Here are some of the fun activities we did at the Gimpo Farmer's Day Festival We sheathed rice We made Makgeolli We drank Ginseng Makgeolli We got our pictures taken with people in cool outfits We ate Ginseng Scones! Re-published with permission from the author. Check out Seoul Eats for more great postings from the author.

Seoul Eat's Meet-up Group at Gimpo The Seoul Eat's Meet-up to the Gimpo Farmer's Day Festival was a big success and we had over 35 people come out on both days. I would like to thank the city of Gimpo, Big Farm, and all of the participants for making it out with us.  The day started at 10am and we took the bus to Gimpo city. The first thing we had was a full lunch with a variety of Gim ...

CT Bakery Fresh Roasted Coffee Big, I mean Big cookies CT Bakery This multi-function space does a little bit of everything. They daily roast their own coffee, they bake bread, they offer lunch, they have wine and beer, they cook some food, a reading room, and a gallery space full of designer furniture and antiques. It is a big place with multilevel. There is indoor and outdoor seating alon ...

China Feng D-Cube City is a gorgeous mall and I was lucky enough to have been given a private tour of all of the facilities by the president of the Daesang Group, Mr. Cha. The department store is a full department store that has many high-quality restaurants, food courts, a 5-star hotel, and a new apartment complex. There is even Pororo park which features the lovable Penguin that is a hit wit ...

Chef Hyejin If you don't like salmon then you should leave my blog. Please just go, I don't care who you might be or why you dislike it, just disconnect your computer and go. I love salmon. I love it even more when I can get a lot of it. The other day after a fish market tour, I stopped over to talk with a vendor and enquired about buying some. So after some haggling, I got a whole half of a ...

Chef Ciarian Hickey over at the W-Hotel is one of the last foreign head chefs in Seoul. He has had his position for almost 5 years because he is constantly innovating. Over his tenure he has made the W-hotel 'The Hip' venue for Seoulites in Seoul. His champagne brunch is top notch and so are the meals over at Kitchen. Chef Hickey also came up with the humongous X-burger (which I haven't ha ...

Wow...I am so thirsty for Banana milk now... Actually, you could sell me anything as long as SNSD (Girl's Generation) were in the commercial. I think I'll go now and buy a case. Come take a cooking class or take a Culinary Tour in Seoul! http://www.ongofood.com Pictures are taken either with my Panasonic DMC-G2 Camera with 20mm Lens or with my iPhone 4G Join the Seoul Eats Facebook ...

Opps, I don't know why I didn't let you all know earlier about the halloween parties. I guess I have been a bit busy with work. Here are some halloween events people asked me to let you know about. The Seoulite, Han River Booze Cruise. You can get dressed up, eat junk, get drunk, and then get all green in the face on a boat. Scary huh? On Saturday, October 29th at 3pm http://www.facebook.c ...

Songgi Mushroom These days, I am into snacking and I love carbs. It must have something to do with the exercise that I'm doing. I try to run a couple of days a week so my metabolism is a bit quicker than it was. So...I can snack and go and not worry so much. But being busy with a couple different projects I haven't had many full meals. I eat and I go. So here are some quick bites I have had ...

Are you a buyer coming to Korea on November 7th to the 11th for Korea Food Expo? If you are we have a special Night Dining, Business Networking Dinner for guests, courtesy of the Korea Food Expo. The cost of the tour is free and you'll be able to able to enjoy a wide variety of Korean foods and Korean alcohol while meeting other buyers and exhibitors at the Korea Food Expo. Instead of going to a s ...