Category Archives: Seoul

All the food and goodness in the secret dark heart of Asia.

an eating plan – Korea’s oldest restaurants

A plan to eat my way to happiness in Seoul Continue reading →

the food episode – SemiPermanent

As explained a couple of posts ago the blogging has slightly fallen apart due to the project Jen is filming; SemiPermanent Seoul. What has been really great about it has been discovering new places and people and there has also … Continue reading →

is this the start of something… – Seoul Farmers’ Market and Bici Coffee

21 Nov ’12

Seoul farmers’ market has been around since late summer and this weekend was its last appearance as “Winter is Coming”. I’ve meandered through it a couple of times and haven’t really been convinced as it just appeared to be the … Continue reading →

when a man is tired of Seoul – Busan to Seoul by bike

16 Oct ’12

The famous quote for London by Samuel Johnson is “why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there … Continue reading →

Linus’ ‘Bama Style BBQ video and next pop-up

1 Sep ’12

So this is a post with a video and all this text is just fluff. One of our friends in Seoul – Linus – is a BBQ obsessive and over the past year has been slowly and obsessively cooking BBQ … Continue reading →

it’s raining so drink and eat pancakes – Dong-in Dong in Sinsa

28 Aug ’12

So Portland is done and it is time for Seoul again. It is just after summer and pre-autumn here which means that it is rainy season. And Koreans have a special tradition when it rains: they like to drink makgeolli … Continue reading →

Convenience Store Ethnography – the Korean nation and FamilyMart

19 Jul ’12

The study of the Korean race through convenience stores in Seoul. It’s not very serious really. Continue reading →

Jen actually cooks.

13 Jul ’12

So here we are. It’s been awhile. I’ve been travelling like a maniac, first for the wedding and then for work. Up until recently, for the last 3 months, I’d only been in Seoul for a total of two and … Continue reading →

a potato soup that is all about the spine – Gamjatang restaurant in Hannam-dong

10 Jul ’12

A potato soup that is all about pork spine Continue reading →

fancy some beef – Secret han-u beef restaurant

6 Jul ’12

Time for the han-u beef and a little secret place a friend knows Continue reading →

the only if you live in Korea EXPO – International Exposition Yeosu Korea 2012

27 Jun ’12

A visit to Korea’s EXPO in Yeosu Continue reading →

eely good – 반구정 나루터집 near Heyri Art Village

22 Jun ’12

So in my last post I said that you should never eat European or Asian food in Seoul and apart from Jung Sik Dang all high-level Korean is pretty average. So what does that leave? Well fortunately quite a lot … Continue reading →