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Mon, September 25, 2017 | 13:32

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Hansik goes north

Korean food has never before been as popular as now. Globally, people are hyped about Korean food, or “hansik” in the Korean language. Whenever they meet a Korean, they start a conversation about Korean food. Yet Korean food fervor still seems to be slow in the northern hemisphere, especially in Scandinavian countries such as Norway and Sweden. Within the region, Denmark is t...

Food | 2017-09-14 16:07

Premium traditional liquors introduced at makgeolli fest

Earlier this month, makgeolli aficionados descended on Jaraseom in Gapyeong, east of Seoul, for the third Jaraseom Makgeolli Festival held Friday, Aug. 31 to Sunday, Sept. 2, held by the Korean Makgeolli Association. A couple dozen makgeolli brewers managed booths and gave out samples, including Kooksoondang, Joeun Sul and Sejong Brewing. Some private brewers were also there,...

Food | 2017-09-12 19:10

Food of Korea, Seychelles complement each other

The Seychelles is a paradise of a destination in the Indian Ocean, but too isolated and expensive a place for many travelers. Many would remember it from Prince William and Kate Middleton’s 2011 honeymoon. If any medium works best to familiarize the unfamiliar, it would be food. The Korean Food Foundation, working in conjunction with the tourism agency of the Seychelles, held...

Food | 2017-08-31 16:45

N. Korea defector-turned-entrepreneur seeks tofu rice globalization

Kang Min, 31, was one of the “kkotjebi,” or homeless children in North Korea. As a starving child, he used to steal other people’s tofu rice while roaming the streets, but now he operates a tofu rice restaurant in Goseong, Gangwon Province, in South Korea after defection. Along with the restaurant, he launched a food brand “Dewbab,” a compound word combining “dubu” meaning to...

Food | 2017-08-02 15:30

Britain gets a taste for Korean food

Nottingham, the United Kingdom - Korean food is gaining recognition in British cities outside London and the southeast, thanks to expatriates who have opened restaurants in the past five years. South Koreans from cities including Seoul and Pyeongtaek have established flourishing businesses in the U.K., serving much-loved Korean dishes to local people, tourists and Asian unive...

Food | 2017-07-31 14:37

Mixing to find balance

BUSAN -- The color of the watermelon martini would have contrasted beautifully with the vivid blue ocean if only it wasn’t the night. Under the gentle light of McQueen’s Bar, the hot pink cocktail looked softer than its color. “This is made of watermelon, vodka, strawberry liquor, homemade sugar syrup and lime juice,” said Thibaud Pierre Vatan, mixologist at Hilton Busan’s Mc...

Food | 2017-07-16 16:28

Kimchi makers face daunting mission for globalization: removing spicy odor

While the Korean government and citizens may take pride in kimchi and wish to globalize the traditional Korean side dish, it will not happen unless its unique spicy odor is removed, according to experts. Scientists at the World Institute of Kimchi near Gwangju are trying to develop kimchi’s good bacteria (especially the lactic acid that gives kimchi its probiotic qualities) a...

Food | 2017-06-27 09:10

'Look at these hands'

DAMYANG, South Jeolla Province _ "Yi son-eul boso," said Lee Hwa-ja, a third-generation restaurateur of Shin Sikdang in Damyang, South Jeolla Province. She spread out her hands telling the reporter to look at them. It was towards the end of the interview that she suddenly blurted those four words ("look at these hands") while explaining how arduous the work was at the restaur...

Food | 2017-06-19 16:29

Looking into history of coffee through Italian espresso machines

It has been less than 150 years since coffee was introduced in Korea. The exact date is unknown, but it is well known that the Joseon Kingdom’s (1392-1910) last king, Emperor Gojong, was a big coffee aficionado. The earliest records of coffee culture in Korea date back to an icy cold January in 1884, when American astronomer Percival Lowell wrote in his journal, “We mounted a...

Food | 2017-06-15 17:42

How K-pop divas shed weight? [Graphic News]

How K-pop divas shed weight? [Graphic News]

Food | 2017-06-15 14:51

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