Entries tagged with 'South Korea'
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Snapshots from South Korea: Grand Prix from Mr. Pizza, Korean Pizza 'Made for Women'
From May 8 to May 12 I visited Seoul for the first time, mostly to eat as much food as I could and learn about a cuisine I knew little about. "You have to try Mr. Pizza," said Dan, my primary Seoul eating guide for the week. "It's for women! ...And they use lots of crazy toppings." Hey, I'm female and I like crazy toppings! Apparently, Mr. Pizza was made just for me. (Why is it for women? Mary Eats provides some insight.) Actually, I lied; I don't like excessive crazy toppings. I like the idea of excessive crazy toppings...In Videos: Rain's South Korean Pizza Hut Commercial
Most Americans not familiar with South Korean pop culture probably know Rain—if at all—from The Colbert Report, where host Stephen Colbert has had a longstanding fake feud with the ultra-popular pop singer, dancer, model, and actor. (Rain topped Colbert in a 2007 Time magazine online reader poll of "100 Most Influential People.") Well, here's one more thing Rain has on Colbert—a Pizza Hut commercial. [The video, after the jump.]...Top Ten Crazy Asian Pizza Crusts
My idea of a pizza is rather basic: a flat round of dough covered in tomato sauce, dotted with mozzarella, and topped with a few basil leaves. But in the world of East Asian pizza chain pies, that would be some major weak-sauce pizza.In Videos: Pizza Etang Commercial with Mr. Tyfoon; The Global Mashup
This video features South Korean rapper Mr. Tyfoon appearing in a commercial for the Asian pizza chain Pizza Etang, where he combines West Coast gangsta rap flair with Konglish, a mashup of Korean and English.Korean Shrimp Roll and Hot Dog Pizzas
Japan, I used to love you for your inventiveness—the way you took things from other cultures, tweaked them, and improved them. But you're slippin', babe. That Double Roll pizza you came up with? So kinō. Say annyong to two amazingly ostentatious pizzas that Pizza Hut South Korea has come up with (I don't know their names, so I'm just making them up here as I go along). Videos of the Korean commercials, after the jump....Slice is part of the Foodblog Ad Network. To advertise on this site or across a network of food-related weblogs, click here.
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