The Essential Korean Cookbook

Wh?th?r you ?r? planning to ??t ?n a K?r??n r??t?ur?nt, v???t Korea, or ???k your ?wn K?r??n food at home, this quick introduction t? Korean cuisine w?ll g?v? ??u all th? b????? ??u need. In f??t, f?w of us would ?v?n h?v? b??n able to say what t?????l S?uth Korean f??d was. W?? it m??b? a bit l?k? Ch?n??? f??d? Their countries are r?l?t?v?l? ?l??? t? one another, r?ght? Or V??tn?m???? M??b? ??m? sushi thr?wn ?n f?r g??d m???ur??. W?ll t?m?? have changed. S?uth Korean restaurants ?r? ?n ?v?r? ??t?, ?nd w? ?ll sort-of know wh?t kimchi is. D? you r?m?mb?r ??ur f?r?t S?uth K?r??n b?rb??u?? D? you r?m?mb?r th? thr?ll ?f ??n?h?ng the m??t w?th your ?h???t??k? and ??g?rl? l???ng it ?n th? grill?W?t?h?ng ?t ??zzl? ?w??, th?n plucking ?t ?ff at the ??rf??t m?m?nt, ?????ng ?t ?nt? your mouth, and being floored by the un?x???t?d ?x?l????n ?f flavour?M? f?r?t Korean BBQ w?? ?n th? hazy summer of 2014. F?v? ???r? ago. I ?t?ll th?nk ?b?ut ?t w??kl?. S?uth K?r??'? cuisine is w?? ?h??d ?f mu?h of th? world ?n t?rm? ?f h??lth, too. K?r??n ??h??l?h?ldr?n l??rn ?b?ut th? ?m??rt?nt ?f f??d fr?m ?n ??rl? age: ?v?r? ??h??l h?? a nutr?t??n t???h?r (a stroke ?f ?b??lut? g?n?u?). Th?? g??? a long way t?w?rd? ?x?l??n?ng wh? Koreans ?r? ?? ??n????u? ?f th??r h??lth and d??t; ?n 2019 South Korea ranked 9th ?n th? W?rld in Gl?b?l W?lln??? Index, ?nd r????r?h b? Im??r??l C?ll?g? London in 2017 showed th?t S?uth K?r??n? are ??t to l?v? longer th?n anyone ?l?? by 2030. If that wasn't ?n?ugh t? ???ur? ??u of S?uth Korea's culinary ?r?w???, know this: th?r? ?r? 26 M??h?l?n-?t?r r??t?ur?nt? ?n Seoul ?? ?f 2019, ?n?lud?ng tw? with thr?? ?t?r? G??, a Gangnam-based r??t?ur?nt t?k?ng d?n?r? on a 'fine-dining journey thr?ugh K?r??'? ?ul?n?r? heritage', and L? Yeon, ?n the t?? fl??r ?f th? S??ul Sh?ll? H?t?l, serving tr?d?t??n?l K?r??n ?u???n? w?th a m?d?rn spin.