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Although Seoul's varieties of ramen check a lot of boxes in early 2018, quality mazesoba is still a hard ask. The glowing above example of mazesoba is actually from a branch of…

Yesterday’s surprise late winter snow in Seoul from my apartment, looking out towards a white-blanketed Bukhansan. Upvote if you’re ready for spring!

When we travel, we always try to find the most authentic, the most local, the most off-the-beaten-path. After all, we want to experience the true essence of the place we're…

As mentioned in yesterday's Bites post, in recent years Korea has seen its Japanese food develop in exponentially more delicious and reverential bounds. The bad renditions of…

Once upon a time, Japanese food was basically outlawed in Korea, a result of the Japanese colonization of Korea in the early part of the 20th century and its attempts to erase…

Saying that life in Seoul is a whirlwind would be doing an injustice to how fast-paced life can be here. Between work, social and familial commitments, work, personal improvement…

Blood. Sausage. Do those two words put together send you running? Say it ain't so. If you're a meat eater, you're already devouring animal flesh so you're in deep as it is.…

Kimchi. Galbi. Bulgogi. Burgers. Wait...what? That's right. Believe it or not, Seoul is home to a fair few amazing burgers. Being home to a large American military presence and…

What do you want to know when you travel to another country? First and foremost, it's likely where to eat. I'm a food-loving expat who has been living in Seoul for over six…