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Hotteok, revisited.
Hotteok (호떡) appeared on the streets about the same time it became necessary to wear woolen socks and a minimum of 4 layers in Seoul, sometime last October. I somehow missed these sweet warming treats my first winter here and therefore have been making up for it by tasting them at any opportunity. As described previously (here) these [...]
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Chinese food in Korea – Koreanised Chinese Restaurants.
This is the first post in a short series about Chinese food in Korea, what’s available and where to get it. Chinese food in Korea is not what you’d expect. South Korea is so close to mainland China, merely separated by the small issue of the impermeable North, and this physical divide is reflected in [...]
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Yuja cha 유자 차
Yuja cha. Yuja cha, a sweet yuja (유자, also known as citron, or yuzu in Japanese) conserve will cure what ails ya. Mixed with hot water it, to make it cha (차, tea of course), it transforms from sticky gloppy mess to sweet sweet nectar. This gooey jam is made by mixing carefully sliced citron with [...]
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Hotteok
Hotteok, Myeongdong. They look like squashed hockey pucks bathing in barely bubbling oil, but the people queueing in the cold suggest this pancake tastes better than it looks. And for once, the masses are right. Hotteok, 호떡 (often pronounced hodduck), Korean pancakes filled with a combination of sugar, nuts, seeds and cinnamon are an unlikely [...]
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Yukhoe bibimbap
Raw beef bibimbap at Kwangjang Market.
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