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This Week: November 6-12

This Week: November 6-12

Alright. I’m a shit blogger. But as I mentioned in the last post, I am a really well-informed shit blogger these days, and while I’m trawling through countless articles to look for material for work, I’m constantly saving articles, too, that I have a personal 

Wish List: Specialty Food Items

Wish List: Specialty Food Items

  I’ve wobbled back and forth on whether or not to do this for a few months now. On the one hand, conspicuous consumption, capitalism, etc.; on the other, we all need things to live. Sometimes it’s hard to find decent/handmade/well-crafted things to live with 

American BBQ Week 2016 in Korea

American BBQ Week 2016 in Korea

Bit late on this one, but that’s okay, because Korea’s American BBQ Week 2016 actually spans two weeks, which means there’s still some time left.

Until September 11, 15 American-style barbecue restaurants in Korea (that’s right — it’s not just Seoul this time, although barely) will be offering a special American barbecue plate. The offer comes with a discount on the house brew and a mousepad featuring a drawing by webtoon artists Jo Gyeong-gyu, who specializes in food drawings.

Participating restaurants include:

  • Linus Barbecue, in Itaewon
  • Rusty’s Smokehouse, in Itaewon
  • Rusty’s Rib House, in Hapjeong
  • Locos BBQ, in Itaewon, Busan Centum City and Pangyo
  • Manimal Smokehouse, in Itaewon (I’m not sure if the Power Plant location is participating or not)
  • BBQooks, in Gangnam
  • Burger B, in Hongdae, Myeongdong, Time Square, Coex, Gwanghwamun and Seosomun
  • Sweet Oak, in Wonju
  • Stereo Kitchen, in Seongnam
  • Aboutjins, in Gwanghwamun
  • Austin, in Hongdae and Gangnam
  • All That Meat, in Gangnam
  • Kinders, in Itaewon

There are a couple of other places listed (Smokehouse and Picnic, in case you’re curious), but I cannot find a single thing about them, including location, in either English or Korean (possibly because of the very generic names), so we’ll leave it at this for now.

I actually didn’t realize there were so many American barbecue places in Seoul, so maybe this week would be a good time to try out a new one. I know we all love our Linus and Manimal, and American barbecue is a particularly territorial art (I’m from Texas — I know), but you never know. Maybe one of the lesser known places on this list could hit that smoky, meaty craving right in the nose without an hour-long wait at the door.

As per usual, this restaurant week promotion is poorly advertised and lacking in any official detailed information, so I can’t tell you what the American barbecue plate is or how much it costs.

Juban: Revamped Traditional Korean Alcohol in Seochon

Juban: Revamped Traditional Korean Alcohol in Seochon

Juban is amazing. Let me get that out of the way up front, because I’m about to gush. Located in a back alley in Seochon, it serves a wide selection of well-made Western cocktails and craft beers, but that’s not what you go to Juban 

Back to the Beginning

Back to the Beginning

This is not going to be a recipe post. I would love for it to be, because if it were, it would mean that the seolgi ddeok (steamed rice cake) in that photo up there didn’t just look alright, but also tasted alright. It didn’t.