Yay, look what came in the mail!

If you thought that life could not get any better than the fake paninis produced by the George Foreman Lean Mean Grilling (Grillin’ ?) Machine, you would be wrong. Because life did get better. Did you ever think that one day a home fryer would employ the principle of centrifugal force to
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There’s a little Korea-town in the Akasaka section of Tokyo, just a little side street filled with Korean-owned and operated restaurants. Here, my friend Maho took me to one of her favorite spots, Ton-chan. There
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IceSomen/somyunGround beefChopped kimchiSliced Korean pear, cucumbers and a spicy sauce (gochujang – Korean spicy chili paste, garlic, sugar, rice vinegar, garlic, sesame seeds, sesame oil).The taste of summer…I actually love cold noodles in the winter. So North Korean of me.

*Bibim means to rub/mix, kooksu is noodles. So literal.

Ddak dongchi. My friend claimed it’s stir fried chicken buttholes. That’s what the name sounds like but I’m not sure, that would take a lot of chickens. They were chewy though. A Dongdaemun pogjangmacha, Seoul, Korea.

Super delish shaved ice, bingsu…Pearlberry, Seoul, Korea.

Kyochon, the ultimate Korean fried chicken, in half spicy drumsticks and the rest in the recommended classic garlic soy. Eaten in Seoul, Korea, but eaten most recently in Flushing, NY.

Kyochon156-50 Northern Blvd, Flushing, Queens, NY 11354718-939-9292

*Have to admit I cheated…I posted the last one at 12:20 am.

Häagen Dazs ice cream fondue. Häagen Dazs Café, Seoul, Korea.

*Note that I got watermelon on one occasion and tomatoes on another. To dip into chocolate.

Sweet Potato Pizza, Mr. Pizza, Seoul, Korea

I have such a backlog of food photos, I’m going to post one a day until I run out! Here is the king of the bunch:Corndogs covered with french fries then deep fried. Dongdaemun, Seoul, Korea.

Packaged semolina rum raisin pudding. Creepy but tasty.

Surgeon-cut vegetables for Korean jjangjjang myun, or black bean noodles. It’s similar to the Chinese dish and has black bean sauce, pork, zucchini, onions, sometimes seafood…”Korean bolognese”

Second helping. Only spaghetti noodles here! You eat these on VDay when you don’t have a boyfriend.

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