It's another late night here in the Slashfood virtual offices, and as we surf the web as we usually do in our last moments before collapsing into bed, we have come across what we think might be The Food Trend of the Year. At the beginning of this year, all the food fashion forecasters put in their guesses as to what they believe will be the "It" food for the upcoming year, whether it's exotic spices from South Asia being used more commonly in the home kitchen or specific products that will gain some traction. Maybe it will be: Korexican.That's the fusion of Korean and Mexican, as we see in kalbi tacos from LA food blogger Eat, Drink n B Merry. Some say that "fusion" cuisine was over all the way back when leggings were in style the first time, but leggings have come back, and apparently, so has fusion. At least, it did at a semi-buzzed barbecue in southern California.
Chopped kimchee with kalbi is always delicious, but not sure how it tastes with guacamole!
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1-31-2007 @ 12:00PM
Luis Antonio said...
I think I grew up with this sort of thing, being mexican with a chinese ascendancy.... how about a chicken and mango curry quesadilla? sounds kind of weird, but it isn't bad at all.
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1-31-2007 @ 12:39PM
Hawk said...
I've made stuff like this before. I've made burritos out of sichuan beef, etc. It works surprisingly well. A place around here in A2 makes cheesesteak sandwiches with bulgogi.
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1-31-2007 @ 2:00PM
bdw said...
On the other side, how about carne asada or carnitas with kimchi in a lettuce leaf?
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2-01-2007 @ 1:44AM
Cristina said...
I used to live in a neighborhood that was half Hispanic and half Korean (with a few of us white folk strewn about). I called it MexiKorea. Excellent cheap produce at the local ethnic grocers. Korean markets have the BEST garlic ever!
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2-01-2007 @ 8:05AM
Mike said...
Hmmmm, I'm not sure how Guac would go with that. I onetime in college got an onion pizza and then added my mom's bul go gi to give it some meat. It was OK, and I grew up eating Kimchee with everything. Even when my mom made spaghetti, the kimchee was on the table. But I would love to try and see. Besides the Hispanic fusion thing makes sense. In the DC area you see Hispanic laborers all the time at Korean Noodle restaurants. Quite honestly I wouldn't be surprised if that's the reason why 7-11 started carrying the spicy ramen bowls.
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