South Korea

Denver is safe from nuclear attack, if not excessive boozing

100 Favorite Dishes: Jajangmyeon from Yong Gung Dragon Palace Chinese Restaurant

Suffice it to say that I eat out more than the general population, unless, of course, the general population can catalogue more than 450 restaurant meals in a year -- which is about the number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners that I stomached in 2012. Pathetic, isn't it? But all those food dates a ... More >>

Beantree Coffee and Deli opens near DU, serving breakfast, lunch and Korean dishes

The neighborhood surrounding the University of Denver has always been transient, at least where restaurants are concerned, but the latest joint in which to get a beverage and a bite seems to have staying power. Beantree Coffee and Deli, which recently opened at 2076 South University, is one of those ... More >>

Lithuania and tie-dye score in The Other Dream Team, opening tomorrow at the updated Chez Artiste

The 1992 Lithuanian men's basketball team was much more than a bad fashion statement punctuated by mullets and tie-dye T-shirts. It was a crusade for liberty, pride and independence. While overshadowed by the U.S. team -- aka the Dream Team -- at the OIympic Games in Barcelona, it was the Lithuanian ... More >>

Round two with Josh Barhaug, exec chef of Fired Up

Josh Barhaug Fired Up 1135 Bannock Street 303-825-1995 www.gtfiredup.com Part one of my chef interview with Josh Barhaug, who mans the line -- and pizza oven -- at Fired Up, ran yesterday; this is part two of our chat. What you'd like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a culinary standpoint: ... More >>

Trace Bundy on the impact of YouTube, rocking a mullet and getting his start playing metal

See Also: - Trace Bundy talks about his unexpected success in South Korea - Heaven Fest quickly growing into a destination festival - HeavenFest's pure motives Boulder-based guitar virtuoso Trace Bundy has been a YouTube sensation for a few years now with more than twenty million views of his vario ... More >>

Eldren's Josh Lee: Musicians rally around violinist detained by ICE

When the members of local experimental rock band Eldren gathered themselves and their gear together for a June 4 show at Aspen's Belly Up, they quickly noticed one person was missing: Josh Lee, the group's violinist, vocalist and electric guitarist. And then they received a call. From inside the Imm ... More >>

Dragon Palace opens in the former home of Al Bae Nae

Though Korean barbecue joints are everywhere, Korean fried chicken is surprisingly hard to come by in this town. So I was really excited to sing the praises of the glorious, crisp-skinned Korean fried chicken I'd found -- at long last -- at Al Bae Nae, a Korean street food place in an Aurora strip m ... More >>

Al Bae Nae will close next week, taking awesome Korean fried chicken with it

I love fried chicken -- from the triple-fried wing coated in sticky, spicy sauce of Southeast Asia to the Southern comfort of a battered and fried drumstick paired with mashed potatoes and gravy. But the Korean version could be my all-time favorite.

South Havana vs. South Federal in our Street 16 tournament

Havana Street or South Federal Boulevard. Which of these ethnic food hot spots is tops? Vote below!

Round two with Roam chef Tony Clement: the fortune cookie, Justin Brunson and slaughtering animals

Tony Clement Roam 1033 East 17th Avenue 720-382-2935 www.denverseafoodrestaurants.com This is part two of my interview with Tony Clement, exec chef of Roam. Part two of our chat ran yesterday.

Korean artists keep it real at the CU Art Museum

Shin-il Kim, "Temporal Continuum: Intuitively Know Elan Vital Operate Emptiness," 2010.​Where is art happening? Many of the most contemporary trends are coming from urban Asia -- Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul -- where technology wraps itself around ancient aesthetics with bold results. There are plent ... More >>

Hipp-E and Greg Eversoul: "When we tag-team, it comes out in our sound and in what we do"

Arguably the biggest DJ ever to come out of Denver, Eric Galaviz aka Hipp-E made his bones promoting and deejaying at some of the earliest raves in Colorado. After leaving his indelible mark on our city, he moved to San Diego in the '90s, where he became an influential part of the West Coast house s ... More >>

Sam Clark, Miles Owens of George Washington High are national debate champs

Champions!​ Two students from Denver's George Washington High School are the best policy debaters in the National Forensic League, a super-competitive league whose champs usually hail from wealthy private prep schools. Sam Clark and Miles Owens, who graduated from GW this spring, are the first ... More >>

Water World's splashy attempt to set a Guinness record for the largest swimming lesson

​It's not every day that you see a cow in an inner tube. Of course, it's also not every day that records are broken. No word yet on whether Water World helped break the Guinness world record today for the largest swimming lesson, but one thing's for sure: the attempt was a lot of fun. Accordin ... More >>

Say What? Meet the walking, talking argument for Denver's Urban Debate League

Homefront imagines a Korean invasion of Colorado, we talk with creative director David Votypka about how it came to be

​North and South Korea have reunited, the U.S. economy breaks down and erupts in civil war and, suddenly, America is occupied by Korean forces from across Asia. Sounds far-fetched, sure, but that's the premise of Homefront, a new game from Kaos Studies that seeks to imagine the world of occupi ... More >>

Round two with Will Cisa, exec chef of the Corner Office

Lori Midson​Will Cisa The Corner Office 1401 Curtis Street 303-825-6500 www.thecornerofficedenver.com/food/dinner This is part two of my interview with Will Cisa, executive chef of the Corner Office Restaurant Martini Bar. In part one of that interview, Cisa dished on monumental cooking dis ... More >>

Letters: More readers weigh in on the immigration debate

It takes a Village to feed a family (and keep kids occupied)

​November is off to a fast start, with Quaker Steak & Lube opening its first store in Colorado, the homegrown Egg & I chain opening its 41st restaurant and the owners of Seoul BBQ opening Q Table BBQ. And on Monday, after two weeks of practice, The Village at Edgewater also officially opened ... More >>

Q Table BBQ now open in Northglenn

Mark MangerSeoul BBQ's sibling restaurant, Q Table BBQ, is now open​A month ago, we reported that James and Lily Kwon, owners of Aurora's Seoul BBQ, 2080 South Havana Street, were set to open a new Korean restaurant in Northglenn, Q Table BBQ, 311 West 104th Street, in October. That spot held ... More >>

Bedtime for Bonsai

Drinking the haterade: Readers weren't so into the live octopus hot pot

​We knew when we posted the video of the live octopus hot pot at Sik Gaek in Queens that we'd stir some feelings of outrage. And we weren't disappointed. Haterade poured in on Digg, Youtube and Cafe Society, decrying us for what we ate. We already gave special recognition to a particular veno ... More >>

Pot luck: Seoul BBQ removes the flash of other Korean barbecue joints

Kimchi shortage in Korea threatens to cause national identity crisis

Mark MangerKimchi at Seoul BBQ​Korean barbecues have been a hot topic this week. I reviewed Seoul BBQ, 2080 South Havana Street in Aurora, and also wrote about my meal at Sik Gaek in Queens. Although both restaurants feature Korean cuisine, the two dinners could not have been more different. ... More >>

Video: Sik Gaek's live octopus hot pot

That's a squirming live octopus. See video below.​Between meals at Seoul BBQ, 2080 South Havana Street in Aurora, I went to New York City, and some friends and I made the trek out to Queens to experience Sik Gaek, a Korean barbecue joint that's gained nationwide notoriety for its gimmickry -- ... More >>

Owners of Aurora's Seoul BBQ to open Q Table BBQ in Northglenn

Mark MangerSeoul BBQ's sibling restaurant, Q Table BBQ, will open this month.​Veteran restaurant owners James and Lily Kwon opened their first Colorado place, Seoul BBQ, 2080 South Havana Street in Aurora, three years ago. That spot is a Korean barbecue joint that serves up a traditional feast ... More >>

Seoul BBQ is an unexpected take on traditional Korean barbecue

Mark MangerBanchan at Seoul BBQ​ When I first walked into Seoul BBQ, 2080 South Havana Street, an Aurora spot owned by veteran Korean restaurateurs James and Lily Kwon, I was expecting to dine in a restaurant that, like so many traditional spots from that country, put as much emphasis on the n ... More >>

Beautiful guitar music from South Korean tween will blow your mind

When a thirteen-year-old picks up a guitar and plays a song, what do you expect? Clumsy fumbling? Maybe mild competence with the occasional touch of style? yeah, us too. That's why this clip is so mind blowing. The kid playing is Trace Bundy protege Sungha Jung, a thirteen-year-old wunderkind from ... More >>

Trace Bundy talks about his unexpected success in South Korea

Trace Bundy has quietly been going about his business as a musician for about ten years now. But, really, calling him a musician doesn't quite do justice to what the guy does with a guitar. With a pioneering finger-style technique that incorporates up to five capos across various strings of his gu ... More >>

Fright Nights

The Doctor Is In

Common Royalty

Two Kennedy siblings speak at Unique Lives and Experiences.

Scratch and Dent Sale: Kiss Army

Local Designer Spotlight: Kelli Modica

Friday Rap-Up: Maestro Jeff Hughes, Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Kanye West

Uoki Restaurant

A Seoul survivor.

Healthy Habits

I brake for sex. Even pedestrian sex.

The Host

Korean box-office monster emerges from the Han River to slime us stateside.

Sum kind of Wonderful

Flick Pick

Aurora Asian Film Festival

Return to Sender

This legal immigrant would rather return to a country he barely remembers than stay in limbo.

Rock and Gold

Olympic stars swoop in for the 2004 Rock and Roll Gymnastics Championships Tour.

The World According to Ki-duk

Korea's Kim Ki-duk transforms social philosophy into visual poetry.

Frag or Be Fragged

The Parker Cyber Station serves up death and destruction all night long.

In the Key of Free

Pianist Brad Mehldau opens up on Largo.

A New Day Dawns

Early last Friday morning, Colorado went Cup Crazy for soccer.

SEOUL BROTHER

THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION GIVES CONGRESSMAN SCOTT MCINNIS A CRASH COURSE IN KOREAN.

THERE GOES MR. JORDAN