“We are the Italians of Asia”, taxi drivers in Seoul would always tell us as we drove around town. Slight cultural differences aside, Italians and Koreans share the same obsessive passion for cookery. Now, thanks to recent ingredient availability, there are excellent examples of Italian food ion Korea, thanks to skilful local chefs, and restaurants focusing on regional cuisines such as the one from Sicily and Emilia Romagna, including chewy and crispy pizzas.
