After a six plus hour flight and faced with an unexpected drop in temperature, a piping hot bowl of pork soup really hit the spot.
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Our search for samgyetang in Singapore led us to Jang Won
We weren’t expecting it to be as good as the one we had in Seoul, but it was still very good. The soup was cloyingly rich, but in a good way, and the chicken was tender and not at all overcooked.
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Neighbourhood Korean BBQ experience at Joo Mak
The last time we had lunch at Joo Mak, there was a table of three Korean salarymen who ordered Korean BBQ and uncountable bottles of soju and beer. We told ourselves that we would have to come back again and follow in their footsteps, with reinforcements of course.
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Home-grown vegetables make home-cooked food taste even better
You can’t rush Nature, but when you give it time to do its thing, the results can be quite delicious.
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There is such a thing as a purple radish
Kawaii desu ne!
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The battle of the chai tows
In a head-to-head competition between Chinese 白萝卜 and Korean 무, which radish will reign supreme?
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Soft food is the best food
SBCD sources their soybeans from Paju in South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province. Apparently Paju is famous for two things, one being their Jangdanbaekmok certified strain of soybeans and the other being its proximity to the DMZ separating the two Koreas. I’m not sure how those two things are related, but I do know that their tofu is very mashisoyo.
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Flying overseas for home-cooked food
Whenever we travel, our first priority is always to find good local food, whether it’s at a casual eatery, street food stall or high-end restaurant. But unless we gate crash someone’s house, which we haven’t attempted (yet), it’s almost impossible to sample authentic home-cooked local food when we’re overseas.
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Traditional vs modern Korean fine dining
Seoul had never struck me as a city for fine dining, but the delightful meals at La Yeon and Jungsik completely changed my mind.
The emphasis at La Yeon was on preserving traditional Korean cuisine, whereas Jungsik’s focus was to meld Korean flavours with European techniques.
Both achieved their objectives to near perfection.
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Making Mommy Oh’s Korean tofu pancakes
Tofu is one of our favourite foods and The Wife keeps a ready supply in our fridge. When we saw a recent video from Mina Oh’s Youtube channel sweetandtastyTV showing her mother making Korean tofu pancakes at home, we decided to give it try.
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