Many people often think soy sauce when Asian cuisine is in the conversation. But soy sauce is actually a byproduct of this soybean past...

Gimbap is a popular Korean dish made from steamed white rice (bap) and various other ingredients, rolled in gim (sheets of dried lav...

Bibimbap is a Korean lunch-in-a-bowl is a simple salad of rice, mixed vegetables, rice, beef, and egg, with sesame oil and a hint of c...

Continuing along the masochistic strain, Koreans have a saying that goes "fight heat with heat." What that means is Koreans ...

Jjajangmyeon is a Korean noodle dish of Chinese origin  that is topped with a thick sauce made of chunjang (a salty black soybean pas...

Haejangguk  is made from a beef broth with cabbage, bean sprouts, radish and chunks of congealed ox blood. If the deeply satisfying tas...

One of the oldest Korean specialty food dating back to 2,000 years, Kimchi is the beloved spicy sidekick at every Korean table. It...

Soft tofu, clams and an egg in spicy broth? Korea's popular  Sundubu-Jjigae  is a classic example of unexpected flavor combinations...

When go to a specialty Korean restaurant that offers Samgyeopsal , always consider the rollicking party atmosphere that is highlighted...

Chimaek , a contraction of chicken and maekju (beer), is actually not a dish but a Korean institution since this glorious pairing fea...

Anyone can follow the directions on the back of the ramyeon package to boil water and sprinkle in the spice packet but connoisseurs wil...

Kimchi Jjigae is a red cabbage kimchi chopped, sautéed in oil, and cooked with tofu, cellophane noodles, pork (sometimes tuna), and o...

Literally means "army stew," Buddae Jjigae is a hodgepodge stew of sausages, Spam, American cheese, instant noodles, tteok ,...

Ganjang Gejang , or crab marinated in soy sauce, can be so addictive that it's often affectionately called by Koreans as "ric...

Tteokbokki is an iconic Korean red-orange street food that is so popular that there's an entire town in Seoul specially devoted t...

A Korean favorite , Gopchang are made from the small intestines of pork or cattle that are chopped into rounded sections and cooked in...