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Odeng always tastes better when the weather is freezin’... huddled under the tarp, next to a steamin’ cart, stuffin’ face and washin’ it all down with a cup of pipin’ hot broth.
Yoonha Kimbap is a mother-daughter duo named after the daughter, Yoonha. It’s the kinda place I crave during sourcing trips – a home cooked meal complete with all the family feels.
Pike Place Market in Seattle has fishmongers makin’ fish fly, but the magic of the merchants in Busan’s Jagalchi Market is next level.
Without even realizing it, I've been waiting for this moment my whole life – to return to my birth town with my mom. She was born in Busan, and so was I.
I f’in love being in Korea, even if Koreans don’t love me. They see me as Japanese, maybe Chinese, but rarely Korean. After a second look, they see the Korean in me – and then I'm just an American to them.
