Garlic Scapes Stir Fry with Dried Shrimp (Maneuljjong Saewoo Bokkeum)
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 ... Read More
Best Korean Temple Food Restaurant in Seoul – Balwoo Gongyang
Korean Temple Food restaurant Balwoo Gongyang is a Micheline star restaurant in Seoul that serves the most delightful creations. Korean Temple Food ... Read More
Korean Fried Kelp Chip Recipe (Dasima Twigak)
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 ... Read More
Vegan Cabbage Kimchi with Apples and Ginger
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 ... Read More
Korean Spicy Dried Squid Recipe (Ojingeochae Muchim)
Korean Spicy Dried Squid Recipe or Ojingeochae Muchim (오징어채 무침) is one of the most popular banchan in Korean cuisine. Especially in dosiraks (Korean bento ... Read More
Korean Breakfast Buffet at Pangyo, Korea
How to enjoy a Korean Breakfast Buffet as a visitor in Korea! This is a quick post on how to enjoy a Korean breakfast from a buffet. I just came back from Korea ... Read More
Easy Homemade Gochujang Recipe – Almost Instant!
Homemade gochujang recipe that allows you to have a ready-to-eat gochujang in just a couple hours! What? That's almost instant in the Korean fermentation ... Read More
Dinner at Maido – No. 1 World’s Best Restuarant!
Dinner at Maido, Lima, Peru (My Review) UPDATED 6/22/2025 - Maido is now No. 1 World's Best Restaurant! When I visited the Maido restaurant in winter of 2016, ... Read More
Fresh Kimchi Salad with Spring Cabbage (Bomdong Geotjeori)
Fresh Kimchi Salad with Spring Napa Cabbage is kimchi that you can make in minutes with no pickling and no need to wait for days for fermentation. Koreans call ... Read More
Alaska Pollock Stew with Gochujang – Dongtae Jjigae
Alaska Pollock Stew or Dongtae Jjigae is a very popular Korean fish stew that is made with frozen Alaska pollock. I have shared in my Bugeo Gui recipe about how ... Read More
My Trip to Machu Picchu, Peru
Here's my trip to Peru report!! Every time I travel to Korea, I report back to you. This time I travelled to Peru and I already wrote about Best Peruvian ... Read More
3 Quick Korean Side Dishes in under 15 minutes!!
3 Quick Korean Side Dishes in under 15 minutes!! Individually, each dish only takes 5 to 10 minutes. And they all go great with any Korean meal!! I ... Read More
Best Peruvian Food in Lima, Peru!
What?? Did I say Peruvian Food??? YESSS! I did!! Oh, but wait..first things first. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I truly want to wish all of you a very Happy ... Read More
Simple Tteokbokki Recipe with Chili Oil (Gireum Tteokbokki)
Tteokbokki Recipe with Chili Oil (Gireum Tteokbokki) - No Gochujang Needed A simple Tteokbokki recipe that is made with Spicy Chili Oil instead of gochujang. ... Read More
Korean Cocktail Meatballs for the Holidays!
Korean Cocktail Meatballs with Sweet Soy Glaze Korean Cocktail Meatballs is another recipe that I developed recently for a restaurant. And now that we are ... Read More
Paper Umbrella Artisan of Jeonju
Have you ever heard of the Korean paper umbrella Jiwusan 지우산? This is about my visit with Mr Yoon - the umbrella artisan in Jeonju who is a living Korean ... Read More
Easy Brussels Sprouts Recipe with Kimchi and Pancetta
Easy Brussels Sprouts Recipe with Kimchi and Pancetta Easy Brussels sprouts recipe with Kimchi?? What?? I know.. it kinda sounds strange but trust me - it is ... Read More
Best Jeonju Restaurant for Pork BBQ!
Jeonju Restaurant - Hanokjip Jeonju Day 2! After a somewhat disappointing dinner at Hanok village the day before, we were determined to eat some great local ... Read More
