Fatman returns…sorta
Blogroll, Korean life July 31st. 2008, 10:00pmOne of the old school Korean blogs I used to like to read was Fatman Seoul, which was a man who traveled around to different Korean restaurants and took pictures obsessively about the different dishes you could try out. That blog died when the author left Korea, and there was a Fatman shaped hole in my blogging since then.
Little did I know, but the original Fatman Seoul was the inspiration for ZenKimchi’s Food Blog, which I also subscribe, which does a lot more daring food that I would never, ever want to try. (Seriously, eating Skate? EW!)
Now, FatManSeoul is picking up where the previous FatMan Seoul left off. They even gave props to the original blog in their mission statement. That’s awesome. They are basically doing what the old Fatman did, trying out food, taking pictures, and finding weird products you’d never see elsewhere, like cheese flavored milk.
The number of wonderful and unique foods in Korea are so diverse that it doesn’t surprise me that different food blogs have popped up to fill people in on the details. I feel like Korean food is a well kept secret that should be shared with the world. The more that people know about how delicious Korean food is, the more opportunities people will have to learn about Korean culture, and that’s what this blog is all about.
It’s not like I have the iron stomach it takes to eat all the stuff on Korea’s plate anyway. I’ll let some far braver souls experiment, and I’ll just try out anything that looks good when I get my chance.
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July 31st, 2008 at 11:44 pm
My one goal for my recent visit to Korea was not to get food poisoning. Little did I know that, Korean Burger King aside, the food would be excellent! I know I didn’t have anything that would be considered adventurous for most people, but I was proud of myself. In fact, even after only a week, my stomach had a little trouble readjusting (though airport fast food might have been problematic regardless). I wish there was a good place in the States to get cheap bimibap.