Instant Soupy Tteokbokki for £1.80 — 3am Snack Review
Ever found yourself absolutely gagging for tteokbokki at three in the morning? Happens to me more often than I'd care to...
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Sashimi Course for £28 — A Korean Set Meal in Full
A Winter Evening at a Neighbourhood Japanese Restaurant in Korea Last winter, I messaged my wife on the way home from w...
Fiery Octopus & Beef Tripe Stir-Fry + Fried Rice
An autumn 2015 photo that leapt out of my folder I was sorting through old photos on my computer when one stopped me de...
Mitaly Pasta and Pizza: Korea’s Budget Italian Chain
Craving pasta during a Shinan trip, and somehow ending up at Mitaly We had driven down from Daejeon for a weekend trip ...
Cold Seafood Soup: Spicy Korean Mulhoe
Mulhoe, the cold seafood dish I crave when summer begins It has been warm enough lately to wear short sleeves in the mi...
Seasonal Fruit at a Korean Market — 12 Finds, Spring 2026
Buying Seasonal Fruit at a Korean Traditional Market — A Spring 2026 Visit This was honestly my first time properly exp...
18 Side Dishes with One Bowl of Rice — A Korean Feast
I Wanted to Treat My Wife to a Proper Spread My wife works incredibly hard, and I'd been meaning to take her out for a ...
Hot pot dumpling stew: mandu jeongol
Mandu jeongol, the Korean dish I crave every winter It was last winter, and there is one Korean dish that comes to mind...
Tender Fillet Steak Course in Korea with Mum
It was quite a long time ago, one summer, when I went out for steak with my mum in Daejeon, a large city in central Kore...
10-Side Ready Meal for £3 — GS25 Lunchbox Honest Review
Why I Ended Up at a Convenience Store at 2 in the Morning April 2026, Daejeon — a mid-sized city in central South Kore...
7 Sides for £2.80 — Korean Convenience Store Lunchbox
Day off, empty fridge, absolutely starving Spring 2026 — my wife had gone to work and I had the day off. I'd slept in r...
Sushi Kurado Obihiro | A Hokkaido Omakase I Can't Forget
Winter 2016, a tiny sushi place in Obihiro, Hokkaido If you've ever eaten Japanese sushi in Japan, you probably know ex...
Spicy Braised Chicken Stew — Korean One-Pot Comfort
The morning a spicy chicken stew craving took hold One weekend earlier this year, my wife and I were dithering over wha...
KFC in Korea: 7 Menu Differences You Won't Expect
First, the receipt There wasn't really a plan. It was April 2026, somewhere in the early hours of the morning, and my...
Kalguksu Compared: Clam vs Spicy Korean Noodle Soup
A Kalguksu Evening in Daejeon One autumn evening, my mate rang me up — fancy kalguksu? If you live in Daejeon, a city i...
What to Order at a Local Thai Restaurant: Dishes I Actually Ate
A local Thai restaurant has a different energy — even from outside I'm Korean, and back in 2022 when I spent some time ...
Blood Sausage Soup Done Right — Seasoning Sundae Gukbap Step by Step
Walking into a pork broth soup shop after a night shift Sundae gukbap is a pork bone broth soup loaded with Korean bloo...
Soy Marinated Raw Crab — Korea's Ultimate "Rice Thief"
Last winter, my older brother rang me up and said, "I'm craving crab — my treat tonight." I didn't need to be asked twic...
Charcoal Grilled Chicken — Smoky Korean Dakgalbi
Charcoal Grilled Dakgalbi — Not Stir-Fried, but Grilled on a Wire Mesh Charcoal grilled dakgalbi is a style of Korean B...
Spicy Rice Cakes, Blood Sausage & Fried Snacks — Korean Bunsik
It was on my walk home from work. Winter, so the sun had already set, and the wind coming out of the tube station was ab...