The KSA Redux

Zenkimchi was sited in Seriouseats for his story about Korean Fast food. Awesome job Joe, you are a rock star. Here's the story. The First Korean Fast Food Chain in America Posted in: Out There Asian Week reports that Sorabol, a family-owned Korean fast food chain, currently has 15 stores in California, Nevada and the Philippines while looking into opening locations in Seattle, New York City and Washington, D.C. As of now, they’re concentrating on the food court market, dominated by Sbarro and Panda Express. The difference is that they’re not Americanizing their food. According to them, they serve authentic Korean BBQ, noodles and soups, including Yukejang 육게장. And if their stores typically look like the ones on the web site, they look kick ass. I’d say it’s a welcome healthier alternative to the usual food court findings and proof that you don’t have to drench everything in grease to make it fast food. UPDATE: Asian Week seems to be having a lovefest with them. Here’s another s...

Brilliant! Gross! Grossly Brilliant! This is from our fine friends over at gizmodo This is a cheeseburger. In a can. It's a cheeseburger in a can. I honestly can't figure out how I feel about this: is it the greatest achievement of mankind thus far, or is it an abomination of foodstuffs that deserves to be hucked back into the gaping maw of whatever food processing plant it was spewed from? I just don't know what to think anymore. Would you eat a cheeseburger in a can? Keep in mind that it'll look nowhere near as delicious as the example above when you pull it out of the can.

This is from Robyn Lee, who is one of my favoritist foodies of all time. How would you like to gulp down a frothy, steaming glass of...beer? According to American expat in Japan Peter Payne Japanese beer company Kirin is introducing Hot Beer, beer that is heated to about 120°F and accompanied by a cinnamon stick and sugar cubes. "The heat of the beer is supposed to bring out flavors not present when served cold, including a deep aroma not unlike that of coffee." If you're curious enough, you can try this at home by microwaving your own beer.

Zoom in to see. Blasphemy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Thanks Richard for posting it on facebook.

Here is my friend Matt's Story about how to travel frugally in Hawaii. THE beauty of the Hawaiian islands is hardly subtle. Jungle-smothered volcanic peaks loom around every highway switchback, verdant plants sprout flowers as brilliant and meaty as hallucinations, and surrounding you always is the Pacific Ocean, by turns coral blue, crystalline green or shimmering golden with the light of the setting sun. Hawaii is easy, Hawaii has nothing to hide. Hawaii is, touristically speaking, pornographic in its single-minded baring of its assets .

The bus system in Seoul is extensive and very reliable, but- like most foreigners- I was utterly intimidated at first. Here is a website that gives you a grid of the city and then you can click on the starting point and then the ending point and then it'll give you list of the buses you can take. This only works in Internet Explorer and you have to download Twinkle, which is kinda like flash. http://bus.congnamul.com/SeoulRouteWebApp/view_english/map.jsp If you need a reliable subway map here is the link for cyberstation. Dan