Vietnamese Rice burger The Temple of Jawns has a great recipe on-line for a Vietnamese Rice Burger. It looks scrumptious and it's totally homemade. I think that Lotteria, should talk to them about making a decent rice bun.      Here's the Temple of Jawns, Here is another one of my masterful ghetto foodstuff creations; the Pho Rice Burger. You get to have some Vietnamese flavor combined with Japanese food technology here, and that isn't a bad thing. Most stuff would probably be better with some Japanese food technology, to be honest. This ended up tasting honestly more like Pho than any actual Pho that is available in this country, and that is on one hand, sad, and on the other hand, pretty cool, I guess. I'm not gonna become the next oriental Ferran Adria anytime soon, but the overall flavor definitely says 'pho'.... Ok, so to reach the next level, you are going to need a lot of stuff. For those of you in Korea, none of this stuff isn't easy to find h...

Today, February 20th, O'ngo Food Communications  and Seoul Eats will be holding a culinary tour and cooking class. First, the group will tour a local market and learn about some of the special ingredients that can be found there. Next, the group will go to a cooking academy to learn to cook Korean food in English from a Korean chef. This class is designed for novice cooks, tourists, and those unfamiliar with Korean food. The class will be taught in a systematic way so a beginning cook can go home and make all the dishes by themselves in under 1 hour. Each person will make their own dishes. The menu for the class will be: Appetizer: Potato Pancake (Kamja Jeon) Salad (Banchan): Beansprouts and Spinach Entree: Spicy Ginger Chicken (Daktoritang) Dessert: Persimmon Icecream *rice and white kimchi will be provided* M-Cooking Studio by Samsung Station Unma Market Tour Chef Eddie Ahn A graduate of the Cordon Bleu in London, England. Eddie has worked in restaurants all over the wo...

Sometimes I am selfish and I don't like to share where I find my good eats. This is a place that I discovered several weeks ago, but I didn't want to share with you, because...well...I like it too much. Chef Franco and his business partner Jina have made an excellent Italian Restaurant over by Seoul National University. The keyword at this place is fresh. Everything is fresh. The bread that arrives at your table has the perfect foccaccia texture and it is topped with carmelized onions and herbs. The open kitchen lets you see the chefs at work, so it's a bit of a show and a meal. Here is the welcome pizza that Franco made for us. The crust is thin, the cheese is crusty with the good brown bits of baked cheese, the prosciutto is salt-porklicious, and the arugula added just the right accent of green. YUM. Here is the minestrone soup. I LOVE minestrone soup and Franco's is divine. It is full of beans and vegetables in a soft chicken broth. They have carafes of house wine; p...

Dam Dam in Hongdae is owned by a friend of Hoya's. It's a little hidden away restaurant that serves well-prepared food at unbelievably low prices. I mean have you seen good Pomodoro pasta go for 7,000 won? You can get the Spicy Pescatore for only 7,000 as well (plus VAT) The place is kitchy, so it's a great place for a casual dinner or a first date for University Students. Here is my friend Hoya. She got the pasta vongole and it was a sizable portion. I got the Shrimp Tempura with Indian Curry. The curry is well spiced and thick. I was quite shocked because I expected the yellow abomination that you normally find at a 7,000 won price point. Be sure to check it out They have Pasta and Curry. If you get a set, you get salad and coffee included. There is a 10% VAT added Address: 서울시 마포구 상수동 312-4 #:  070-8848-2595 Directions: Go out Sangsu Station exit 1 and walk until you see the Hongdae Parking lot. Make a right and go down the first alley. It'll be on your...

From  http://www.winekorea.asia/ New Zealand Wine Set at Mad for Garlic. 3 dishes and 2 glasses of Villa Maria Cabernet Sauvignon or Sauvignon Blanc for 68,000 won. And Villa Maria Pinot Noir on special at 78,000. Normally 98,000 a bottle (10% tax added) Go in the draw for a trip to Villa Maria's Estate in Auckland New Zealand, bottles of Pinot Noir and free meals at Mad for Garlic. One person will recieve a free trip to NZ supported by NZ Tourism. Event ends 8th March. www.madforgarlic.com

I was pretty shocked to see this commercial airing during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic coverage. It is showing on American TV (NBC) and is an AT&T commercial about a Samsung phone, but still... Samsung + Apolo Ohno? The best part is the tagline at the end. "When you're the fastest, anything is possible." Does the Korean Netizen world know about this? I can't even imagine the outrage, considering how little Koreans think of him, and the backlash that would create against Samsung. Or would they blame AT&T? If you are unfamiliar with the controversy around Apolo Ohno and the Korean speed skaters, Marmot's Hole has a brief summary of the most recent developments. (I made an identical post on my own blog) Hello from America all my friends in Korea! by Lunalil (now based in America and missing affordable Korean food)

I think that's advice we should all follow. Now I don't know why this guy is kneeling on the ground looking like a steaming turd. Dan

http://seoulfoodyo.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/cafe-lafesta/Let's see what the other foodies are eating. Seoul Food Yo is eating waffles at Cafe Lafesta. Food Coma 911 is checking out eats in Itaewon. Here is Neal's Yard. And they are putting the smack down on Tartine's beef pot pie. Ouch! Kiss my Kimchi found a delicious burger over at Burger B in Hongdae. And Vegetarian in Korea is having Brunch at Flying Pan Blue. - Posted from my iPhone

Tutti Matti in Karasukgil has closed. It's quite sad, but I guess it was inevitable. The food there wasn't that great and the wine menu was over priced. It didn't help that they had 3 floors: a basement dance club, a cafe on the main floor, and a wine lounge on the top. Talk about your identity crisis! It was WAY TOO BIBIMBAP! They should have focused on one concept and done it well. Regardless, the guys who ran it were pretty cool and I hope they will succeed in their next venture. Dan

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

Photo by Robyn Lee of Serious Eats Folks, I love getting letters and I'm happy to help you out with your enjoyment of Seoul. I'll try to help you out if I can and I try to answer comments and letters as soon as possible. I recently received this letter from a traveler from Bangkok. Hello Daniel, I have been your following your page for a while and find it very interesting and great to ppl who enjoy eating ^ ^ Do you mind if I ask some information of some restaurants that you may recommend me to check it out. I would like to ask you about the good restaurant for Jjim Dak, Seollongtang, Sujebi....in Seoul that i can expereince more. I will be in Seoul soon, if you don't mind, Please tell me... Thank you very much. Kratai ^ ^ Dear Kratai, For Jjimdak, there is a famous Andong Jjimdak chain throughout Seoul. The original restaurant is found in Hyewha: Here are the directions: To get to Andong Jjim Ddak in Hyehwa, go out exit 4 and left out the exit up the sh...

Spice Table in Itaewon Written and Photographed by Yerim Park Not enough Asian food in Asia? Well, maybe in Itaewon. That's what the experienced restaurant couple behind Spice Table thought. This new restaurant offers a satisfying blend of Asian flavors while maintaining that international "Itaewon" feel that everyone can appreciate. Spice Table is flexible without compromising attention to detail. There is a wall of wines, a romantic ceiling high windows that creates a lofty feel, and a row of dynamic spices offered in an open kitchen on the second floor. They dim the lights at 9 PM for those who want to hang around after dinner for another bottle, or for those who want to end their night with some food with their drinks. The menu at Spice Table includes a blend of Southeast Asian flavors, offering a general range of foods like spring rolls, noodles, stir-fries, and Thai curries. But the spice does not stop there – they add their own creations. Last we...

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