◆ Vegan & vegetarian food guide for Korea ◆ Eating like a local ◆ K-food culture and Korean food language ◆
Honey or no honey? This question does not only concern vegans in Korea. But for vegans, this subject is particularly confusing. The question of what is honey and what is not, is material for a multi-layered discourse. To begin with, the Korean term kkul 꿀 basically means honey. 🍯 But not everything that is called... Continue Reading →
The weather is rainy. 🌧It is simply cold outside.🍃Or maybe you have a hangover from drinking too much...💥 Whatever be the case - if you have a craving for something warm, greasy, nourishing and hearty, then how about bindae-tteok (빈대떡)? 😉 Stacks of Bindae-tteok at Gwangjang Market (광장시장) This traditional Korean food is a pancake... Continue Reading →
🐦Birds are singing.🕊 🌸Flowers are blooming.🌼🦋Insects are buzzing around.🐝 🌱New leaves are sprouting on plants.🌿 Everything is basically yelling: 🌤 SPRING IS HERE!!!! 🌷 Young plants of edible mugwort (ssuk 쑥). How else can you tell? 🤤Fresh spring greens (bom-namul 봄나물) are back!!💚 Traditional Korean food is characterized by turning seasonal and local ingredients into... Continue Reading →
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Fact #1:Gelatin is a gelling agent. 🍮 Fact #2:Gelatin is made from pig. 🐖 Or some other animals' remains, such as bone marrow, skins or hides. While fish gelatin and bovine gelatin are usually specifically labeled (e.g. as halal or kosher), gelatin from pigs is so common that its source is often not stated. While... Continue Reading →
Vegan sushi (chobab 초밥) with slices of gonyak. This is no regular sushi! 🍣 This is vegan sushi. What is that translucent topping? 😶 Doesn't it look like slices of squid or some other type of seafood? It's a vegan jelly produced from the root of a plant scientifically called Amorphophallus konjac. This kind of... Continue Reading →
Kimchi is perhaps the best known Korean dish, and it is rapidly gaining popularity in the Western world, while surfing the waves of health food enthusiasm as well as Hallyu. Modest selection of side dishes served during a simple meal at a Korean restaurant: Two kinds of kimchi, pickled garlic and seasoned vegetables. But did... Continue Reading →
🥖Bread is the staple food of the Western world. It is the most simple meal. Available anywhere and everywhere. Versatile and diverse. Bread can be sweet, savory, whole, sliced, toasted, sandwiched, baked into puddings, mushed into dumplings (German "Semmelknödel"), the crispy shell of fried chicken or cutlets, the crumbs of Hansel and Gretel's trail before... Continue Reading →
Vegetarian cheese pizza and black beer with cinnamon in a Western-style pub. Seoul 2018. In Korea, drinking alcohol plays an important social role.🍻 When meeting people in the evening, people often enjoy their food alongside alcoholic drinks. Koreans are respectful if you do not drink alcohol - but it will definitely influence the scope of... Continue Reading →
They are nutritious and originally vegan:Korean rice cakes (tteok / ddeok 떡)Traditionally, they were consumed as sweet treats on holidays or special occasions. But nowadays, they are quite abundant in Korea - throughout the year and basically anywhere - in innumerable variations! Although the basic ingredient is normally rice, they come in all kinds of... Continue Reading →
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