My new late-night health obsession

When out for a night on the town (or in our apartments) in college, the night would undoubtedly end in some greasy, salty, sugary and/or buttery scavenger hunt. Whether it was found in the oven, at 7-11 or, God forbid, the BK Lounge, it happened far more often than I would care to admit. I [...]

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Incheon: A Lunar New Year’s gift

Lunar New Year’s must have given us good luck because Incheon was just the escape from Seoul and city-life that we were yearning. The first thing that you notice upon arriving at the beach is the swarms of ajummas crowding the street (there is one main drag by the beach) yelling, waving their arms, knocking [...]

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Jagalchi Fish Market Part 2: The Shrimp That Season Themselves

Photo by Anna Waigand. Coming from the Midwest, I didn’t always get the freshest of seafood (except for whitefish livers in Bayfield, Wisc.). But the ring of restaurants around the towering Jagalchi Fish Market in Busan offered many opportunities to get fresh seafood whether you wanted it caught that morning, raw or still alive. After [...]

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If you’re in Atlanta, get yourself some good Korean food

Serious Eats has a mouth-watering post about all the interesting food trends in Atlanta including a section on the trendy and popular Korean restaurants along Buford Highway. Apparently Atlanta has a sizeable Korean population and a young generation going to some hip Korean restaurants. It looks like a great place to get authentic pork belly [...]

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Korean Customs: The Soup Place

This is going to be the start of a new series on Seoulful Adventures. Traveling to any country involves learning the customs of the culture, and invariably many of those customs will revolve around food. Koreans have many customs and traditions when it comes to food and drink, and we are slowly learning them. Some [...]

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