Traditional Winter Beverage and thirst quencher, SikhyeSeol (New Year’s Day on the lunar calendar), the biggest traditional Korean holiday, is just around the corner. Seol is a joyous day when famil...
Nourishing food filled with a chef's secret ingredients—— Mandu (Dumpling)During wintertime a steaming pot of mandu warms our hearts. Famous and popular mandu houses experience long queues of customers seeking this heart-wa...
The scent and spirit of tradition infused in a cup of tea——Traditional TeaTea has long been loved for its great scent, color and effectiveness in health by people all around the world. It was the 16th century when tea was i...
Health food filled with wisdom and taste of Korea——KimchiKimchi has become the icon of Korean cuisine as well as Korean culture. Even though Kimchi is only a side dish, it is the central dish to Koreans sin...
Korean detox food — Samgyeopsal (pork belly)The scorching days are subsiding as autumn closes in. The hearts of those who have been on a strict diet during the summer are wavering. In Korea, au...
Meaning of Chuseok filled in a little Songpyeon—SongpyeonThe nice, full shape of Songpyeon is one of the holiday foods presented to the ancestors on the morning of Chuseok. Wives carefully make Songpyeon no...
A Cold splash to relieve muggy, hot weather —— NaengmyeonCool broth with chewy noodles, Naengmyeon is the epitome of refreshing food. If lose your energy and appetite because of a heat wave, what you need i...
Overcome the summer heat with hot food - SamgyetangIt is summer with running sweat and sleepless nights. Since the heat of summer is getting stronger and more exhausting to endure, invigorating the bo...
Bibimbap in your mouth - SsambapSsambap is a nicely shaped mixture of flat leaf of vegetable and a spoonful of rice. A pinch of Ssamjang, sauce seasoned with various ingredients, ma...
Symbol of longevity, Korean NoodlesNoodles, previously, had been used as a food for special ceremonies. Eating noodles after a wedding, treating the elderly to noodles on their birthda...
Traditional liquor, the embodiment of Korean spirit and customsDifferent than Western wine, Korean traditional liquors have a distinctive, deep quality. Their bittersweet tangy taste is bound to illicit a shout o...
Tteokguk, a traditional Korean dish eaten during the New Year’s celebrationsA hot milky broth with white sliced rice cakes afloat in it is a pre-requisite dish for any New Year’s Day in Korea. The tradition for eating t...
Starting your winter with BossamWrap a piece of well-steamed pork in a sweet and spicy cabbage leaf and then open your mouth wide and eat it in one go. This invigorating dish is one...
King of Chuseok cuisine: SongpyeonThe two biggest holidays in Korea are the Lunar New Year holiday and Chuseok. The latter is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar ...
Seolleongtang, a beefy broth with a healthy nutritional profileA bowl of milky colored beef bone soup – seolleongtang – eaten together with red ggakdugi, or chopped radish kimchi, is a must food for t...
Tteokbokki, the most popular Korean snackThinking about this sweet and spicy broiled dish composed of sliced rice cakes, fish cakes, various vegetables, and seasoning makes my mouth water. M...
SamgyetangHere comes the summer when people are dripping with sweat and cannot help but stay up late at night. As the weather gets hotter, people lose some of ...
NaengmyeonWhen the muggy weather of summer wears you out and you lose your appetite, you need to try a gourmet dish to blow away the terrible summer heat. Naen...
BibimbapBibimbap is one the most representative items of Korean cuisine. It is a well-being low calorie dish that contains every nutrient in a single bowl an...
KimchiKimchi is perhaps the one single dish that is indispensable to Korean people. You can easily mimic its appearance but can never mimic its taste becau...
