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K Style Kitchen – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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K Style Kitchen – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoOctober 21, 2022October 22, 2022

If you’re susceptible to the power of suggestion–especially as it pertains to ear worms (recurring tunes that involuntarily pop up and stick in your mind)–you’re probably going to hate me (or you can skip this paragraph and continue to love me).  That’s because if you do read this paragraph you’re…

Hanmi Korean-Chinese Fusion – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Hanmi Korean-Chinese Fusion – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoJuly 8, 2022July 20, 2022

Popular culture is defined as “commonly known information that briefly holds the public interest. It is typically discussed in various mass media, including TV and the Internet, and becomes a topic of everyday conversation (what used to be called a “water cooler conversation” before that term fell from popularity).  Apparently…

Urban 360 Pizza, Grill and Tap House – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Urban 360 Pizza, Grill and Tap House – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoJuly 18, 2021July 19, 2021

Babu: Our specials are tacos, moussaka and franks and beans. Jerry: Well, what do you recommend my good fellow? Babu:Oh, the turkey. ~”The Cafe, Seinfeld, Season 3, Episode 7 While perusing the menu at Urban 360 Pizza, Grill and Tap House, my ever-witty friend Ryan “Break the Chain” Scott commented…

Soo Bak Seoul Bowl & Soo Bak Foods – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Soo Bak Seoul Bowl & Soo Bak Foods – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoNovember 16, 2019August 23, 2020

Announcer: “The story you are about to read is true. The menu has been changed to showcase the delicious mashup of Korean and Mexican cuisines. Roy Choi: “This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I’m a chef.” Since 2008, there’s been a dragnet in progress across the…

Sushi & Sake – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Sushi & Sake – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoOctober 23, 2019October 25, 2019

“If white wine goes with fish, do white grapes go with sushi?“ – George Carlin A reader once asked Washington Post humorist Gene Weingarten what he was a snob about. His reply, “I am also a snob about food. The other day, in Baltimore, I passed a sign outside a…

Asian Pear – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Asian Pear – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoOctober 8, 2019October 11, 2019

“Careful Father, this stuff will melt your beads.” ~Lt Colonel Henry Blake, MASH 4077 Just as Hogan’s Heroes helped establish the perception many Americans (at least of my generation) had about German food, the television show MASH was the first introduction many of us had to Korean food. Set in…

Bonchon – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
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Bonchon – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoFebruary 28, 2019May 21, 2020

Hawkeye Pierce had a very unique (and very sarcastic) take on the Korean War: “I just don’t know why they’re shooting at us. All we want to do is bring them democracy and white bread. Transplant the American dream. Freedom. Achievement. Hyperacidity. Affluence. Flatulence. Technology. Tension. The inalienable right to…

Nanami Noodle House – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
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Nanami Noodle House – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoFebruary 11, 2017August 1, 2018

If Chinese superstitions have any credence, some of us may not be long for this world. Chinese superstitions posit that long noodles symbolize a long life. Ostensibly, if you cut your noodles, you’re cutting your life short. Instead of cutting your noodles, the Chinese advocate slurping up long noodles without…

Arirang Oriental Market – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Arirang Oriental Market – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoJune 14, 2016July 12, 2018

“Cuisine is the tactile connection we have to breathing history. History and culture offer us a vibrant living society that we taste through cuisine. All cuisine is a reflection of the society from which it emanates … in the end cuisine is the result of culture” – Clifford Wright If…

Fu Yuang – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Fu Yuang – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoOctober 20, 2011November 30, 2020

“I’ve eaten a river of liver and an ocean of fish! I’ve eaten so much fish, I’m ready to grow gills! I’ve eaten so much liver, I can only make love if I’m smothered in bacon and onions” ~ Hawkeye Pierce MASH 4077, Korea FROM THE FU YUANG FACEBOOK PAGE:…

Sakura Sushi & Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Sakura Sushi & Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoApril 10, 2010July 19, 2018

In describing “food porn,” The New Yorker once wrote, “The point is to get very close to what you are filming, so close that you can see an ingredient’s “pores” which then triggers some kind of Neanderthal reflex.  If you’re flicking from channel to channel and come upon food that…

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