That looks awewome!

Your pecan pies rock too!

There once was a place called Tartine
Whose food made the customers keen
Their big fruity pies
Were a feast for the eyes
And the Beef Pot Pie Set ruled supreme!

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What time does the place close on Monday?

Tartine - A Haiku:

Lemon meringue pie
Your toasted peaks of delight
Send me to heaven

I've never been to Tartine, but the pies look awesome.

Trusty friend
Always waiting
Rich and filling
Totally beloved
I long for you
Now and always
Eternally pieous

Especially when they are free!

I was there on Sunday and had a pecan pie, a la mode! Yuuuuuuuuum! Not too sweet - just riiiiiight!

and my friend had a blueberry tart which was also fabulous!

Great pics, Dan! They make the tarts look that much more delicious.

Tartine - A Sonnet

My mind slips back to when we did first meet,
That alley down beside the Hamilton.
A comfy chair to rest my weary feet,
A comprehensive menu to choose from.
The first time that I ordered rhubarb pie,
I waited, baited breath, for it to come
And when it did it surely caught my eye.
The beauty of the pie struck my lips dumb.
I never thought a man could love a tart
With so much passion that he could not sleep.
You fruity maiden, you have stole my heart
And now without you all I do is weep.
I sit here now and dream of beef pot pie,
I fear that without it I'll surely die...

Tartine - A Cinquain

Tartine
A cafe
They sell pies
They taste so good
Tartine

Tartine - A Tanka

What you call a pie
Is to me, a Brit, a tart
I don't mind at all
Though your pies may be lidless
They remain the best in Seoul

Tartine - A Lemon Meringue Pie Shape Poem

A
PIEIS
THEBEST
THINGFORA
SOMEONETHAT
HUNGERSFORA
DELICIOUS
TREAT

Apologies for the Lemon Meringue Pie Shape Poem, for some reason it came out half baked instead of fully formed...

Tartine - A Sijo

I was hungry, starving, in need of something substantial
I came across a small cafe, I hoped that they could help me
They gave me pie and made me happy and filled me up with joy

Paul certainly has a lot of sonnets/poems...modern day Poe we have here, sans the mysterious death.

I'm not writing any silly poems, but I am a starving expat in need of pie.

Where is this place exactly? Any directions.

Flour of this awesome pie
Hit with Cupid's archery
Speak of apples in my eye
When thy crust I doth espy
Let it shine as gloriously as
Venus of the sky
If I wake when it be by
Will be a great hangover remedy.

::sigh:: Shameless comment baiting.

I agree with ZenKimchi, but I still like pie.

Bravo - In Memoriam

Sadness reigns upon us
The city stops
And we mourn
The starving expat
Moves no more
He needed but a single pie
The ravens circle
And they cry
"Bravo... Bravo... no more."

@Bravo Tartine is two alleys down from the Hamilton Hotel. More info here: http://ajosshi.blogspot.com/2009/07/jam-and-bread.html

Thanks, Paul.

Happy to provide directions and a poem containing mysterious death...

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I goofed that one, Dan, what's the most comments you've gotten in a single post?

More cowbell

It would be interesting to find out, but I'm guessing that this one may break his previous record...

I too would like more cowbell, but only if it's served medium rare with a side salad.

What's your record Paul?

This is not related to food, but what's the over/under on the number of mistresses Tiger Woods would have in Korea.

I say 12

Is that my record for number of comments or number of mistresses?

Comments probably about 8 or so...

Mistress... none...

Let's say both.

That's good, you don't want that headache of voicemails/text being leaked.

As for Tiger Woods, 12 sounds reasonable, but I'd say he could easily have stretched to fifteen if he wanted to.

Is there a prize for second place??

So you're betting the over?

No, that would just be awful. But I will say that I think both of us deserve a pie for our efforts so far.

A cookie at least.

I'd say over, but it's an uninformed judgement and one which I may regret putting in print.

Tartine's oatmeal anti-flu cookies are very tasty. Lots of cranberries...

anti-flu?? crazy talk.

cookies are not meant to save lives, only stomachs.

do they have an ant-flu pie?

how are the cakes at Tartine?

These are flu fighting cookies! http://www.seouleats.com/2009/10/flu-fighting-cookie-in-seoul.html Dan has more info there...

An ant-flu pie? Sounds downright dangerous, sick insects in a pastry crust? Come on Bravo, I think your pie starvation is sending you crazy!

I've not tried any of the cakes at tartine, but I can recommend the Romanian peasant bread, delightfully chewy and delicious when served with their homemade rhubarb jam.

That's true...haven't eaten since noon today

and pie sounds DELICIOUS right about now.

You should head down to Tartine, I hear they have lovely pies down there.

Paul, since you used the word "keen" in an earlier post, I assume you're Canadian.

Pie does sound delicious, but tonight I'll be making beef stew instead. No pastry in sight, though there will be plenty of mushrooms and red wine.

How dare you, Bravo! I am in fact British and we are just as keen as our commonwealth cousins to use that particular term.

I probably shouldn't have deleted those comments for grammatical errors.

I can't go tonight.

My apologies on being Canadian. Can't say I am, that's good at least

What are you then?

Apart from hungry?

Beef stew sounds good? What's your recipe?

Chicagoan

What's your wine of choice?

I enjoy a Marques de Caceres...too expensive here.

Wonder what the tally is

Sorry just been chopping up ingredients...

this contest is gay.

who knew comments would vary from Tiger, poems, and beef stew

I'm using a G7 cabernet sauvignon from emart to cook with. I'll post the recipe in a short while. Got to get back to cooking.

Does that mean we're gay? My wife's not going to be very happy about that.

I know two people who shouldn't win hah :P

Hey Dan, I've seen you post about Tartine several times. What really caught my eye was your statement about the rhubarb pies. The last time I had it was in May 2007 in Berkeley. Man, was it marvelous. Hoping to relive that this coming Friday^^

I feel hurt, so terribly hurt. If only I had some sort of crust based baked fruity treat to cheer me up...

Tally so far Paul Ajosshi 32
Slackjaw 39
Pamela 3
Jenny Cleary 1
Zen Kimchi 2
Max 1
Me 1

I have to say though that Paul Ajosshi is winning on the rhymes per post. Keep it up!

The stew is coming along nicely, but I'm sure it's not as good as Chef Garret's Beef Pot Pie...

Slackjaw at 39 Surely you mean Bravo, Dan?

For those interested here's Paul Ajosshi's recipe for a pie-less Wednesday night beef stew.

Chop up 500 grams of cheap Australian stewing beef from Emart, brown it in a frying pan and set aside. Throw two slices of belly pork chopped into strips into the used pan and after colouring the tasty fatty bits of pig toss in as many mushrooms as you can handle. Leave to gently brown..

In a large pot or saucepan fry a chopped onion with six crushed cloves of garlic, add in two roughly chopped aubergines when you feel the time is right and then dump in the beef, pork and mushrooms. Cover with a small tin of tomatoes (preferably opened) and half a bottle of red wine. Simmer gently for two hours or until bored then eat with gusto (or a friend with a different name)...

Best served with potatoes in any of their forms, some kind of pasta or a bowl of rice. Some fresh chopped parsley sprinkled on top wouldn't go amiss either.

Not really suitable for vegetarians...

Or believers in Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and Buddhism.

But perfectly acceptable for followers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and those who don't mind a combination of beef, pork and aubergine.

Some might serve with a simple salad aswell, possibly some crusty bread or even a sprinkling of parmesan cheese. However the best thing would be to finish it off with a trip to Tartine for a pie a la mode and a cup of their delicious hot chocolate...

Sorry Paul, but my brain doesn't work well on beer.

Tally so far Paul Ajosshi 40
Bravo 39
Slackjaw 3
Pamela 3
Jenny Cleary 1
Zen Kimchi 2
Max 1
Me 1

It's neck and neck

This beef stew sounds good, since you already made it, can you send a batch my way.

What's the word on the hours of operation at Tartine.

Unfortunately tonight's stew is non-transferable, otherwise I would have dispatched a batch post haste.

As far as I know no actual surgical operations are carried out at Tartine, just a lot of excellent baking.

oh well, I'll have to steal your recipe

I can't seem to find any information on their website about their opening hours either.

You could always give them a call on 02 3785 3400

I'm not talking surgical operations- their hours of business for those inclined to be nitpicky

or email them at contact (at) tartine.co.kr

what's the word Dan

In fact all that information can be found at www.tartine.co.kr

Sorry Bravo, the operations thing was a joke. I hope you accept my pieous apology...

My jokes can sometimes be a little tart...

To be honest some of them are rather stale... unlike Tartine's which are fresh, fruity and full of flavour.

Ahh here we go, managed to find the info on their website. Open from 10.00am till 10.30pm.

Not sure if they're open seven days a week or not.

excellent

thanks for all the info

and I accept your apology

as long as I get some pie if you win

or an anti-flu cookie

I can't promise pie

or cookies

but I will write a bad poem about it...

Then again as a starving expat you deserve to win.

I wouldn't want you to waste away

It would be a tragic loss to Seoul Eats... and I'm sure Dan woudln't want to be held responsible for your demise...

Then again, I do love pie... and I'm free on Monday evenings...

If I win I would take a picture for you if that's any sort of consolation.

And the beef stew recipe is yours for the taking if you wish to profit from it.

But I'm sure it's not as good as Tartine's Beef Pot Pie Set.

I'm not wasting away, but I have lost weight in Korea

Good for you, I gained far too much when I first came here.

But recently have lost it all...

Though my diet has meant a formidable lack of pies in my life.

I'm hoping if I win this it will be a celebratory pie.

A pie to commemorate my return to normality.

Damn, go away for a few hours and look what happens.

How about a consolation prize for first post? ;)

You tried your best Slackjaw, you tried your best. At least you've got till Sunday to catch up...

The stew is done... the beef is succulent and tender, the sauce is well seasoned and I'm very hungry...

It's not beef pot pie, but it's going to be good.

By the way, I watched Ninja Assassin today, not enough pies, but plenty of violence, gore and Rain.

I'm sure Chef Garret would make a fantastic action hero. Perhaps "Pieman" or the "Flu Fighter".

OMG! I love all the comments! Nice contest! Awesome ;)

Just wondering: Today while watching BBC International I couldn't help but notice when a diplomat from Greece stated, in response to a question about economic statistics, "we have to take it with a pinch of salt." Umm...I'm not one to bash food related idioms, but...is that correct?

HappinessRoks, it is correct. To take something with a pinch of salt is to be skeptical about it. To not take the facts at face value, but to find out more about what has happened.

Me, this morning: Huh, I have a sore spot in the left corner of my throat.
Me, walking to the bus stop: Oh, jeez, I'm a wee bit off balance today.
Me, this afternoon: Oh man, my throat is killin' me.
Me, this evening in conversation class: Sorry, guys, I don't feel so hot tonight, please feel free to talk amongst yourselves.
Me, in response to conversation class: Hahaha...oh, no way guys, I don't have the flu, don't worry.
Me, secretly thinking: Oh, jeez, maybe...
Me, reading comments to this post: Mmm...anti-flu cookies. Yumm. I need to make a stop at Tartine manana.

Tartine is awesome!

Yummy Yummy!

But I dont eat beef!

Paul Ajosshi: Yes, google verifies your correctitude. It comes down to a difference between British/Australian and American English. but it still leaves me wondering. I say: to take something "with a grain of salt".. a pinch seems like substantially more than a grain...

Chalica: Me, neither. Are we disqualified?

@happinessROKs that's because the Brits and Australians are far more cynical.

Early bird catches the worm

this has to be the most comments for a single post

just between Paul and I, we've flooded the the recent comments header

I wanna hear from all the food blog writers: what are your favorite restaurants in Seoul

Plus, what are some of the best things you have to do in Seoul

What are some great neighborhoods with nice restaurants?

Any fun cooking classes anyone has taken?

where can I get some cilantro and limes around here?

Tons of questions, I doubt I will get all the answers

Here's a funny joke - somewhat food related. Curb followers will find it funny.

A woman is very afraid of the size of her opening.

So she goes to her mother, she says what am I going to do I’m so big down there when I marry Harry he’s going to divorce me.

Her mother says don’t worry sweetheart it runs in the family, do what I did when I married your father. Go to the market, get some raw liver, put it in there he’ll never know the difference.

So she does.

They have eight hours of sex after their marriage. She wakes up at 10 o’clock, he’s gone but there’s a note on her pillow. It says My darling Harriet. To think that I waited a year to consummate our loving relationship makes my heart beat so loudly I’m surprised it didn’t wake you up.

The only reason I’m not here now darling is that I’m at work to make enough money to buy you a house, apicket fence, we’ll have dogs and children.

When the 5 o’clock dinner bell rings I will be home like the winged gossimer(?) of love in your arms, Your loving husband Harry.

PS. Your C * N T is in the sink.

Here's another joke from Bob Einstein

A young boy wakes up during the night and hears noise coming from his parents room. He walks down the hall to see what's happening and finds his parents involved in a wild sex scene, the father dressed only in leather chaps and his mother dressed as a cheerleader. The father tells him every thing's under control , nothing to worry about they're just having some "FUN", to go back to sleep.

The son goes back to his room. Later during the night the father wakes up when he hears noises coming from the son's room. He gets up to investigate.

When he gets to the room he opens the door and sees the son and his grandmother having sex.

The father flips out and starts yelling, "what the hell's going on here!" The son looks at the father and says, "Oh, I see it's not so funny when it's your mother, is it?"

Another food joke:

A man walks into a diner one hot summer day. He sits down at the counter, next to another man reading a newspaper, and orders fries, a coke, and a burger. As he's eating his meal, he looks up through the kitchen door and sees a big hairy gorilla chained to the kitchen stove, frying burgers. The gorilla grabs a hand full of meat, and shapes it into a patty by squashing the meat in his armpit. The gorilla then slaps the patty onto the hot grill. The man eating at the counter turns to the man sitting next to him, who happens to be the diner's manager, and says, "That's the most disgusting thing I've ever seen." The manager turns to the man and says, "If you think that's disgusting, you should see him make donuts!"

I hope you all read some of these

When the mother returned from the grocery store, her small son pulled out the box of animal crackers he had begged for. Then, he spread the animal-shaped crackers all over the kitchen counter.

"What are you doing?" his Mom asked.

"The box says you can't eat them if the seal is broken," the boy explained. "I'm looking for the seal."

A friend and I were standing in line at a fast-food restaurant, waiting to place our order.

There was a big sign posted. "No bills larger than $20 will be accepted."

The woman in front of us, pointing to the sign, remarked, "Believe me, if I HAD a bill larger than $20, I wouldn't be eating here."

Q: Ever wonder about people who pay $2 for a bottle of Evian water?

A: Just spell "Evian" backwards!

A man visits his aunt in the nursing home. It turns out that she is taking a nap, so he just sits down in a chair in her room, flips through a few magazines, and munches on some peanuts sitting in a bowl on the table.

Eventually, the aunt wakes up, and her nephew realizes he's absentmindedly finished the entire bowl. "I'm so sorry, auntie, I've eaten all of your peanuts!"

"That's okay, dearie," the aunt replied. "After I've sucked the chocolate off, I don't care for them anyway."

One for the Englishman:

When the waitress in a New York City restaurant brought him the soup du jour, the Englishman was a bit dismayed. "Good heavens," he said, "what is this?"

"Why, it's bean soup," she replied.

"I don't care what it has been," he sputtered. "What is it now?"

A blond ordered a pizza and the clerk asked her how many pieces she wanted it sliced into, six or twelve? "Six", she said, "I could never eat twelve".

A Mexican family crosses over the border to the Land of Milk and Honey where the streets are paved with gold. But the husband can find no work.

His family is hungry, so he takes a walk to a quiet place at the foot of a big hill, kneels at the base of a tree, and begins to pray: "Sweet Jesus, please show me a way to feed my family..."

Eyes closed, the Mexican does not see a man coming over the top of the hill, who is stumbling wildly with a broken grocery sack. When the Mexican man opens his eyes, a large wheel of cheddar cheese rolls down the hill and lands at his feet!

"Oh, thank you Jesus, thank you!" he cries, grabs the cheese, and runs straight home. Upon returning home, he gives the cheese to his wife and instructs her to make nachos.

"But wouldn't you rather have cheese enchiladas and burritos and other things?" she inquires.

"No," the husband says, "Jesus sent this to me with a message... As I ran home,

I kept hearing Him yell, ' THAT'S NACHO CHEESE! THAT'S NACHO CHEESE!'

that's all for now...

see you tomorrow

i'll be dreaming of pies

or some of those flu-fighting cookies

Oh dear, I see that Bravo has been very busy while I was asleep.

Plus some of those jokes are putting me off my pie-less breakfast.

I shall just have to think beautiful thoughts in the hopes that the images of liver in the sink will disappear from my brain.

So instead I shall think of strawberry and rhubarb pies with a dollop of vanilla ice cream on top.

Steaming hot pie and frozen cream blending together into a symphony of deliciousness.

That first crunch as fork breaks pastry and then dips into the oozing fruit compote.

Slowly, ever so slowly, you raise that piece of pie to your lips...

And as you take your first mouthful of pie you are transported.

Transported to the magical land of pie, where pink elephants and talking mice guide you through the Golden Meringue city to the palace of Chef Garret, who is busy whipping up some key lime.

But be careful, you must not step off the crusty path, for if you do, you may find yourself drowning in the wild rhubarb swamps.

Oh to be in pie land once more...

However this morning, I'll have to settle for some fruit.

For lunch I'll be having bossam in a little restaurant in dogok-dong...

And then heading to Daehangno for dinner.

Might try the Brazilian place that Dan has mentioned on here.

Then I'm going to a small theatre to see a comedy that will hopefully take my mind off this pieless existence of mine.

Twinkle twinkle little pie
Your crispy crust catches my eye
Sitting in the window frame
Not eating you would be a shame
Twinkle twinkle little pie
From Tartine I woud like to buy

Apologies for that last poem, it's a little early in the morning for me and I'm feeling morose due to my stomach being empty of pies.

I might just pop in for a flu fighting cookie on my way to work today.

That would guarantee a cheery start to my day of pieless torment...

A cup of tea and a cookie would go down really well about now.

Then again, so would a lovely hot blueberry pie!

I wonder what Chef Garret's favourite fairy tale is...

Do you think it could be the Pied Piper of Hamlin?

Or maybe he likes stories where everyone lives hapPIEly every after...

I've got pies on the brain...

Is Chef Garret's favourite James Bond film "For Your Pies Only"?

Or maybe he prefers Sweeney Todd...

Perhaps he enjoys Stanley Kubrick's final film "Pies Wide Shut".

Or the Nicolas Cage classic "Snake Pies".

"The Pies of Laura Mars" is another or his preferred cinematic treats

Also the William Golding novel "Lord of the Pies"

And David Cronenberg's "The Pie", the horrific story of a scientist transformed into a crusty fruity treat.

Just remembered there's another Bond film he might enjoy: "Live and Let Pie"

As for action films, there's always "Pie Hard"

Or the French tale of a paralysed baker "The Diving Bell and the Butter Pie"