Big Sized Ice Cream Corn or Cup. Gross. Please no corn in my ice cream. Re-published with permission from the author. Check out Seoul Eats for more great postings from the author.

WTF. Apparently the new trendy, winter drink in Korea is hot grapefruit juice. I was at the Paris Croissant yesterday in Bundang and they had this on the menu and quite a few others had it. It is fresh squeezed Grapefruit juice with sugar that is steamed till hot and frothy. There is no milk added. The taste is a bit like gluwhwien (hot mulled wine) because it has a bit of a tannic taste from the ...

Seoul Fall I was going through my photo library and came across this picture. I really like the contrast of the crooked trees in front of the bright fall leaves.  Re-published with permission from the author. Check out Seoul Eats for more great postings from the author.

Helen's Kitchen Helen’s Kitchen : Korean Cloudy Rice Wine Bar Makgeolli is called farmer’s alcohol because it is a simple alcohol made from ground rice, water and yeast (nuruk). Served chilled, this drink has a crisp taste and it is slightly carbonated so it goes well with greasy dishes such as onion or potato pancake or spicy dishes as sauteed pork in chili paste or kimchi and tofu. Makg ...

Chicken in a cup at Hong Cup Here are some letters I got from readers and my responses. Thanks for asking me questions and I'll keep doing my best to answer everyone! Dan Hey Dan, As you know, we have American relatives heading to Seoul over US Thanksgiving. While they will be eating mostly Korea while here, we would like to have a family feast of the turkey type. Last year I ordere ...

Whole Lobster Dinner at Sausalito

On a walk around Gangnam, we saw these interesting fish in the tanks. The owner told me what it was but I forget. They are majestic looking. Does anyone know what they are? Have they eaten them? Re-published with permission from the author. Check out Seoul Eats for more great postings from the author.

Here is another attempt at video blogging. I think it's getting a bit better. Dan 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 Seoul Eats Facebook Group Page to keep to date with the latest events. Re-published with permission from the author. C ...

I don't know why but I had not been back to one of my old haunts in months. I had stopped in from time to time to get sausages at the deli, but I had not stopped in the restaurant in a while. On Sunday, one of my chef friends and I decided to explore non-Korean restaurants in the Itaewon area. My friend, Ulbee, works at a Korean restaurant so she wasn't in the mood to drink soju and have Kore ...

Animal Head Shaped Steamed Bread While I visited the Busan International Film Festival, I also stopped in at the "Largest Department Store in the World." This store was the Shinsaegae and, according to the Guiness Book of World Records" it is a huge new department store that is across the street from the new film festival theatre. What I learned was that...well, people in Busan have very differe ...