K-FOOD Recipe Talk

With the Lunar New Year holiday here, I found myself thinking of the meal my grandmother used to prepare. I even found a photo of her table: vegetable fried rice, stir-fried anchovies,…

Beef and radish soup is a traditional Korean soup that is deeply loved in many Korean households. The natural sweetness and refreshing flavor from the radish, combined with the rich, savory depth…

For the Korean Lunar New Year, my family enjoyed a diverse feast that beautifully blended traditional Korean dishes with Western-style favorites. The table featured classic holiday staples like Tteokb

This is yukjeon, made by coating thin slices of beef in egg wash and flour batter, then pan-frying them. It has a wonderfully rich and nutty flavor. This is yukjeon, made by…

I had yellowtail one last time before winter ended. Large yellowtail is especially at its best from November to February. As it prepares for spawning, it stores nutrients and its fat content…

The trio: Hobak Seolgi (pumpkin rice cake) – soft & subtly sweet​ Tongpat Chal Wan Du Tteok (red bean glutinous pea rice cake)​ Hobak Injeolmi (pumpkin powder-coated rice cake) – my a

Our comforting morning spread features Tteok Mandu Guk (rice cake & dumpling soup with galbitang beef broth base), colorful Sanjeok skewers, crispy Nokdujeon mung bean pancakes, Myeongtaejeon poll

Ojingeo Ddangkong (오징어땅콩) – a Korean snack that’s been around since 1976! The crunchy squid-flavored shell cracks open to reveal perfectly roasted peanuts inside. Grew up eating these with my pa

Had this samgyeopsal-style pig skin (돼지껍데기) for dinner last night, and it’s one of my favorites! The texture is perfect – super chewy with just the right amount of fatty richness that…

My mother made me her special signature Stir-fried Rice Cakes. The sauce tastes similar to the classic Tteok-kkochi (rice cake skewers) sauce, and it’s loaded with wheat rice cakes, quail eggs,

I just had a delicious Korean-style pork cutlet (Kyeong-yang-sik)! Unlike Japanese Tonkatsu, it’s a dish filled with Korea’s unique nostalgia and memories. It features thinly pounded meat

I’m sharing this because I just thought of my favorite Korean dessert. You all know Bungeo-ppang (fish-shaped bread), right? Some are filled with red bean paste, and others have custard cream.…

During the Lunar New Year holiday, my family and I enjoyed a delicious meal of Jokbal together. Jokbal is a popular Korean dish made of pig’s trotters braised in a flavorful soy-based…

To celebrate Seollal (Korean New Year), I got a Majang-dong Hanwoo beef set. It literally melted in my mouth with such a rich, savory flavor—Hanwoo really is in a league of its…

I I finally managed to pick up a cake from Paris Baguette, which is notoriously hard to reserve these days! 🙂 It was way tastier than the Dujjon-Ku. There’s only one available…