by STEVE HAN | @stevehan editor@charactermedia.com Simon Bai speaks Dutch and Creole. His Spanish is also “all right,” he says. MEGA 94, Miami’s local Latin music station targeting its massive […]
Category: Food
Top 7 Adorable Charaben (Character Bento Boxes) Instagram Accounts
“I Make Food That Tell a Story” reads @leesamantha’s Instagram description. Instagram has increasingly become a popular platform for showcasing kyaraben or charaben (short for character bento boxes), […]
Online Food Delivery App Taps into L.A.’s Koreatown
by SUEVON LEE Ordering delivery from a slew of neighborhood restaurants, all from the convenience of your smartphone or mobile device, has never been easier thanks to apps like Seamless, […]
Hello Kitty Cafe to Open in California in 2015
by REERA YOO If you’re suffering from Hello Kitty Convention withdrawal, we bring you good news: A Hello Kitty Cafe is coming to California! According to the LAist, plans […]
Asiana’s San Francisco Route Suspended For 45 Days
by STEVE HAN South Korea’s Asiana Airlines will suspend its services to San Francisco for 45 days over a jet crash that killed three people in the U.S. city […]
A Hello Kitty Cafe is Finally Coming to California
Calling all Hello Kitty fans in California! We have even more good news for you. The 40th anniversary of our most beloved Sanrio character brought us the Hello Kitty […]
Freed North Korea Detainee Kenneth Bae Focuses on Pizza, Prayer and Family
by DONNA BLANKINSHIP and JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Rest, food and family are on the top of Kenneth Bae’s list since arriving home this weekend after years of imprisonment […]
Top 15 Adorable Hello Kitty Cakes
Sanrio seems to be going all out this year for Hello Kitty’s 40th birthday. In fact, the world’s first ever Hello Kitty Con was held this past weekend. […]
Give Me Ice Cream or Give Me Death
by JULIE HA According to Dr. Sean Chung, most East Asians become lactose-intolerant after early childhood as their genes direct a slowdown in the production of lactase. For those […]
Wanderlusting? Plan The Perfect Trip With Ruzwana Bashir’s PEEK
“I realized that I was a travel junkie because, even after visiting over 40 countries, from Iran to Cambodia, there were still so many other places I wanted […]
Caffebene Sets Its Sights on the U.S. Market
by TONY KIM It was a Saturday night in August, and the Caffebene on Western Avenue in Los Angeles’ Koreatown was abuzz with customers as Crush’s “Hug Me” filled the […]
The Hello Kitty Hungry Hunt Mixes Our Two Favorites: Hello Kitty and Food
November is finally here! Aside from the countless pies you’ll consume during Thanksgiving, there’s another reason for you to be excited this month: November is Hello Kitty’s 40th […]
This Man Makes Unbelievable Music Out of Sushi, Cats and Chicken Nuggets
We’ve often heard that music can be made with anything, but usually we don’t take that literally. My guess is that you’ve never imagined using sushi, cactuses, cats […]
KTOWN Night Market: More Than Korean BBQ
At last weekend’s KTOWN Night Market Halloween Food Fest, Seoul Sausage, season 3 winners of Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race, curated a special line-up of 13 food trucks […]
“Here in America, We Don’t Eat Turtles and Frogs”: Chinatown Tour Guide Apologizes For Racist Rant
You may have seen the viral video which shows a tour guide giving a description of San Francisco’s Chinatown to a number of individuals aboard a tour bus. Doesn’t […]
