish Market, Seoul University, Mullae, Sindorim, Yeouido
It was a blast meeting Jamie Frater of Listverse.com while he was in Seoul. One of the places that we got to go together was Shim Yang, a popular lamb skewer restaurant in Apgujeong. This is another great video produ...
Alien’s Day Out Who doesn’t like homemade cookies and cakes delivered to your door? (If this applies to you, please stop reading my blog and go away). These days, I have been thinking of gifts to get friends a...
Dae-Ahn Sunim I feel quite lucky these days because my good friend, Monk Dae-Ahn is an amazing person and amazing chef. She is a creative and logical person that is pushing the envelope of what is considered Vegan Cuisine. She ...
Wow! Watch this professional made video by the good people over at Jetsetzero. It’s a video on the food tours that we do here. Thank you so much for your efforts in making this.Experience the amazingly diverse, delicious,...
Alien’s Day Out Bake Shop I was lucky enough to meet up with Mipa Lee of Alien’s Day Out today at my cooking school. She and my friend Lilian came over to discuss a bake sale that we are planning on havin...
Chef Mattieau at Le 75 King Crab at Le 75 I got to talk with Matthieau yesterday and he sent me some more information about his bar. The dishes are a la carte so they range from 25,000 to 55,000 a plate and it is a sharing plat...
Sosun and Jihyun The other night I was at Beodul Yeeyagee in Itaewon to have some spicy seafood tteokbokki to celebrate my friend, Sosun, passing her CPA exam. To celebrate we had shots of soju mixed with peach and pineap...
Balsamic Brushetta at TAF Foodie Meetup at TAF with Joe Mcpherson and Sarah Lee Warmed Spinach Dip My life is pretty good most of the time- especially when I get invited by restaurants to come eat. TAF or Total Art Festival is ...