The Iceberg

Stolen from KBS World Radio Website

You may not have heard this, but kimchi is one of the world’s healthiest foods. In addition to fighting cancer, it also prevents SARS, AIDS, menstrual cramps, athlete’s foot, jock itch, anal warts, and domestic violence.

So it only makes sense that you find a way to cook kimchi into every dish. One of the more creative items to date is the Pastry Cream Kimchi Mille-feuille. There are twelve steps to preparing this delicacy including:

Drain the diced candied kimchi cabbage and combine with 500 g of the cooled pastry cream. Whisk the whipping cream until soft peaks form and fold it gently into the pastry cream. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a large plain nozzle.

Tell me that doesn’t make your mouth water. But in case it doesn’t, KBS World Radio also provides a recipe for Chocolate Cake with kimchi. Mmmmm!

This inspired me to ponder what other delectable treats await the magical touch of kimchi. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far:

Kimchi candied apples
Kimchi taffy
Kimchi gum
Kimchi cotton candy
Kimchi marshmallows
Kimchi Kool-aid
Kimchi eclairs
Kimchi maple bars
Kimchi pancakes
Kimchi nasal spray

Feel free to contribute your own inspirations.

That’s right, it’s election season in Korea. And you know what that means: Charges of corruption. The Joonang Ilbo reports of Uri accusations of “an astonishing corruption case of a senior member of the opposition”.

Wow! “Astonishing“, huh? I guessed that it must have been millions of dollars in bribes from Samsung. Or the acceptance of a body waxing from Andre Kim. That would be astonishing. But alas, this corruption case turns out to be nothing more than Seoul mayor Lee Myung-bak’s alleged lies about receiving a waiver of tennis court fees amounting to roughly $20,000.

Additionally, Mayor Lee and the head of the Seoul Tennis Council supposedly had a private party which included several “thirtyish” women. What??? That is astonishing! I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t have hired women in their early-20s.

The Joongang Ilbo also reports that the Uri Party legislator, An Min-suck (the newspaper’s spelling, not mine), went on to say the women were “lecturers of vocal music”. Like this somehow adds juice to the story. What is the f***ing point?

The only truly astonishing thing about this whole story is that Korean politicians can’t think of more creative measures to attack their opponents during election season than firing off corruption accusations. Surely there must be some good sex scandals.