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The Only Bungeo-ppang in Oregon

Bend’s EMW Fusion drops pandos for fish-shaped Korean street food

A visit to Seoul, South Korea, inspired Yoonmee Chang Walsh and her husband Brandon Walsh to completely change the menu at EMW Fusion. Gone are the pandos, the Korean-style pancake sandwiches. “We were stuck with Pando,” said Chang Walsh. “We are creative people and we wanted to move onto something else. We were trying to find […]

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2018 Delivered More to Eat and Drink

Box Factory and food carts explode, while Japanese food took a hit

As the year ends, here’s a look at some of the happenings in the food scene in Central Oregon in 2018. Rise and fall of the small market We lost Bond Street Market, the charming downtown convenience store due to a rent increase. Devore’s Good Food Store was sold and is now The Humble Beet. […]

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Artwatch: Brandon Walsh

At first glance at the cover art this week, you may notice right off that the portraits of legendary country musician Willie Nelson doesn’t have the typical images you might regularly see: weed, guitars, American flag bandanas. Instead, this portraitโ€”created by Bend artist Brandon Walshโ€”tells a little different story, one more personal and inspired by […]

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Little Bites: When a Pancake and a Sandwich Make a Baby

EMW Fusion brings easy-grab eats to Bend

I don’t often write food reviews, but anytime someone mentions “Korean” and “taco thing” in the same sentence, I’m pedaling away on my sad first-gen Diamondback faster than you can say, “Don’t forget your helmet.” With that, it wasn't long before I pulled up to EMW Fusion’s location on Cyber Drive, sad bike brakes squealing. […]

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