After pho, we headed back to the hotel and changed into our bathing suits so we could take a nap on the beach. We napped for a while but then decided to get ready for dinner since no one really ate that much at Miss Saigon. Since we were flying back to New York on [...]
On Saturday night, Hana and Hughie invited us to their home for dinner – Hana spent all day preparing a wonderful Korean meal: She also made a dish I really love; a Korean seafood pancake, pajeon, which she explained was actually a countryside comfort food that wasn’t big in the city: We had a lot [...]
After being abroad in Paris for a year and a half, I’m back home in Korea for the holidays. One of the best things about Seoul is the street culture and the vibrant eating culture each “borough” has to offer. A favorite hangout of mine during grade school was Edae, in front of Ewha University. [...]
I met up with Ken and a friend at Miss Korea for dinner after running some errands nearby. I had never visited Miss Korea before but most of the restaurants along 32nd street are okay for the traditional Korean dishes. Ken and his friend had already ordered a lot of food and I had some [...]
The first time I visited New York Kom Tang Kalbi House was also the first time I had kimchi jigae at a restaurant. Angie’s father used to send us tupperware containers of kimchi jigae but I’d never experienced at a restaurant before. I started loving Korean food when Angie’s dad introduced kimchi jigae to me: [...]
