Guest: Daniel Lee Gray
Interviewer: Chris
Duration: 59 minutes
Recording Date: June 3, 2009
Daniel Lee Gray is a 29 year-old Korean American from Wilmington, Delware. Dan was adopted from Korea around the age of five to a family with one other adopted Korean daughter and one biological. Daniel studied English, wrote plays and worked as a chef before deciding to move to Korea about five years ago at which point he began working as an English teacher. Here in Korea Dan has worked teaching English, writing about food in Korea (both Korean and foreign) and is now taking a year to himself to learn Korean and enjoy what Korea has to offer. In this interview listen to Dan talk about the detriment of the release of “The Karate Kid” during his youth and trips to Korean cultural activities, becoming a connoisseur of world foods, cooking with his biological mother in Korea and turning into a de facto guide to Korea.
To check out Dan’s musings on food, go to his blog, Seoul Eats.
