Authentic Korean Recipes, Tips & Video Tutorials

10 Best Korean Pancakes

October 8, 2018 3 Comments

Best Korean pancakes from savory to sweet, featuring classic Korean flavors and ingredients like kimchi, gochujang, chive, and buckwheat. Enjoy them for breakfast, as side dishes to any meals, or as snacks. 10 Best Korean pancakes for you to enjoy any time of the day. These are some of my favorites to whip up as banchan, as snacks or appetizer or even as something to enjoy with Korean makgeolli. When you need just one more banchan for dinner, try making one of the savory pancakes below.I've added the time and quick list of ingredients so you can quickly choose which one to make. First, a little note about the names. What Koreans know as "jeon 전", "buchimgae 부침개" or "tteok 떡" ...

Korean Purple Rice or Black Rice (Heukmi Bap)

September 19, 2018 3 Comments

Purple Rice close up in green ceramic rice bowl

Korean Purple Rice usually refers to Korean rice that is cooked with black rice which gives it the pretty purple color. Besides giving the rice this beautiful purple hue, black rice adds extra nutty flavor and has great health benefits.What is Korean purple rice? Korean purple rice is when ...

Korean Food Basics and Traveling in Korea (Podcast with Our Food Adventures)

September 10, 2018 Leave a Comment

A podcast with Our Food Adventures about Korean Food Basics and Traveling in Korea by me! Don't know much about Korean food or visiting Korea for the first time? Listen and I will help you.Recently, I did a podcast with Our Food Adventures about Korean Food and various tips for Traveling in ...

Kimchimari Amazon Store is now open!

September 6, 2018 1 Comment

Kimchimari Store at Amazon! One of my dream is to have my very own store on my website someday but until then this is the next best thing I guess. I get a really small percentage back but what I like about it is that I get to show what I like and use (most of them anyway).Visit my Kimchimari ...

Poom Seoul – Authentic Korean Flavors with Modern Style

September 4, 2018 Leave a Comment

Korean BBQ Pork Jowl with Ssam at Poom Seoul restaurant

Poom Seoul is a michelin star Korean restaurant that serves real authentic rustic Korean flavors in a very elegant and modern way. Each course is meticulously prepared and served with detailed explanations so that you can truly appreciate and enjoy everything to its fullest.Review of Poom ...

12 Meat and Seafood Banchan (Side Dishes)

August 28, 2018 2 Comments

Korean meat and seafood banchan (side dishes) that you can make at home. Easy and full of flavors, these dishes can be added to any meals or even enjoyed as hearty snacks.Korean Meat and Seafood banchan (side dishes) Here are 12 more meat and seafood banchans (in addition to the 15 ...

Win a Korean Cooking Class with Kimchimari!

August 21, 2018 Leave a Comment

Korean Cooking Class for AACI Fundraiser

Win a Korean Cooking Class with me - Kimchimari!!! As part of a fundraising event for a local non-profit organization called Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI), I am auctioning off a cooking class to the highest bidder!Korean Cooking Class for AACI Fundraiser Win a Korean Cooking ...

Sweet Rice Mini Bundt Cake with Freshly Milled Sweet Rice Flour

August 18, 2018 Leave a Comment

Sweet Brown Rice Mini Bundt Cakes and Cakelettes arranged on white marble

Sweet Rice Mini Bundt Cake is an updated tteokppang version that uses freshly milled sweet rice flour instead of regular store bought dry flour. Using freshly milled sweet rice flour gives this cake a corn bread like texture with a crunchy crust on the outside and a fabulously springy and chewy on ...

Dolsot Bibimbap (Korean Stone Pot Rice Bowl)

August 10, 2018 Leave a Comment

Bibimbap in Stone Pot with vegetable and meat toppings and egg yolk

Dolsot Bibimbap (Korean Stone Pot Rice Bowl) is a classic Korean rice dish that's served with various vegetable and meat topping which comes SIZZLING HOT in a stone pot. Which means.. you will have a fantastically browned burnt rice in the bottom - making this dish extra delicious!If you can ...