For my womans

That's right baby.
My womans gots shrimps. 'Cos I knows what she likesss...

For your dream....

You heard me!! Two!!

고추튀김: Deep fried stuffed hot peppers

 Today school lunch contained a little surprise - much better than the usual surprises (unidentified hairs). Deep fried stuffed hot peppers! And you know the food's good when every classroom has a little sign above the lunch trays saying "you can only take ONE hot pepper".

I can't wait to find this stuff in the market so I can eat it all the time!

You can see the full process to make 고추튀김 here, on the webiste I stole this picture from.

Wolfhound coming to Busan?

According to its website, Seoul's famous Wolfhound Irish Pub and Restaurant will be opening a branch in Haeundae in November.

I, for one, am looking forward to enjoying a shepard's pie with a glass of cider this winter.

Apparently the donut cheeseburger has made it to Korea.

 The burger, also known as a Luther burger, was once called "the world's unhealthiest snack" by CBS.

Of course, there's been nothing to stop Koreans make the donut burger at home, since all the ingredients are readily available. Hopefully soon lotteria will release a donut shrimp burger, and then everybody will be happy.

Don't be bringing that squid in here!

Whale... it's what's for dinner.

Today's JoonAng Daily discusses the nominally illegal trade in whale meat in Korea. The focus is on Ulsan, a traditional whaling city. Although I am Australian (and our people and government are well known for their strong anti-whaling stance), I don't really have a problem with whaling or people eating whale.

If you do want to taste the biggest creature in the ocean, there in this post by Brian in Jeollanam-do on how to find it in Ulsan. In Busan, lonely planet (and greenpeace) affirm that it is available at Jalgachi Fish Market, although I don't recall seeing it there myself. Might have to read the labels more closely.

Apparently, "It’s an open secret among restaurant owners that environmental activists from Greenpeace send undercover investigators to Ulsan every year. They come to check the origins of the pricey whale meat served in local diners. A news report last week revealed that local police had raided two unlicensed warehouses in the city’s main port, Jangsaengpo. The cops found 60 tons of minke whale meat" So it would appear there is some enforcement of the anti-whaling rules in Korea. Try dobbing in a whale-meat smuggler in Japan and you might find yourself in gaol, as two Japanese greenpeace activists recently discovered.