I am in Tartine Alley in Itaewon having dinner with the chef’s association at Tartine Annex. We are discussing this month’s events and having a great meal courtesy of Chef Garrett of Tartine.
I am on a gourmet Korean private food tour with a guest and I am currently in yangpyeong eating at Sandang restaurant. This is the restaurant owned by Chef Im Jiho. Who I say is the Thomas Keller of Korea (but he doesn’...
Here are some food specials over at Le Saint Ex in Itaewon Anyway, since you asked it to me a while ago, in case you are still interested, our specials of the week at Saint-Ex : Specials for the week / spéciaux de la semaine /...
The South Korean Government has spent more than 100 million of dollars in an attempt to globalize their cuisine and make it one of the “top 10” cuisines in the world. They even started a “Korean Food Globalization Foundat...
Back in University, I was a writer and a creative spirit. Really, believe me. I even majored in creative writing, had a Bob Marley Rasta Hat and I was the President of Sigma Tau Delta (I know…STD), the English Honor Socie...
Today we were lucky to take a group of six on a tour in the country. I went with our tour guide driver and i explained about the food. We visited a few architectural sites and then went to Seoil Farms to have a delicious lunch....
I think if I was in the states, this is what I would have loved to have done: start up a food truck. It just sounds like an adventure: cruising the streets, stopping and cooking some good food, meeting good people and then driv...
I was going through some pictures on my computer and it is pleasant reminiscing about my early days in Seoul. In 2006, I moved to Seoul from Gyeong ju and I was an English teacher at an elementary school and later a teacher at ...
This is a test for WordPress for ios please ignore. After much tweaking and searching forums for why the WordPress for iOS app was not working, I finally figured it out. Some of the different apps I had installed were causing e...
Oh, Tripadvisor…How I love you and loathe you. For the last year, our cooking school and culinary tour company has been either the number 1 attraction in Seoul or number 1 tour in Seoul. Before since we were a cooking sch...
Les Toques Blanches chef’s association in Korea is an association for people that work in the hospitality industry. It used to be exclusively for hotel chefs, but now they have many others as members from those tha...
I’m proud to announce that the MAP has been revamped, updated, and organized. In addition to providing excellent news and information on Korean food, it’s our goal for this website to be an excellent resource to ans...
Hallo, my name in Indigo Montoya.. Wait, that isn’t right.. I guess I should have given away Girl Scout cookies, because only one person took a stab at my questions and they didn’t get a single one right! Oh well, at least ...
My mother likes to send me fun little e-mails and this one was particularly interesting. I love gadgets. I have gadgets that I buy and later I don’t know what to do with, but if it is interesting and fun- there is a good ...
In this radio podcast I talk about how to cook a Korean dinner party for friends and family and about how Americans should work on portion control. Dan