What is Kimbap?
Gimbap or Kimbap is a Korean fast food or snack that is popular among Koreans. It literally means ’seaweed (cooked) rice’. It’s made from steamed rice (bap) and various ingredients wrapped and rolled in a sheet of seaweed (gim or kim). It’s served in bite-size slices, usually with Kimchi or pickled radish (danmuji). [......]

- Insam(인삼, 人蔘) is Korean word for Ginseng.
It’s the end of September and finally the weather starts to cool down. Living in the San Fernando Valley makes me think that even 85 degree is cool! Of course, I have a strong resistance against heat or gets cold really easily.
Cool weather reminds me of many kinds [......]

One afternoon a few months ago, I cooked kimchijeon by myself for the first time of my life. I longed so much for any Korean food but didn’t have energy or will power to take a 30 minute drive to Koreatown in Los Angeles.
So I started to make kimchi jeon* with whatever I could [......]

What is Tteokguk?
Tteokguk, tteok meaning rice cake and guk meaning soup in Korean, is a traditional Korean rice cake soup dish. It’s a custom to serve tteokguk on Korean (Lunar) New Year Day, but it’s a popular dish that is available throughout the year in a lot of Korean restaurants.
The restaurant version usually has more [......]

Um, yummy!
I bet galbi and bulgogi are the top two dishes that are the most popular among non-Koreans and possibly Koreans. But when you have a chance to go to a Korean all-you-can-eat-meat lunch or dinner next time, I’d recommend chadolbagi.
Chadolbagi is a part of beef brisket that is bright, hard and fatty. Koreans usually [......]