Korean Food 101
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Today’s Dosirak: Deodeok Gochujang Samgyeopsal
There’s a Bon Dosirak franchise near my day job’s location. This is the latest concept from Bon Juk and Bon Bibimbap. I’ve had a few of these dosirak (lunchboxes) before. I particularly like the way they pay tribute to regional cuisines, like the Andong Jjimdalk dosirak, the Sokcho Spicy Octopus dosirak, and the Chuncheon DalkGalbi…
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The Surprising Korean Burger Foodies Are Crazy For
There’s a Korean burger that has been the must-try in Seoul’s foodie community. And it comes from a surprising place. Lotteria. Yes, Lotteria. The Korean-Japanese fast food franchise known for its culinary abominations–soggy fries and cardboard tasting burgers (though their Shrimp Burger is the perfect drunk food). In 2016, something started changing. It was as…
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Winner of California culinary contest: ‘Korean food will become more popular’
The first-place winner of the recent Korean Sensation Culinary Contest at The Culinary Institute of America’s Napa Valley campus is neither a traditional North American college student nor a stranger to Korean cuisine. A native of Montreal, Stephen Neumann came to culinary school to pursue a second career. He had spent 11 years teaching English…
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CIA Greystone hosts Korean cuisine contest
The Korean government doesn’t want Korean cuisine to be Los Angeles’ best kept secret, so the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Greystone, based in St. Helena, Calif., in cooperation with the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation (also called aT for short), hosted a scholarship competition and recipe challenge on Oct. 26. The Korean government has worked hard, over the course…
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Another Copycat, This Time in L.A.
Soon after Vatos Urban Tacos opened and became a hit, people from rival restaurants showed up, vigorously taking pictures of each detail for “research” and “benchmarking,” business Konglish for “straight up ripping off and copying.” A few months later, dishes that never existed on Korea’s shores until Vatos made them magically appeared in other restaurants…
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Three kinds of bulgogi
Over at Sorae Bulgogi in Soraemaul we tried three types of VERY traditional bulgogi. The Eonyang Bulgogi comes from the southeast near Ulsan. It’s thin slices of been mixed with garlic and sesame oil and pounded like hell. It’s squeezed and massaged and eventually pressed by hand into a ball. At the grill it’s basically…
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The Secret to Great Kimbap
Put tasty grilled sausage in there. EJ threw some li’l smokies in these. Ni-i-i-ice.
