Foodies & Friends:   I'm thinking of hopping on the poll bandwagon as of late, and canvassing you for your favorite something or other in Korea and/or Seoul in terms of food.  

Ask the average expat on the street in Korea what Louisiana, Kansas City, Texas, Memphis or St. Louis means to them, and you’ll get back answers ranging from “first names of famous poker players” to “places that wrote-in Sara Palin for President.”  

Let me paint a picture for you:It's Tuesday night.  The time is Korea Happy Hour time.  You're young; your stomach is gnawing at your throat; your wallet is so thin you can see through it; you're beautiful.   (Ok, 3 out of 4).       First and foremost, if its October 12, then you've got only one option:  HiExpat's Bourbon Giveaway at Luv Lounge!

I'm proud to announce HiExpat.com's  Tuesday Night Whiskey Giveaway this coming Tuesday, October 12 at Luv SuperLounge in Itaewon, with 20 lucky guests receiving a free dipping bottle of Maker's Mark Bourbon* and a chance to hand-dip their bottle in the Maker's Mark authentic red wax! (Kinky, we know). 

Not too long ago, in a place not too far away, I was joined by a few friends for a hop around Seoul restaurants and neighborhoods to try as many different types of food as possible in as short a period of time as possible.  Eat, move, set a screen, sleep, drive left, drive right, eat, drink, repeat several times a day.

You've seen the Korean-language, poster-sized ads on the swinging glass doors of Mr. Pizza, Pizza Hut & even Domino's Pizza in Seoul:   Thick slices of sweet potato, drizzled with honey mustard sauce, surrounded by heaping amounts of corn, grilled chicken doused with a white-garlic ranch sauce, jalapenos and cherry tomatoes, all criss-crossed with a version of balsamic vinaigrette an ...

Yeah, if you haven't figured me out by now, you should know I can't stand food writers that "Play for Pay."  My philosophy has always been, you get a bite, if the place sucks then you either don't write about it or you warn others about your experience.  More often than not, you can find a decent thing or two about any place (tablecloth was clean, hot dude/chick working behind the c ...

Most people contemplating moving to Korea from any non-Korean country have two major misconceptions:  (1) that they'll need to speak Korean to survive and enjoy their time in country and (2) that there is a dearth of local cuisine suitable for the finicky Western palate and the expandable Western stomach.   Response:  undeniably and irrefutably FALSE!   I'm ...

As most of you know, I do my damnest to investigate the latest on Korean cuisine, cooking and foreign food culture to help you get what you want, when you want it, sans hassle as a native English speaker with a native Western palate. So when my unforgiving and unmerciful editor came to me with an assignment to get the inside scoop on the new Taco Bell Korea, I proffered my ...

  Let's see--where were we?  Ah, yes, the world of Korean food and with it, the world of Soups & Stews.  Part III of this series will tell you how to order guk (국) off a menu in Korea or while at a Korean restaurant anywhere else?   Unlike its counterparts in the jjigae (찌개) and some tang (탕) categories, guk tends to be the most like soup.  The former ...