Pies from Tartines Just a shot that I took on my way home the other day. They are always so tempting. Too bad I am on a diet.

The story of Tartine Pie shop is an exciting example how a little elbow grease and lots of perseverance can become a nationwide trend. I don't know how many pies this little pie shop sells a day, but within 30 minutes that I sat in the shop I easily saw 30 or so get boxed up for take out. It's my favorite place to get blueberry pie and chocolate cream pie. Good stuff. Here is a great video on how a handbag shop became a pie shop. Ruby Edwards' TARTINE Bakery & Café, Seoul Here is the story of Tartine from the pen of the chef: TARTINE /tɑrˈtin; Fr. tarˈtin/ [tahr-teen; Fr. tar-teen] 1. A fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients. 2. From French, diminutive of tarte tart 1 ] 3. From Old French: A long winded story We do offer Romanian Peasant Bread and our farm fresh, handmade, 100% Pure Butter to spread on it, however, we do not offer tarts [Butter Tarts are really a pie]. We prefer the Old French definition: Long winded story...

I just got this message from Chef Garrett at Tartine Pie Shop in Itaewon. The day when everyone throughout the world and maybe the galaxy, claims their bit of Irish-ness. Legend has it that after St. Patrick rounded up all those pesky snakes and herded them into the sea,  he had to have a bit of a rest and refresh himself with a slice of Chocolate Cream Pie. Like Ireland, Ruby Edwards' TARTINE Bakery & Cafe doesn’t have any snakes [thank gawd], but we do have Chocolate Cream Pie and we will be serving it in honor of St. Patrick with a frothy green cloud of mint whipped cream on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.   119-15 Itaewon Yongsan-Gu, Seoul Tel : 02-3785-3400, Fax : 02-6280-3400, E-mail :  contact @ tartine.co.kr Open : 10:00 AM to 10:30 PM 7 days a week Come take a cooking class or take a Culinary Tour in Seoul! http://www.ongofood.com Pictures are taken either with my Panasonic DMC-G2 Camera with 20mm Lens or with my iPhone 4G Join the Se...

Sliced Pepper Pork meat from Chef Meili and Romanian Peasant Bread from Tartine's. There is some dijon mustard and alfalfa sprouts on there as well. Yummmmmmy Happy Eating! Dan

It looks like Saturn. Dan

Look at the crust on this pie. Wooooo....sexy. The dinner set comes with a salad, bread, and 2 desserts-not bad for W19,000. One more shot of the whole set. A thanks to Paul Matthews for taking the pictures. You can see more of his pictures here. And if you recall, Paul was the winner of the Beef Pot Pie comment contest. You can get your beef pot pies at Tartines on Monday Night.

It has been an exciting week at Seoul Eats and I didn't expect the sort of response we got. The Beef Pot Pie giveaway received a total of 319 comments. And we didn't just get comments. We got poems, jokes, praise, and a few criticisms. Competition was fierce, especially among Paul Ajosshi and Bravo. Drum roll please: The person with the most posts is Paul Ajosshi with 160 posts. Second place with 129 posts is Bravo And here are the rest: Cuincebu: 14 comments happinessrocks: 9 comments harpo: 4 comments chalica pack: 4 comments Zenkimchi: 3 comments Jenny Cleary: 1 comment Roboseyo: 1 comment Max: 1 comment Here is the message I got from Chef Garrett: Greetings; Well, the event is over.  I just got home [10:20pm] and I have looked on your web page for all the comments, but somehow I can't find them.... I'm a wimp at the internet.  Anyway, I think Paul had the best comments... he went to a lot of trouble to make them interesting and the poems......

2 hours to the end of the contest and right now we have Paul Ajosshi with 148 comments and Bravo with 129 Comments. ONLY 19 comments separates the two! Who will win?

Comment Tally as of 10:49am on Sunday.  Here is the original post. Leave your comment now! The contest ends today at 6pm! We have 3 gift certificates to give away for a Beef Pot Pie Set Menu (a 19,000 won value). 1 goes to the person who leaves the most comments; 1 gift certificate to the person who leaves the most creative comment; and 1 gift certificate to the 2nd best comment. Limit 1 gift certificate per person. You still have the chance to win because Paul Ajosshi is way in the lead with 148 comments so he will probably win the "most comment" prize. There are still two gift certificates to be had, so...get commenting. Here is the tally so far: Paul Ajosshi: 148 comments Bravo: 112 Comments cuincebu: 14 comments happinessROKs: 9 comments harpo: 4 comments chalica pack: 4 comments Zenkimchi: 3 comments Jenny Cleary: 1 comment phoenixstorm: 1 comment Roboseyo: 1 comment Max: 1 comment Again! Leave your comments here. And btw. We are having a Seoul Eats M...

Here are some of the comments on this contest so far. Many of the comments are thoughtful, creative, funny, etc. I guess people really want beef pie! Paul Ajosshi said... 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! Pamela said... 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! Paul Ajosshi said... Trusty friend Always waiting Rich and filling Totally beloved I long for you Now and always Eternally pieous Bravo said... I'm not writing any silly poems, but I am a starving expat in need of pie. ZenKimchi said... 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 reme...

You can see from the previous post  , there is a contest underway to win a Meat Pie Set Menu at Tartine in Itaewon. To win the prize, I said the person to leave to most comments would win. As of 10:56am there are 222 comments on this post. Since this is going so well, Chef Garrett and I have decided to give 1 gift certificate to the person to writes the most post, 1 gift certificate to the person we feel wrote the best post (such as a poem, comment about the tarts or about Chef Garrett). And we will give 1 gift certificate to a commenter at random. So there are 3 chances to win. You can leave your comment on this post. Again, the contest ends on this Sunday the 13th at 6pm. The coupon is valued at 19,000 won and it must be redeemed on a Monday night because that is the only night they have the meat pie special. Here are directions to Tartine: Directions: From the Hamilton Hotel, go right –towards Paris Baguette, or go straight from Itaewon Station Exit #1, past KFC [fi...

I have some gift certificates from Tartine Bakery and Cafe for Beef Pot Pie Set Menus that they have on Monday Nights. If you didn't know, Tartines has Seoul's best pies, tarts, drinking chocolate, butter tarts, strawberry rhubarb pies, etc. It's a 19,000 won value and you have to go to Tartine on a Monday Night.  The person to leave the most comments on THIS post will win the gift certificate . Be sure to post something nice. The deadline to win this is Sunday at 6pm. I would like to thank Chef Garrett Edwards for the coupon. "When you change a time honored recipe, it no longer has the taste of home"     Ruby Edwards  TARTINE    Bakery & Cafe                         Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea 119-15 Itaewon-dong, Yongsangu Seoul, S. Korea   140-200 02-3785-3400

This arrived in my inbox today. It sounds pretty interesting. Dan Greetings;  You might find this interesting..... Chef Garrett For Immediate Release Sunday, October 18, 2009 Flu Fighting Cookies Ruby Edwards' TARTINE Bakery & Cafe 119-15 Itaewondong, Yongsangu Seoul , South Korea [Republic of] Contact: Lee, Young-Ho, Co-Owner 02-3785-3400    -  010-4186-2051 contact@tartine.co.kr Flu Fighting Cookies Kimche and Samgatong as a main course might help fight influenza, but what about dessert?  Now you can have it all. Chef D.Garrett Edwards -Executive Chef and Co-Owner of TARTINE Bakery & Café, was trying to develop a whole grain cookie that would be both healthful and delicious.  Chef Garrett wanted the texture to be just right, full bodied from the whole grains, seeds, dried cranberries and toasted pecans; and still retain enough moisture to add a softness. While researching the nutritional values of each ingredient, Chef Ga...