K-FOOD Recipe Talk

I put together a meal using only my favorite dishes: seaweed soup, braised short ribs, and zucchini pancakes. Just having these makes plain white rice go down so easily—I can finish a…

Yesterday evening, I ordered Yeopgi Tteokbokki. When people hear “Yeopgi Tteokbokki,” don’t they usually think of it as a very spicy tteokbokki? I always order the least spicy option, called “Mild (Ki

We thought it was just a regular camping night… until we felt someone watching the meat. 😅

Winter in Korea always means bungeoppang. These days, it’s not just red bean anymore — you can find fillings like chocolate, pizza cheese, apple jam, and more. Still warm, crispy on the…

What does it look like to you? This is seasoned gopchang sold at a place called Jinok Gopchang, which is famous in my hometown. The seasoning is truly unique—you won’t find this…

Hello everyone! Are you all hanging in there? To kick off the week with some extra energy, I treated myself to a very hearty lunch. Today’s menu!! Namul-style pasta, stir-fried meat, spicy…

Korea seems to be in the middle of a Dubai craze. Dubai chewy cookies, Dubai salt bread, Dubai glutinous rice cakes—there’s even a joke that Koreans consume more of these than people…

My mom grew up near the coast. Maybe that’s why she was so good at making cockles dishes. I had cockle bibimbap at a restaurant over the weekend. It wasn’t as good…

I like actress Shin Se-kyung. She recently made a Korean dessert called hangwa on her YouTube channel. It’s similar to the ones sold at department stores. I should try making it myself.…

Many soldiers stationed in Daejeon make a point of coming here during their break. You get a deeply flavorful beef broth and incredibly fresh yuk-sashimi (Korean-style beef sashimi). Can you guess wh

This is makguksu tossed with Korean perilla oil. It’s simple but very aromatic — buckwheat noodles coated in nutty perilla oil, topped with seaweed and sesame seeds. Light, clean, and surprisingly add

Ta-da! Did you all enjoy a delicious lunch? Let me introduce today’s lunch! I had mapo tofu over rice, a fried egg, chive pancakes, dried radish greens soup, chicken, a garlic side…

Spicy braised pork ribs, and to finish it off, fried rice cooked with the leftover sauce from the ribs! I’ve heard that Koreans say fried rice is the real dessert after a…

What kind of dish does this look like to you? It’s steamed thinly sliced beef rolls with enoki mushrooms! Haha. You wrap enoki mushrooms with thin slices of beef, roll them up,…

Just realized I’m definitely a tteokbokki lover at this point. 😂 The ham & cheese kimbap paired with rose tteokbokki? Perfect combo. And the fact that this rose tteokbokki has pasta noodles