It’s tempting to read meaning into South Korea’s international calling code—82, which almost sounds like palli, the Korean word for “quickly.” Coincidence, but a fitting one. This is a country that has lived its life at warp speed, nowhere more than in its capital. Seoul has spent the last few decades in a blur of transition, transforming from a landscape defined by post-war recovery into a global powerhouse: an epicenter of technology and the vibrant heart of K-culture.
Seoul is also undoubtedly one of the world’s great culinary cities (rumor has it, there may be a League of Travelers journey there in the not-too-distant future). So for this installment of the Fix, there could be no better guide than Chef Edward Lee, the Korean-American chef, author, and restaurateur who has been a tremendous ambassador of Korean culinary culture and of the city he now calls home.
