A short description about your blog http://hiexpat.com Thu, 23 May 2013 20:17:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/craftworks-menu-3755.html <p>This year I will be focusing more on content that you can use. My goal is to empower my readers and let you make the decisions. I am still getting used to the switch to WordPress so please be patient. However, from what I have seen so far of the platform, I really like it. I learning a lot more about coding. Anywho, my here is the Craftworks Menu. This is a place with great beer and decent food. I got the munster cheese sliders (10,000 won) I thought that two would be too small, but these thRead More... Daniel Gray Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:02:27 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/the-korean-street-truck-adventures-chapter-5-yippee-how-to-pick-up-a-guy-with-a-truck-3746.html <p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="wp-image-4247 aligncenter" title="Screen shot 2012-01-13 at 2.54.37 PM" src="http://www.seouleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-shot-2012-01-13-at-2.54.37-PM.png" alt="" width="484" height="343" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="wp-image-4249 aligncenter" title="photo (3)" src="http://www.seouleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo-3-1024x764.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="458" /></p><br/><p>Sunday was spent crammedRead More... Daniel Gray Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:29:04 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/review-masterful-french-cuisine-at-bien-aatre-3747.html <p><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.seouleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/P1040822-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="P1040822" title="P1040822" /><br /><br/><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.seouleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/P1040821-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="P1040821" title="P1040821" /><br /><br/><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.seouleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/P1040818-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" aRead More... Daniel Gray Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:30:42 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/preview-lunch-at-pierre-gagnaire-3739.html <p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p><img src="http://www.seouleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wpid3732-P1310778.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="648" /></p><br/><p></p><br/><p><img src="http://www.seouleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wpid3734-P1310807.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="648" /></p><br/><p></p><br/><p><img src="http://www.seouleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wpid3736-P1310795.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="648" /></p><br/><p>Here are a few posts from my lunch from Pierre Gagnaire. Full write up coming soon.</pRead More... Daniel Gray Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:24:40 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/fine-dining-review-peninsula-italian-restaurant-at-lotte-hotel-3736.html <br/><br/><br/><br/><img style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TWFFl-saZLY/TwwJM9-E0XI/AAAAAAAAVr4/7AtBpV8Fido/P1310554.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480" /><br/><br/><br/>Peninsula Italian Restaurant at Lotte Hotel<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><img style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wk-KweJHnxM/TwwJoOQmEYI/AAAAAAAAVtE/-A8yMnDd1f4/P1310598.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480" /><br/><br/><br/>Osso Bucco over Saffron Risotto<br/><br/><br/><br/><p><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jxg_rcVLRead More... Daniel Gray Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:48:32 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/announcement-seoul-eats-revamp-3730.html <br/><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--zCAyJo3okw/TwwcmWVE7_I/AAAAAAAAVu8/ju64jIsKTqU/s640/Screen+shot+2012-01-10+at+8.09.54+PM.png" width="612" /><br/><br/><br/>Dear Readers,<br/><br/>I would like to thank you all for reading my blog. I never thought that I would be able to live such a foodie&#8217;s life in Korea and I wouldn&#8217;t have been able to do it without you. &nbsp;I wanted to let you know that a new chapter in Seoul Eats starts soon. The site is going to be revamped and you&#821Read More... Daniel Gray Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:13:00 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/review-burger-b-a-taste-of-home-in-hongdae-3731.html <p>Yay, another review written by a user. I guess we have 4 people now in the running for a Valentine&#8217;s Day Dinner. Here Cheeselover writes a review of Burger B in Hongdae. Submit your own review and get in the running to win a free dinner or dining tour for two here.<br/><br/><b>Review: Burger B: A Taste of Home in Hongdae</b><br/>Written and Photographed by CheeseLover &nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/><br/><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WbUNym9hF9o/TwvqLPMTmUI/AAAAAAAAVrY/swRrnIg54Z0/s640/ultRead More... Daniel Gray Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:39:00 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/review-i-i-e-i-e-e-wontuhgol-tonggalbi-where-have-you-been-all-my-life--3727.html Yay, the second review written by a user. I guess we have 2 people in the running for a Valentine's Day Dinner. Rikey Spicy has written a review of Sloe Bistro in Shinsadong. Submit your own review and get in the running to win a free dinner or dining tour for two here.<br /><br/><br/><br /><br/><br/><b>Review: 원터골 통갈비 (Wontuhgol-tonggalbi): Where have you been all my life?!</b><br/><br/><b>by Rikey Spicy!&nbsp;</b><br/><br/><br/><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vNYwQt9xsQQ/TwuIwnOlXRI/AAAAAAAAVq4/OhY6HRead More... Daniel Gray Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:45:19 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/predictions-food-trends-in-korea-in-2012-3728.html This is a food trend report prepared by O'ngo Food Communications and KoCTA (The Korea Culinary Tourism Organization. Even though Korean food is gaining popularity all over the world, it is not trending in Korea. There are aspects of Korean food that are gaining popularity, but for different reasons than in other parts of the world.<br /><br/><br /><br/>&nbsp;<br/>*Disclaimer these are our opinions on food and we are looking at this issue from the idea of the whole country and it is not solely expat focusedRead More... Daniel Gray Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:24:51 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/review-sloe-bistro-3725.html <br/>Yay, the first review written by a user. I guess we have 1 person in the running for a Valentine's Day Dinner. Yunmay has written a review of Sloe Bistro in Shinsadong. Submit your own review and get in the running to win a free dinner or dining tour for two here.<br/><br/><img border="0" height="421" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S8xZ4baDoaA/TwpWn6GwYnI/AAAAAAAAVqY/qkkkHCMJkxU/s640/p1070582_anauddkdlel.jpeg" width="640" /><br/><br /><br/><br/><img border="0" height="421" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wJlKoAUkFKRead More... Daniel Gray Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:58:15 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/marinated-clams-and-fried-oysters-at-yeojaman-3721.html <br/><br/><img height="427" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7LfwdUBZOBw/TwZbBWxNA4I/AAAAAAAAVpU/wAW13quZ8eI/P1310013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /><br/>Cockles at Yeojaman<br/><br/><img height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5nULf8rC_HU/TwZa9L_QorI/AAAAAAAAVpM/rAKswjyNfdk/P1310028.jpg" width="213" />When some friends that work in the restaurant industry asked me to show them around, I had was excited to do so. Although, I regularly do food tours, with people in the restaurantRead More... Daniel Gray Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:43:01 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/high-class-korean-food-at-ondal-restaurant-at-walkerhill-hotel-3715.html <br/><img height="427" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XV-TanCoRC0/TwZQPF_BbeI/AAAAAAAAVoA/9wRuP9fZPxw/P1300271.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /><br/>Neobiani at Ondal Restaurant<br/><br/><img height="427" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lF7SE6bavKw/TwZQSCfYaZI/AAAAAAAAVoI/Fu36Zc8hlAs/P1300277.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /><br/>Neobiani at Ondal Restaurant<br/>Opulent Korean Food at Ondal<br /><br/>Written by&nbsp;Seouleats<br /><br/><br /><br/>In the past, Royal CRead More... Daniel Gray Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:08:17 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/yesterday-s-lunch-towers-of-kimbap-at-o-ngo-food-3716.html <br/><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CGpO3rVrxlY/TwZO31b7K6I/AAAAAAAAVn4/glc13oIB-5Q/s640/P1300218.jpg" width="427" /><br/>Kimbap Tower<br/><br/><br/><img border="0" height="421" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x8FEsK410vU/TwZOza_gl6I/AAAAAAAAVnw/qy0a87rBF6o/s640/P1300221.jpg" width="640" /><br/>Towers of Kimbap<br/><br/>Here is yesterday's lunch that Chef Hyejin and Chef Sunim made at our cooking school. It's Tuna Kimbap, one of my favorites.<br /><br/><br /><br/>Dan<img width="1" height="1" src="https://blRead More... Daniel Gray Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:34:06 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/user-submitted-restaurant-reviews-win-a-food-tour-or-dinner-for-2-3717.html Big things are in store for Seoul Eats and O'ngo Food Communications this year. One of the things that we would really like to focus on is community participation. I would like to invite you to share your restaurant experiences with us on our website. It could be about a restaurant you love, your kinda love, or you hate (but please be honest and objective). You can easily submit your opinions using the form below.<br/><br/>For the launch of this new program, one lucky reviewer will win a dinner for two Read More... Daniel Gray Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:21:23 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/the-korean-street-truck-adventures-chapter-4-rage-3707.html <br/><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Wz8g3jJpM0/TwVZ0XFADjI/AAAAAAAAVnQ/kT5FTU4Sexg/s320/whirlclock.jpg" width="319" /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br /><br/>Two hours of my life I am never getting back.&nbsp;<br /><br/><br /><br /><br/>Before we get to that story, I feel as though I should explain my absence for the last couple of weeks.<br /><br/><br /><br /><br/>Unlike Korea, the Christmas and New Year’s holidays are a big deal here in the states and this year there was even a bonus. Since the holidayRead More... Daniel Gray Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:21:09 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/korean-raw-beef-3702.html <br/><img height="427" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hpw8zlJ5Rk0/TwPp1MEBNQI/AAAAAAAAVmM/-aMeIRqyWmc/P1310050.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /><br/>Korean Raw Beef: Yukhwae<br/>It's not often that my friends say that we have to go to raw beef alley over by Jongno 5-ga. I mean even my most hardcore guests that come on my food tours will chow down on some live octopus but will stay away from raw beef. Korean raw beef is a delicacy. It's not aged so it has a very clean taste Read More... Daniel Gray Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:25:34 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/culturewalk-changdeokgung-palace-3703.html Food and Culture seem to be the main draws for tourists to come to Seoul. Here are some photos that I took while I was taking a stroll through Changdeokgung Palace on my lunch break.<br/><br/><br/><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-utAHXBprUPA/TwOyTgEmLcI/AAAAAAAAVlY/whnQ5B4fOUg/s640/P1050684.JPG" width="640" /><br/>Compass<br/><br/><br/><img border="0" height="427" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-egkJPhZUFEU/TwOyMLWCTpI/AAAAAAAAVlM/qqgHVYI48_U/s640/P1050676.JPG" width="640" /><br />Changdeokgung PaRead More... Daniel Gray Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:09:43 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/saturday-cooking-class-schedule-january-14th-mandu-3698.html <br/><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KqDyiodTs58/TwNeXnMKQCI/AAAAAAAAVkw/FxOOmjALzxM/s640/P1050549_2.jpg" width="640" /><br/>On Saturday, January 14th we'll be making Korean dumplings in celebration of the Korean New Years!<br /><br/><br /><br/>Our Saturday Classes are designed for those looking for more interesting Korean dishes and those that are currently living in Korea. On Saturday, they are attractively priced at only 55,000 won per session. ($52 USD). <br /><br/><br /><br/>Classes wilRead More... Daniel Gray Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:02:01 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/revisited-mercado-brazilian-restaurant-in-sinsadong-3688.html <br/><br/><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Uuw5ALCHa8g/TwKGIshCLVI/AAAAAAAAVkQ/gVH93HxPuy8/s640/Mercado-1.jpg" width="449" /><br/><br /><br/><br/><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F9sSY18Hhyw/TwKGmOuYVMI/AAAAAAAAVkc/bo7KnY3t_3I/s640/Mercado-2.jpg" width="449" /><br/><br /><br/><br/><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CLSQ22STxic/TwKGtR47KeI/AAAAAAAAVkk/r6WpsRW060Q/s640/Mercado+chef.jpg" width="449" /><br/><br/>Our company had our end of the year party at MercRead More... Daniel Gray Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:53:52 +0100 http://hiexpat.com/korea-blog/my-tarot-future-and-my-plans-for-2012-3689.html <br/><img height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4psN88ytsJw/TwJRYOLU0XI/AAAAAAAAVjI/92Vm-hg1czg/P1250334.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="427" /><br/>My Tarot Reading for 2012<br/>I am not a superstitious person, but sometimes weird stuff does happen to me. Last year I dropped a knife on my sandaled foot and the knife went right between my first and second toe. I also found a picture of an old friend hidden in a book I thought I had lost in a bag that was in a box marked CDs.Read More... Daniel Gray Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:52:22 +0100