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With all the food posts I’ve had, it’s even hard for me to believe that I’ve dropped a potato sack’s worth of weight over the past six weeks. But it’s true. And I promise I’ll try to keep my food posts to a minimum and my eating to a maximum.

But today I had to take reader VT’s advice and try the bulgogi burger from McDonald’s. It was my first time at Mackers since arriving in Korea, but I wanted to make sure I got at least one visit in here!

So the rundown. The meal cost about four dollars for the bulgogi burger, fries (what would be about a medium in the US) and a drink (what would be a small in the US). Pretty close to small-town Missouri prices, too, although the fries and drink would be bigger. The fries were amazing (as always), and I wondered if the McDonald’s here still use the oil with the bad fat. As for the burger, I’m still deciding on how I feel. I loved that the lettuce was real iceberg lettuce and not the over-shredded type, but the burger’s BBQ flavor was SO strong. It nearly made the fries taste bland…which is getting into dangerous territory in my opinion. Overall, though, I think I’d probably have the burger again (but would definitely not try the shrimp burgers they have here…ew!).

On another note, McDonald’s is having green-themed desserts to promote the new Shrek movie. They’ve got green shakes, McFlurries, and ice cream with kiwi. I thought the McFlurry was kiwi flavored as well…passed it up when I found out it was actually green-tea flavored.

So, this post is pretty much the opposite of my others…at the prompting of reader Jennifer, I’m gonna talk about how another country is impacting the US.

Jennifer is a fellow writer in LA, and while researching a story, she asked me to go with her to a new Pinkberry in LA. For those who don’t know about Pinkberry, it’s likely you’re living in a Ted Drewes world…but alas, chances are you’ll hear about it sooner or later. And just so you know, like Pinkberry’s Korean flava (influence, here, not actual flavor), Red Mango is a similar frozen-yogurt place that has it’s Korean origins, too. And they’re everywhere here.

I went to my first one this weekend. And I have to say it’s pretty much amazing. I don’t remember the same feeling from Pinkberry, but I also hadn’t sweat out 500 gallons of sweat at a 90-degree baseball game before plopping my fro-yo-craving butt down to eat some cold goodness.

Whether or not it’s as good as I thought, though, you should know that Red Mango’s making it’s way to the US this year. And it’s taking friends on myspace.com if you’re looking for new pals.