Dried Frogs from Jegi-dong Last week, I did several tours of the Oriental Medicine Markets and here is one of the more unusual things that I found: dried frogs. I think they make a medicine from them. It looks like it is right out of Macbeth, right?
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Happy Fish Bread Is this going to be the new food trend in Seoul? In my years in Seoul, I have seen food trends rise and disappear like a cresting wave. One place becomes popular and then instantly there are dozens of imitators and even more franchisees. I think we are going to witness another trend that will become popular for a couple of months and start seeing them all fizzle out by years end. This particular food is a flakey, hot pocket like bread that is stuffed with a variety of different things. You can get your cute fish stuffed with pizza filling, red bean, sweet potato, bulgogi or even tuna. The pastry is very nice- very buttery and flakey. I had the pizza fish bread and it was stuffed with sweet tomato sauce, corn (WTF), onions, and a bit of mystery meat- it didn't taste like the pizza I think of when I think of pizza. This is Korean pizza in a cute wrapper. It's not a bad snack, but I would rather just get the street bangeo-bang: crisp fish bread snack filled...
I found the following story on the NPR iPhone App: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/04/134259889/lazy-cakes-leave-you-well-lazy?sc=17&f=1001 Lazy Cakes Leave You, Well, Lazy by Julie Rose WFAE-FM - March 5, 2011 Convenience stores are filled with energy-boosting products; it seems some companies would be happy if we never slept a wink. But now there's a movement in the opposite direction: products with names such as Simmer, Unwind and Lazy Cakes. That last one, Lazy Cakes, is a particularly hot seller. It's a reasonable suspicion for customers to be a little wary of the fudgy brownies with the psychedelic purple package for sale next to the cigarette lighters at gas stations. The label says Lazy Cakes are "The Original Relaxation Brownie." Even at $4 apiece, a clerk at a Charlotte, N.C., gas station says she sells about 36 a week. In the five months since Lazy Cakes hit the market, co-creator Tim Barham says they're available in two dozen states and sales a...
Dieu Hien Quan: Authentic Vietnamese in Ansan If you are craving real Vietnamese food I suggest you head to Korea's multicultural city: Ansan (Subway Line 4). Because many of the large Korean firms have factories here, there is a large immigrant population. You'll be able to eat authentic Vietnamese, Thai, and Malayasian Food. You'll also see unusual food stuff for sale in the city such as Durian, cilantro, and basil. It's worth the trip. One of my favorite places to visit is Dieu Hien Quan because they have the best pho in all of Korea. Seriously, they do because the broth is the best and they add lots of fresh herbs like basil and cilantro. Dieu Hien Quan: Interior Shot Saigon Beer They have a selection of Vietnamese beers as well. I really like the Saigon Special Lager (the green bottle here). It had a very refreshing flavor. Click to read more for directions and for...frog legs.
A tourist said to me, "Koreans eat some F$%#ed up stuff." Well, it could be perceived that way if you don't know the culture. Like my father said, "Food is food. Eat to live." My father has a very unusual palate- an adventurous palate. He would tell us about how he would eat nightcrawlers and cockroaches and frogs in the jungles of Vietnam while we ate our boring macaroni and cheese and fish sticks at dinner. My sisters and I would say, "Gross." And my mother would say, "Larry, stop it. We're eating." What was it exactly we were eating? Boring processed food that sucked all the life out of what was once filled with it. My father liked to eat food that-for him- was filled with life. When we went to the store, his mouth would salivate over blood and tongue cold cuts that he would put between White Wonder Bread with a healthy swab of Miracle Whip. A mid meal treat for him was potted meat sandwiches. When he went out to dinner he sought s...
Wasabi Gelato from Gustimmos: It tastes like burning with a horseradish aftertaste. It's fun to taste, not fun to eat a whole cone's worth. The Sweet Potato Gelato is quite good. I'd get it again. Locations all around Seoul. The original one is near Rodeo Street across from Galleria Department Store in Apgujeong. View Larger Map
via Edmonton Corn Maze facebook Daniel Gray 3:07pm Aug 10th Edmonton Corn Maze To happylunatic.email@blogger.com Oh, Canada, how I "heart" thee. This looks pretty dang impressive. It's a maze made of maize! hahaha...sorry, not punny. Daniel has shared a link with you. To view it or to reply to the message, follow this link: http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=505552425&k=Z5F6Y4VR455EUCD1QB64UTPQPQEF If you do not wish to receive this type of email from Facebook in the future, please click here to unsubscribe. Facebook's offices are located at 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304
I was just thinking yesterday that I really want corn ice cream. I don't know why, it was just some urge to taste the icy kernels of yellow corn in a milky, snow-like mix and encased in a crappy styrofoam like case. The thing was, I tried and I tried to find it, but I couldn't. LAME. Hey if anyone has seen this ice cream, please send me a comment. Dan Click here if you want to see the original post
Simon and Martina are so awesome. I just love going to their site and checking out their videos, articles, and other tomfoolery that they are up to. This video goes over the cool stuff in Korea with some very interesting edits. I especially like the Mr. Freeze montage. Awesome! Check out their site here: www.eatyourkimchi.com
What is Korea's obsession with Dung? I mean there are even children's books on it. Seriously. No joke. One I read tells the story of how a little turd was born from a dog and then lived its life until it grew up (or decomposed) to become a beautiful flower. Yeah. Sure. Well, in Insadong in Seoul. There is the huge art/ shopping complex called the Ssamzigil . Here you can find a cart named Dalki (Korean for Strawberry) that sells red bean bread in the shape of strawberries and Dung. How do they taste? Well...It's more about the look than the taste. Dan
My name is Dan and you might have seen me on the Bizarre foods episode. I'm with Andrew while eats Turtle, Eel, and Blowfish. To be honest with you, I haven't seen the episode yet. They haven't aired it in Korea yet. I just wanted to welcome you to my site and introduce you to some of the bizarre things I've eaten (or been eaten by) lately. The first picture is of my hand and feet in a pool of water as little fish eat the dead skin off the bottom of my feet. It's a pretty popular thing in Korea and it does wonders for exfoliation. Then there is kamja tang. It's a potato soup with slowly roasted pig back. The potatoes here are fluffy when cooked and they have an elusive sweetness. Next is Jokbal. Jokbal is slowly braised pig trotters that melt like butter in your mouth. Then there is a fish with a cataract kissing a Korean upside down fish. The cataract is believed to improve stamina in men. JUST KIDDING. It was a fish that I saw at Noryrangjin: the largest comme...
This is the message that Joe McPherson sent out: "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern" will premiere its South Korea episode in the U.S. on the Travel Channel at 10 p.m. EST. We at ZenKimchi were highly involved in the planning, research and shooting of this show. Eun Jeong, Dan Gray (Seoul Eats), Chef Hu-nam Kim (Star Chef), and more of our friends guided Andrew Zimmern on his tour through Seoul. If you're not in the U.S., the episode will later air on Discover Networks stations worldwide on various dates. It will likely be available for download on iTunes ($1.99) by next week. I'm also posting whatever videos I can find on the web to the ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal. Make sure to stop by the Food Journal for behind-the-scenes pics and stories. Happy eating, Joe McPherson ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal Joe has a great write up and pictures on his site. Be sure to check it out here. Joe McPherson has been at the forefront of the Korean food wave for years. He...
This was a hilarious show because we gave Steve a challenge to eat bundaeggi on the air. He had never eaten it before and he was adamantly opposed to eating it. We made a deal; if 15 listeners sent text messages to Steve to eat it then, he would eat 5. As soon as he said it, 20 callers texted in. Later we revised the questions so he would eat it if that day's show would topple the previous record of messages. In the next 10 minutes we got another 60 or so messages for a total of 82 for the day. Here is Steve eating the bundaeggi. Oh, and that's me on the air with him. You can listen to the Steve Hatherly Show 7 days a week from 2-4pm on TBS efm 101.3 in Seoul. You can listen to it online by going to http://tbsefm.seoul.kr Just hit the On Air button to get Internet streaming. And I found some other videos of people eating it as well. Here is Mary from www.maryeats.com And here I am as well. Dan
via gizmodo via mathlete via gizmodo Hilarious! The girl with the bra makes me hungry and horny. I think it's absolutely hilarious and fun. Now if a girl was to wear that for me, I'd love her forever. The second picture is Wake N Bacon where you would wake up to the smell of sizzling bacon. Not a bad idea. Next is a bad ass cow grill. I can see the headline now, "Robocow cooks his biological counterparts!" And the last picture is..just ouch. Well, I hope that brought a smile to your face or at least a smirk. Have a great Monday! I'm off to Korean class! Dan
http://www.gadling.com/2008/11/03/big-in-japan-cant-get-skinny-eat-a-banana/ I am doing research for a story that I'm writing on the banana diet in Japan. This diet has called a 20% increase in the price of bananas and supermarkets are constantly selling out. Now I'm not sure if the diet works or how it actually works, all I know is that everyone running out of their stock of chiquitas. Apparently it was started by a pharmacist named Sumiko Watanabe for her husband and he lost 37 pounds! Now, my theory is that this diet has become a fad because bananas are yellow and curved like a smile. Remember, this is a country that has hello kitty as the national mascot. My theory is that if you eat enough bananas in the morning then it just fills your stomach so you just can't eat as much. Here is an excerpt from gadling.com on how it works. Here is how it works: In the morning, you can eat as many bananas as you want, alongside room temperature water. This is the key as breakfast i...
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