The Expat Christmas table
This year we did something special and hosted an Expat Table Christmas Dinner that brought together people from all over the world. It was a lovely day filled with stories, food, learning, and love. ...
Quit Bitch'n And Get In The Kitchen
This year we did something special and hosted an Expat Table Christmas Dinner that brought together people from all over the world. It was a lovely day filled with stories, food, learning, and love. ...
WHERE YOU CAN FIND US THIS WEEK AsiO Gusto This week Asia gets it's very own Slow Food festival and it's right here in South Korea. AsiO Gusto is a massive undertaking for a continent which is just beginning to enter this global conversation. Certainly, ...
THE NEED Cheesecloth We have been wondering where to find cheesecloth in South Korea for a while. We gave up on finding the real thing and started looking for a local solutions, hoping to find one that was readily available, affordable, and easy to work with. If ...
DEAR DIARY Jessie & Ali From: the USA and Iran Respectively Living In: Malaysia The View From Her Kitchen The Expat Table: Where do you hang your apron these days? (where are you living) Jessie: I hang my apron in Bangsar, a funky neighborhood in ...
THE PERISHABLE Figs You might not know this, but Korea grows amazing figs. Like super awesome extra delicious figs. They are grown in Mokpo and every summer we love to head south to purchase some of these delicious delights. It's not like they are ...
THE ITEM Red Ginseng with Honey Recently we bought this on a whim. It was surprisingly affordable and a pretty color which are two of the most important reasons to try a new food. Plus, red ginseng tastes like dirt which seemed like an interesting flavor profile ...
DEAR DIARY Norma Jean From the USA to Indonesia with love. THE EXPAT TABLE: Where do you hang your apron these days? NORMA JEAN: Ubud, Bali THE EXPAT TABLE: How did you end up in Bali? NJ: I came on a vacation and met some friends who loved the songs I wrote and encouraged ...
THE PERISHABLE Goat Milk Yah, yah, yah. This is going a bit far right? Do we really need to be hunting down free range, green goats milk on the outskirts of Seoul? The answer for us is, "Hell, YES!!" because there are all sorts of reasons to use goats milk ...
THE FOOD Feta We had so much success with our Chèvre / Soy Cheese recipe that we thought we would kick it up a notch. Inspired by a recommendation from Travel This we decided on Feta so that we can try more Iranian dishes, especially some of their great breakfast ...
THE FOOD K-Country BBQ Since half of this cooking team is a born-n-raised Southern boy, it was only a matter of time before this blog went K-country (Our name for Korean Southern fusion food). The first item on our K-country menu is actually a two-fer: Marinated ...
Think locally, eat globally. The Expat Table has been influenced by many things and many places. With over 41 countries and counting, we've tasted and explored until our bellies and eyes were full. Now we are settled down in South Korea and wish to explore and share what we have learned and tasted.