Korea – Tteok Guk ( Korean Rice Cake Soup )

August 23, 2021/0 Comments/in World Cuisine, Asian Cusine, North Korean Cuisine, South Korean Cuisine/by Evelyn brutz

This is the traditional Korean dish of the New Year’s celebration. This is a sliced rice cake dish with soups and stew in it. Tteok means Rice cakes and Guk is used to classify soups and stew dishes. This dish is considered a GOOD LUCK DISH. In the book, DONGGUKSESIGI, that explains the Korean traditions, their food, customs, and many more, the tradition of eating tteokguk at Korean’s New year is written. It is a book from the 19th Century. In another book, The Customs of Joseon, white tteok is used in making the dinner for the new year.

North/South Korea – Kongnamul Muchim

September 21, 2021/0 Comments/in World Cuisine, Asian Cusine, North Korean Cuisine, South Korean Cuisine/by Evelyn brutz

This is a very nutritious side dish served as BANCHAN. This dish is a combination of beans sprouts with other vegetables and some nuts and noodles are also added to give it a nice base to the dish. Banchan is the side dish of Korean cuisine. It is mostly grilled and steamed dishes. This is the Korean cuisine that traditionally originated at the JOSEON DYNASTY. This dish is influenced by Buddhists at the time of the Three Kingdom.

Korean – Tteokbokki

May 16, 2021/0 Comments/in World Cuisine, Asian Cusine, North Korean Cuisine, South Korean Cuisine/by Evelyn brutz

Tteokbokki is Korea’s very popular dish which usually consists of small rice cakes in a spicy sauce. This dish is also known by another name that is ”Spicy Stir-fried rice cake”. This dish was first recorded in the 19th century in the book of SIUIJEONSEO. This dish has many varieties according to the best ingredients to be added.

Korea – Jajangmyeon (자장면)

November 9, 2021/0 Comments/in World Cuisine, Asian Cusine, North Korean Cuisine, South Korean Cuisine/by Evelyn brutz

This is Korean noodles with black beans sauce. This dish is from the MYEON category of Korean cuisine. Noodles are very popular in South Korea and people used to love noodles in soups, curries, salads, etc. This dish has origin from Chinese cuisine but has an impact on Korean cuisine and now it is cooked in Korea with different variations. Gonghwachun (공화춘; 共和春) was the Chinese restaurants in 1900’s. They introduced the dish of noodles with red beans sauce to Korea.

Korean – Gopchang

June 27, 2021/0 Comments/in World Cuisine, Asian Cusine, North Korean Cuisine, South Korean Cuisine/by Evelyn brutz

In Korean cuisine, Gui is known to be Grilled items of food. Gopchang is a dish of Korean Cuisine, belongs to the GUI category in which grilled items are listed. It is server with hot-pot, barbecue or sundae(sausage), etc.