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pizza, bread

OVEN!

By mattgirod | Published: November 21, 2009

It’s coming, it’s coming!!!! Tomorrow…okay, in two days. I thought I wanted one with a steam function so i could make some crispy baguettes, but paying an extra 200,000won  for a function that I wasn’t going to use that often wasn’t worth it. I had a feeling that I wasn’t really paying for the the [...]

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I’m an American.

By mattgirod | Published: March 5, 2009

I scared the young Korean on the other line. He wasn’t getting my order.  I reminded him that I’m just an American that wants a pizza. It almost worked.  He gained enough confidence to mock me, but not enough confidence to take my order. He quickly handed the phone over to a female employee. She [...]

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Hotteok (호떡)

By mattgirod | Published: February 24, 2009

It’s almost pronounced like hotdog, except the first syllable sounds like “ho”. -As in, “you ain’t nothin’ butta __.”  This is my favorite Korean snack. I suspect its because its made from the worlds best ingredients: flour (wheat) and yeast. It beats out all the other Korean sweet snacks. Rice cakes are good but this [...]

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