Hottest days of the year – Sambok 삼복
Today is 말복(Malbok), one of the three hottest days of lunar calendar. Together with 초복(Chobok), 중복(Joongbok), these days of hot weather are called sambok (삼복) or boknal (복날)
초 means ‘beginning’, 중 means ‘mi...
Broiled fish with sauce
Various species of fish can be caught in the waters surrounding Korea throughout the year. Yellow corvina is usually eaten in spring, seasoned mackerel, in summer, hairtail in fall, and herring in winter. Fish ...
Mul Kimchi – watery cabbage and radish kimchi
Kimchi is one of the most known Korean dishes and is often associated with spicy and stingy taste. Watery kimchi on the other hand is a kind of Kimchi that it might be not very well know outside Korea...
Hobakjuk 호박죽 – winter squash porridge
Autumn and winter are squash seasons and in Korea this porridge if often prepared at home. For this recipe we use a kind of pumpkin that is a bit different from the ones found in Korea, but the result is delici...