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Into the Woods & Down By the Sea: Yangyang in Autumn

Into the Woods & Down By the Sea: Yangyang in Autumn

This trip was so long ago by now. What happened? Well, first we got a puppy. Then I got busy with work. Then B smashed his ankle, rendering himself immobile. Then, my country started to fall apart. Since then, I’ve done nothing in the gaps 

Garlic Scapes Pesto Pizza With Eggs and Asparagus

Garlic Scapes Pesto Pizza With Eggs and Asparagus

  I had big plans for today, as it was a rare day when I had nothing else on and all loose ends were tied up, but I woke up feeling quite sickly and then the weather started to bug. Instead I’ve spent some time 

American BBQ Week 2016 in Korea

American BBQ Week 2016 in Korea

Bit late on this one, but that’s okay, because Korea’s American BBQ Week 2016 actually spans two weeks, which means there’s still some time left.

Until September 11, 15 American-style barbecue restaurants in Korea (that’s right — it’s not just Seoul this time, although barely) will be offering a special American barbecue plate. The offer comes with a discount on the house brew and a mousepad featuring a drawing by webtoon artists Jo Gyeong-gyu, who specializes in food drawings.

Participating restaurants include:

  • Linus Barbecue, in Itaewon
  • Rusty’s Smokehouse, in Itaewon
  • Rusty’s Rib House, in Hapjeong
  • Locos BBQ, in Itaewon, Busan Centum City and Pangyo
  • Manimal Smokehouse, in Itaewon (I’m not sure if the Power Plant location is participating or not)
  • BBQooks, in Gangnam
  • Burger B, in Hongdae, Myeongdong, Time Square, Coex, Gwanghwamun and Seosomun
  • Sweet Oak, in Wonju
  • Stereo Kitchen, in Seongnam
  • Aboutjins, in Gwanghwamun
  • Austin, in Hongdae and Gangnam
  • All That Meat, in Gangnam
  • Kinders, in Itaewon

There are a couple of other places listed (Smokehouse and Picnic, in case you’re curious), but I cannot find a single thing about them, including location, in either English or Korean (possibly because of the very generic names), so we’ll leave it at this for now.

I actually didn’t realize there were so many American barbecue places in Seoul, so maybe this week would be a good time to try out a new one. I know we all love our Linus and Manimal, and American barbecue is a particularly territorial art (I’m from Texas — I know), but you never know. Maybe one of the lesser known places on this list could hit that smoky, meaty craving right in the nose without an hour-long wait at the door.

As per usual, this restaurant week promotion is poorly advertised and lacking in any official detailed information, so I can’t tell you what the American barbecue plate is or how much it costs.

Coconut Rum Mini Cakes

Coconut Rum Mini Cakes

I don’t like making pastry. Well, I didn’t like making pastry. Now, I feel mostly neutral about it. That’s because I’ve made a concerted effort over the past few months to overcome a lifelong aversion to it via self-inflicted exposure therapy. There have been a 

All Goes Onward and Outward, Nothing Collapses

All Goes Onward and Outward, Nothing Collapses

I don’t know why he asked it — probably because the concept of small talk is completely lost on him — but last night at dinner, B asked me when the prime of my life was. He worded it just like that, in English. Sometimes