The day that I made my beachu kimchi I made another type of kimchi as well: kkakdugi (깍두기) or radish kimchi. This kimchi is a lot easier and faster to make than its famous cousin so it is a great kimchi to make for beginners like myself.
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Kimchi is so quintessential Korean that many can not imagine Korea with out the fermented dish. However, when one says kimchi, most of us will think of one particular kimchi: baechu kimchi (배추 김치). Two ago I made it myself for the first time using an adapted recipe given to me.
K-Dramas and I just do not mix well. I just cannot see their appeal, but three days ago I discovered the first drama I could not stop watching, Dear My Friends. Dear My friends is details the story of elderly Koreans and what begins with a laugh ends with a tear.
I continue my series on the Korean irregular verbs with the ㅂ irregular verbs. Like the earlier irregular verbs, this group…
Learning Korean on your own is a very exciting experience, but sometimes you really need someone to answer your questions. Luckily the Korean Cultural Center organizes several Korean classes each year and this year I attended. Yesterday was my first year Korean graduation ceremony.
This next set of irregular verbs in this series on Korean irregular verbs are the ㄹ irregular verbs. This group is known as such because the verb stem ends in ㄹ. Among these verbs are: 만들다 or 살다. Just keep a few simple rules in mind when using these verbs.
The yellow egg noodles in a soup has many names depending where you ask its name. In China is it known as as lamian and in Japan it is called ramen. In Korea, the gift of East-Asia to the world is known as ramyeon (라면). Everyone in the world loves ramyeon!
Yesterday my Korean roommate and I went to the Korean supermarket in Auderghem. He really wanted to eat some noodles…
Commercials: no one likes them. However, some commercials are too funny not to watch. This Korean commercial called 여친의 선물 from SSG.com is one of those commercials. I think you will enjoy the use of kimchi here.
This series on Korean irregular verbs begins with the ㅡ irregular verbs. This group is known as such because the verb stem ends in ㅡ. Among these verbs are: 나쁘다 or 예쁘다. Just keep a few simple in mind when using these verbs.