wow. the pictures are breathtaking. They look almost too good to eat.
Thanks for the post. I think that most restaurants in the future will be using this sort of system. Hey, I think it would be cool if you could just order stuff from an ipod touch instead of the large console.
@katiedid. what has your cat been eating?
Heck, I'm not a vegetarian and I love going to this place. Robyn, I see you snuck off to a place without me.
Dan
Robyn really does talk that way in real life. She's a cartoon in real life.
I called it the model "T" because the restaurant is the most efficient noodle making/serving machine in Korea. The line moves fast, the food comes about 2 minutes after you sit and if you finish your bowl they'll refill it for free.
Looks great. Roboseyo has pretty good tastes. Too, bad I'm going to have to hurt him later. (sorry inside joke).
Robyn, I haven't actually gone to this place and now that I've seen your post, I will definitely have to go.
Dan
@Polecat. I think Robyn is doing a great job showing the gamut of Korean foods. Most people would not understand what Calguksu and patbingsu were and would just find it bizarre. I feel that by writing about fast food, it helps readers identify with the culture by giving them a point of reference.
Dan
Awesome pictures! Wow. I was surprised by the tornado potato. It actually tasted good. I hope you are well. i'm planning on coming to NYC for a day trip, hopefully we can meet up.
Dan
Heya, It's what Dr. Yoon at the Institute of Traditional Korean Food wanted, so I stuck with it. I like the look of tteok more than ddeok. But hey, check out Robyn's pics! They are awesome.
My blog is www.seouleats.com Thanks! Read all about food in Korea!
Dan
Zen, It tasted pretty awful. In the Philippines, I saw a guy put corn ice cream on a hamburger bun; it does look as cool as the corn cob shell.
I don't know why everyone in Korea thinks that corn is some sort of delicacy. I mean it's in the pizza, salad, candy and ice tea. Thanks for the comments.
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If you haven't realized by now, I love to use my pressure cooker. Here is what I pressure cooked this morning: Kimchi-Apple Sloppy Joe.
It's easy to do. First, roughly chop an onion and then saute it in the pressure cooker. Then add Kimchi, about ha
If you put tofu in a pressure cooker for a while, the water in the tofu will leech out and the tofu will have a texture that is almost like gouda. The sauce is simple. It's just a dished tomato with soy sauce, fish sauce, maple syrup, red pepper pow
Whoever said that you can't find a decent dessert in Korea hasn't been to Tartine in Itaewon. Chef Greg makes some awesome tarts with a crisp crust.
Delicious!
My friend Alison made her Halloween Costume: KIMCHI!
She is kimchi! I just love the green wig.
She copied the information on the back from a popular brand of kimchi sold in Korea.
If you think of rice cakes as only being round or block-shaped, you're...right about most of them. But at the 7th International Tteok Fair in Seoul, South Korea, there were more! So many more! For the rice cake competition, contestants made elaborate dishes that, unfortunately, only the judges could eat, but they provided plenty of eye-candy for the rest of us. Since there were too many for me to include in my overview of the fair, I separated my favorites into this gallery. Many of the tteok dishes were make to look like other things. This South Korean flag, for one.... More
sadly, you have to eat this with a fork and the cone gets all soggy because of the steam. it's an interesting concept, but not one that was totally thought out.