KTO publishes Korean cooking guide for foreigners
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An excerpt from “Easy Korean Cooking” / Courtesy of KTO
By Yun Suh-young
The Korea Tourism Organization has published a guide leaflet for foreigners introducing simple recipes to make Korean food.
“Easy Korean Cooking” introduces 18 dishes in English, Japanese, German, French and Chinese. The recipes include bibimbap, or rice mixed with vegetables, and kimchi-jjigae, or kimchi stew with pork cuts.
The recipes introduced in the booklet provide information on how to cook Korean food with local ingredients. The recipes are simplified and are explained with photos to help even people with little or no cooking experience to understand.
The leaflets provide additional information catered to the food culture of people speaking each language. For instance, the English version has added information and which oil to use. The Japanese and Chinese versions have detailed explanations about the use of meat when it differs from the dishes of their own countries.
The leaflet is offered for free at 30 KTO offices overseas as well as at tourism-related organizations and tourist information centers in Korea. Foreigners living in Korea can get the leaflet for free. The leaflet is also available as an e-book at www.visitkorea.or.kr.