레이블이 Samsung M20인 게시물을 표시합니다. 모든 게시물 표시
레이블이 Samsung M20인 게시물을 표시합니다. 모든 게시물 표시

2010년 12월 1일 수요일

Anyang Central Market


Samsung Electronics has provided the author of this article with the mentioned digital imaging device.
The markets of Korea are tons of fun, and one of my favorite places is my local one in Anyang. Every time I go there, I find something new and interesting. It’s a labyrinth of stalls and alleys, and after five years, I don’t think I’ve explored it all. It’s always bustling with not only shoppers but motor scooters making deliveries.
I’ve been wanting to make a video of my market, and the opportunity arose when Arirang TV wrote and asked to do a segment on how I do my blog. Rather than do the usual go to restaurant with foreigners and blogging about it on the laptop, I suggested we check out the market together.
I met the crew of three. One could speak English. And they followed me around as I shot videos of all the sights, sounds and smells (well, couldn’t video the smell). I sampled a bit of fresh kimchi and got to go up close to the red pepper mills to watch dried chillies being ground into the famous gochugaru. You wouldn’t believe how awesome the smell was. And I even found something new, this time a dark buckwheat tea that tasted toasty and warm. It was being sold as diet food, but I bought it because it tasted good.

2010년 10월 24일 일요일

Temple Cuisine in New York


Following is a video of "temple cuisine in NYC"




In September 2010, I was flown from Korea to New York to give a speech promoting Korean Buddhist temple cuisine. The event was called “Experience Korean Temple Cuisine,” and it invited politicians, celebrities and media. I’m not sure how effective the event was at promoting vegetarian Buddhist cuisine, but it was a good time. I think some of the people in charge on the Korean side were mostly concerned about having politicians and “famous” people at the event rather than the food press, which would have made the message more effective.
As a result, the only print article I read about the event made more bones about the presence of embattled and disgraced congressman Charlie Rangle, which killed any hopes of the organizers and the people working hard on the event to get their message out. You can get a little glimpse of Congressman Rangle in this little video I put together of the set up for the show. You can also see how this was so geared towards the Korean domestic press over its intended American audience. All the Korean press equipment was directly in front of big screens, covering up the English subtitles of the Korean speakers
I wasn’t able to take much video of the show itself because my speech was coming up, and I was nervous enough. So this is my tribute to the people who worked hard to make this a success.