The best rice

Crispy roasted seaweed wrapped around a mound of rice, topped with pa muchim (파무침) — spicy scallion salad — is one of those simple Korean combos that just works . You scoop…

I bought a lot of canned spicy tuna in Korea and brought it home. I stir-fried the spicy tuna with rice in a pan and topped it with cheddar cheese. These days,…

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 absolute…

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 actually liked the plant balls that come with the kimchi fried rice more than the regular meatballs.

I made vegetable and bacon fried rice with carrots, zucchini, eggs, and bacon. After it was all cooked, I pressed the rice firmly into a bowl and then flipped it onto a…