Two months later and I’m still fantasizing about this maeun-tang, or spicy fish soup. Cod and a few clams in a Korean chili paste-laced broth and topped with shiso leaves: this is a poor woman’s seafood heaven. I ate a version of this soup practically every day in Seoul, the best one from a restaurant [...]
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Eating Chinese Food in Korea
“This is the first time I have traveled to another country and communicated with something other than the local language or English,” mused Jacob. Finally we could order food in Korea, without pointing to a picture or fumbling through our phrasebook. Knowing Mandarin sure does help if you’re overseas, even if it’s just at the [...]
Seoul Food, Part 2
It’s fitting that a country so obsessed with kimchi would have a museum devoted to it. On one of our last days in Seoul Jacob and I took the subway to the COEX Mall, which housed the Kimchi Field Museum in the basement. The place was rather small, but included a small tasting room and [...]
Seoul Food, Part 1
(Bibim naengmyun) My week-long trip to Seoul turned me from a recreational dabbler of Korean food to a full-on addict. Now that I’m home and about 10 pounds heavier, I can’t stop thinking about bibimbap, dakgalbi (pan-fried chicken), bibim naengmyun (cold noodles with Korean chilli paste), among others. The first thing I ate after landing [...]
Appetite for China is all about fresh and simple Asian cooking. Welcome and bon appetit!
