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My Top 13 Best Seoul Restaurants – from Humble to Fancy!

May 22, 2017 Leave a Comment

Top 13 Best Seoul Restaurants (and Seongnam)! Or should I say JinJoo's top 13 FAVORITE Seoul restaurants?? But however you want to call it, these are just simply the Best Seoul Restaurants in my opinion. Please note, the listing is in random order as I find it almost impossible to rank these restaurants together as they are quite different. Recently, Stay.com contacted me letting me know that they are ending their service end of this month. And they were nice enough to let me know that I could save my guide for best Seoul restaurants which I wrote for them few years ago. So then it got me thinking that my readers may also enjoy having them on my site. I have posted a few times before ...

Garlic Scapes Stir Fry with Dried Shrimp (Maneuljjong Saewoo Bokkeum)

May 19, 2017 Leave a Comment

Garlic Scape Stir Fry with Shrimp (Maneuljjong Bokkeum 마늘쫑 볶음)

Garlic Scapes lightly stir fried with dried shrimp is just sooo good. Garlic scapes or Maneuljjong 마늘쫑 is one of those vegetables that is still only available for a short period of time (May and June) in a year. I am old enough to remember the days when most vegetables and fruits were seasonal and ...

Kalbi – Easy Korean Short Ribs Blender Marinade for BBQ!

May 10, 2017 Leave a Comment

Kalbi Korean Short Ribs and Lettuce Ssam

Kalbi or Galbi (Korean Short Ribs) - however you want to spell it, it is simply the best way to eat short ribs on the BBQ. I don't know why I never wrote a separate post just on Kalbi. I wrote a Summer BBQ Party post some time ago and shared a Kalbi recipe there but I just don't have a good ...

Easy Chicken Bulgogi (Dak Bulgogi) for BBQ

May 5, 2017 Leave a Comment

Chicken Bulgogi that is crazy delicious and not spicy. Try this for your BBQ this Spring! Chicken Bulgogi is often made with a spicy marinade which means gochujang is involved. The flavors of this type of spicy chicken bulgogi are pretty similar to Pork Bulgogi. But, recently, I was asked to ...

Best Korean Temple Food Restaurant in Seoul – Balwoo Gongyang

May 3, 2017 8 Comments

Korean Temple Food restaurant Balwoo Gongyang is a Micheline star restaurant in Seoul that serves the most delightful creations. Korean Temple Food was one of those things I really wanted to experience during my visit to Seoul in March. So, I set aside a day for myself to experience ...

Instant Pot Short Ribs (Galbi Jjim) – Fast and Delicious!

April 24, 2017 4 Comments

InstantPot Short Ribs - Korean Galbi Jjim

Instant Pot Short Ribs (Galbi Jjim) recipe is here!! YAY!! Which means...YES - I got my Instant Pot!!! Actually, I got it almost a month ago...😉 but I was so busy with travel and consulting for a new restaurant opening, the instant pot sat sadly on my counter all this time...in case you ...

New adjustable servings available in my Recipes!

April 16, 2017 6 Comments

Hello everyone - Happy Easter!! I am happy to announce that I am in the process of updating all recipes on my site with a brand new recipe format (WP Recipe Maker) that will have some cool new features! adjustable servings - you can choose your own number of servings of my recipes, just move ...

Korean Fried Kelp Chip Recipe (Dasima Twigak)

April 12, 2017 5 Comments

Easy Korean Kelp Recipe Fried Kelp Chips (Dashima Twigak 다시마 튀각) is a Korean kelp recipe that you can make very easily at home. I was reminded of this wonderful dish during my recent visit to Seoul and I said I will be making some when I returned home. So here it is!! For this easy Korean kelp ...

Spring flower pics from my garden!

April 3, 2017 10 Comments

Spring flower pics!! I think it was just about this time last year that I posted pictures of some spring flowers in my garden..but wait, no, I am wrong. I just checked and it was March 4th that I shared my garden pictures last year. So I am a month late. January to March have been quite a busy few ...

Vegan Cabbage Kimchi with Apples and Ginger

March 23, 2017 2 Comments

Vegan Cabbage Kimchi recipe that is authentic and delicious... This is the kind of recipe that I have been wanting to post for quite some time. Luckily, during my visit to Korea last November, I had a chance to attend a temple kimchi master class taught by the famous Korean monk Seonjae (선재스님) ...