◆ Vegan & vegetarian food guide for Korea ◆ Survival ◆ Eating like a local ◆ K-food culture and Korean food language ◆
In a previous post, you have been introduced to the Korean look of the 'regular' potato.🥔 Now, let's take a look at their relative - the sweet potato! 🍠 Thanksgiving is coming up in the US, where sweet potatoes aka yams are popular guests at the dinner table. If you're tired of them showing up... Continue Reading →
Matcha icecream on matcha frappucino next to matcha cake. Photographed in Gyeongju 2018. 🥦🥒🍏🥝🥗💚 Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen! 💚 Isn't green food fascinating? Who does not know about green tea powder alias matcha* and its current use as an eye-catching addition to foods? It frequently appears in East Asian products... Continue Reading →
🐦Birds are singing.🕊 🌸Flowers are blooming.🌼🦋Insects are buzzing around.🐝 🌱New leaves are sprouting on plants.🌿 It's basically screaming in your face: 🌤 SPRING IS HERE!!!! 🌷 How else can you tell? 🤤Fresh spring greens (bom-namul 봄나물) are back!!💚 Young plants of edible mugwort (ssuk 쑥). Side dishes featuring spring greens, e.g. Dol-namul, Dureup, Bangpung-namul, Dallae).... Continue Reading →
After vegetables and fruit, how about focusing on grain seeds now? Grains are largely distinguished into cereals and legumes. What are legumes? 🤔 Legumes are plants that produce pulses such as beans, lentils and peas. They are essential sources of nutrients, minerals and flavor - especially for people on a plant-based diet. 💚🌱 And Korea... Continue Reading →
Do you love the smell of the sea? 🌊 Or do you dislike that "fishy" smell? 🐟 Any thoughts on seaweed? 🌿 Various marine organisms living on a rock. During low tide on Bogil Island (보길도), 2018. Seaweed.... 🤔 Funny name to begin with, right?! Another name for it is algae, which seems just as... Continue Reading →
Once upon a time, there was a bear. 🧸 A big bear. 🐻 You may think he was a panda bear 🐼 because he was black and white and somewhat cuddly looking. But panda bears eat mostly bamboo. 🎍 This bear did not like bamboo. This bear used to love eating meat. (In fact, his... Continue Reading →
Did you learn how to say the names of common vegetables in Korean, yet? Or are you more fond of fruit? A fruitarian, perhaps? 🍓😋❤️ Then knowing the names of fruits is essential for survival. Fruits are Korea's traditional dessert - naturally vegan🌱 and gluten-free🚫🌾! Ironically and sadly, they are often more expensive than processed... Continue Reading →
You may know already how to read and spell animal-based ingredients in Korean, so how about studying plant-based foods now? Here's essential Korean vocabulary on the topic of vegetables! 👇 [Don't like vegetables?! How DARE you! Just kidding... How about fruits then?] There are SOOOOO many veggies to eat! 🍆🤗🥦 And Korean cuisine features a... Continue Reading →
Below vocabulary list provides the names of common animal-based food ingredients in Korean language. 🗒🐮🇰🇷🇰🇵 Advertisement at a traditional Korean market in Seoul 2019. What's on sale? Hopefully it helps when checking the ingredient list on food labels 📝, while generally studying Korean 📚, with identifying unknown foods 🔍 or in communicating what you want... Continue Reading →
Okay, the long title above is no direct translation of the protagonist's name. But it's the first impression on your first date: Long noodles are swimming in a thick soup with a color resembling milk chocolate. 🍫 The bowl may be steaming from heat, which underlines your association with either hot chocolate or fresh chocolate... Continue Reading →
You know the feeling... [Do correct me if I'm wrong assuming that everyone has that feeling every once in a while!] You just want to get away. The need for a change of scenery. Escape from the daily routine, that same old rut. So what do you do? Get in the car🚙, grab your bike🏍... Continue Reading →
It's tiiiiiime!!!! It's THE time of the year again! What time? Christmas time?🎄 Right, Christmas is coming up. ✝️ And so is Hanukkah. 🕎 But before that, we have another important event: Winter Solstice! Now, what is that? Winter solstice is the day that has the longest night of the year. ☃️🌠❄️ And what makes... Continue Reading →
