Review: Munllae Dweji Bulbaek (문래 돼지 불백)

Munllaedong is a fast-rising trendy neighborhood out in western Seoul. Originally a very nitty gritty, industrial area full of wo…

Korean Potato Salad With or Without a Pressure Cooker

You can keep your because I have been craving my brand of KFC - Spicy Korean "Fried" Chicken- all week. They are like t…

Korean Refrigerator Pickled Carrots

typical selection of banchan I am presently designing a set of banchan (the small plates of delicacies that accompany any Korean …

Recipe: Spicy Uhmook / Odeng Bokkeum (Stir Fried Fish Cakes 매콤 어묵볶음)

Fish cake, known as uhmook (and also odeng but odeng is derived from the Japanese word "oden", while uhmook is the prop…

Recipe: Pickled Garlic Stems or Maneul Jjong Jangajji (마늘쫑 장아찌)

I love side dishes in Korean meals but they're really a nuisance to make sometimes. Not only do some of them take a lot of ti…

Recipe: Dongchimi (Winter Radish Kimchi) 동치미

Oops winter is near its end and I'm considerably late in posting this. But there's a smidgen of winter left in the air so…

Spicy Cuttlefish/Squid - Ojingo Moochim (오징어 무침) Side Dish

I apologize for not posting any Korean recipes recently, in particular easy Korean side dishes or banchan(반찬). I haven't fou…