Korean fried chicken establishments are surging. They are as diverse in name as they are plentiful: Kyochon, BBQ, Pelicana, Two Two, Mom’s Touch, Hot Sun just to name a few. Nearly all of the best deliver and nearly every piece of chicken requires more than a few napkins-preferably wetnaps–at hand. They come seasoned, calcium enriched, cooked in olive oil, fried, rotisseried (off the back of trucks), even baked chicken is making inroads.

The new bar, located in the heart of Sinchon, offers a lively British-styled pub replete with Guinness, an increasing list of imported beers, widescreen TV, games, and cheap tasty pub grub.

Full review inside.

Thanks NY Times for this feast for the eyes! Where is your favorite place to eat in Seoul? Discuss inside.

The 2008 Seoul Fashion Week is upon us.

Check out the awesome photography work by FeetManSeoul and details on how the Korea fashion wave is heating up.

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Fall evokes a different mindset for me. It’s a time for me to reflect and gather the memories of the warmer, more active part of my year. A time filled with images of splashing in water amid sparkling sunshine, and further back, periods busily going from one place to the next grasping at the fleeting days as though it would all end too soon. All of these memories, with perhaps the moment Chusok passes, are only then regaled as stories to tell over chicken and beer on a chilly October night.

Just around the corner is a year that was almost un-imaginably futuristic to me when I was ten. The year 2010 is upon us. Are you ready to don your mylar suit?
In case you haven’t noticed there are a lot of construction cranes in Seoul. This is now only partly due to the fading tail of the real estate apartment boom. If you look carefully, the buildings being built are not just glass apartment towers of the I Park and Hyperion mold.

Thanks to the foodie eye and the tasty review by ZenKimchi, we are able to shamelessly plug this W180,000 burger at the W Seoul Walkerhill Hotel. Truffles on burgers? What’s next, stocks and Treasury notes? Oh, right, that would make the burger worthless.

Since 1996, after the hot summer nights and star-studded Mediterranean film extravaganzas at Cannes have packed up for the year, the Busan Korean International Film Festival has quietly become a giant influence in Asian film. Not quite the Riviera, the port city of Busan at Haeundae Beach, nevertheless transforms into a star-studded festival full of directors, producers, filmmakers, stars, and fans as they celebrate and recognize over 300 films from throughout Asia and developing countries.

Quick! Grab a friend and go to the Seoul International Art Fair! It’s around until tomorrow, Sept. 23 at 4pm. Contemporary and modern art paintings, photography, and special exhibits by well known Korean, European, and Asian artists. The low W15,000 entrance fee will be the cheapest investment in your Art IQ ever. If you like Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Fernando Botero, Paik Nam June, Lee U-fan and Zhang Xiaogang, then this show is a must see!