by JAMES S. KIM Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. That is, unless you buy a box from Piaf Artisan Chocolatiers in […]
Tag: food
LINK ATTACK: Jamie Chung, Hallyu Beauty Storm, Kim Jong Il’s Former Bodyguard
North Korean Defector: ‘I Was Kim Jong Il’s Bodyguard’ “When Kim Jong Il would arrive in his vehicle, 60- to 70-year old advisors would run away and throw themselves […]
Why Most East Asians Are Lactose Intolerant
by SEAN CHUNG, M.D. It’s been several hours since you enjoyed that delicious milkshake, and now your belly protests with rumbling, cramping — probable harbingers of flatulence and watery diarrhea […]
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 […]
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 […]
KFC SKorea’s New Double Down Makes You Feel Like a King
by JAMES S. KIM It’s not often you see fast food from around the world outdoing the sodium-laden, artery-clogging and calorie-loaded fast food of the United States. But globalization is sometimes a […]
Americans Taste Japanese Kit Kats and Immediately Fall In Love
When we saw the title to one of Buzzfeed‘s latest videos, we admit, we were a bit apprehensive. You can’t blame us though. Their new video “Americans Try […]
Chef Corey Lee’s Benu Receives Three Michelin Stars
by JAMES S. KIM San Francisco’s reputation for excellent cuisine soared as two more of its restaurants were awarded three stars by the 2015 Michelin Guide to Bay Area […]
How School Lunch in America Compares to Japan, Philippines, India and Korea
Yesterday, Buzzfeed released a video called “School Lunches Around The World” which (as the title suggests) shows the average school lunch of children from various countries. Most interesting […]
Chef Ambassador Judy Joo
Featured photo by Mark Edward Harris No stranger to TV, Chef Judy Joo used to battle fierce competitors on ‘Iron Chef UK.’ Now she’s back on the small screen, […]
Study Shows South Koreans Consume More Coffee Than White Rice
South Koreans now drink more coffee than they eat their staple food rice, according to a survey conducted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control of 3,805 adults, […]
South Koreans Consume More Coffee Than White Rice
by REERA YOO South Koreans now drink more coffee than they eat white or multigrain rice, according to a survey conducted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control of […]
Mealworms on Pizzas: Packed With Protein and Crunch
by JAMES S. KIM Everyone makes a fuss over anchovies on pizza, but there have been worse toppings. I mean, sweet potatoes? That doesn’t fly for this Korean foodie/fattie […]
Spam Is Premium, Even If It Doesn’t Make You Feel Like It
by JAMES S. KIM Pretty much every year around this time, you’ll hear about how spam is a big thing in Korea. We enjoy it (hopefully sparingly) over here […]
Wait, MSG May Not Be So Bad After All?
If you think Miley Cyrus and Chris Brown have bad reputations, think again. They have nothing on the nearly 50-year-old bad reputation of MSG, otherwise known as monosodium glutamate. Interestingly enough, […]
