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Eating Live Octopus: 산낙지

Eating Raw Octopus from glassw4re on Vimeo. A sahn nak jee salad for dinner. The tentacles marinate themselves!

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Korean Food Travel

Bootlegs and Lots of BOOM: Chinese New Year in China

Some good stuff here about my trip to China during the Lunar New Year, now posted on tripwolf. Check em out! Where to Buy Bootleg Shit in China The Horrors of Chinese Street Food Where to Buy Bootleg Shit in China Chinese New Year, in China

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Korean Food

Korean Street Food: Orange Parking Lot Tarps

Keeping in the spirit of wanting to try new things, I’ve been eating some weird stuff lately. On our way down from Mudeung Mountain yesterday, we stopped for a snack at what appeared to be a collapsing tool shed located just off the trail head at Jeungshim-sa. On the menu? Chicken feet with Asian scallions, […]

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Korean Food

in deep kimchi

Gwangju World Cup stadium this year was the venue for the Kimchi Cultural Festival; a seven day celebration (without mud or mind altering drugs) of all things inspired by vegetables rotting in a ceramic jug. For anyone that does not live in Korea or shop the isles of obscurity at your local grocer, kimchi most […]

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Korean Food

Korean Fast Food

Yeah they’ve got McDonald’s, but a feast at Lotteria is where it’s at. It’s pretty much the same, but they’ve got shit like the squid burger, shrimp burger, and Hanwoo half steak half fried fish sub.

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Korean Food Life

Traditional Alcohol

No idea of the name, it was located in a basement near Chosun University, and filled with college students. The walls, suffering from years of Sharpie vandalism, looked more like a 3rd floor bathroom stall than a reputable establishment. “Call xxx-xxxx-xxxx for happy time”. I’ve always said, you can’t go wrong with happy time… I’ve […]