◆ Vegan & vegetarian food guide for Korea ◆ Survival ◆ Eating like a local ◆ K-food culture and Korean food language ◆
After vegetables, fruit, mushrooms and seaweed, 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. 💚🌱... Continue Reading →
Do you love the smell of the sea? 🌊 Or do you dislike that "fishy" smell? 🐟 Any thoughts on seaweed? 🌿 Nori seaweed (gim 김) and other marine organisms on a rock exposed during low tide. Bogil Island (보길도), 2018. Seaweed.... 🤔 Funny name to begin with, right?! Another name for it is algae,... 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. [Additionally, you might want to learn Korean names of seeds, e.g. cereals and beans or nuts. Or if you don't... 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 regarding vegetables! 👇 [Don't like veggies?! 😱IMPOSSIBLE! But how about fruits? Or cereals, beans, mushrooms, seaweed, nuts or seasonings?] Btw, if you don't know how to read Korean yet, here's 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 →
Sooooo... I've updated the layout a bit. And from now on, when you click on the menu button "Korean Veggie Dishes", you will find a page with links to the individual posts. I hope this makes navigating through the information on this homepage easier!👨💻 And what else? The page is actually a list of common... Continue Reading →
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