Kimchi is made of Chinese cabbage with a variety of different spices and is allowed to slightly ferment. The flavour of Kimchi is intensely chilli, slightly salt and the fermentation adds a tangy vinegar taste. Although it is wonderful with a bowl of rice, many Koreans enjoy using older Kimchi as an ingredient of stews,…
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Chungmu Kimbap
This dish is another quick way of making kimbap. There is no need for any fillings unlike kimbap. You just need seasoned rice with sesame oil and a pinch of salt rolled or sandwiched in seaweed. This dish is a famous local speciality in Tongyoung, a coastal city in South Korea that previously was called…
G(k)imbap
Rice and vegetables rolled in toasted seaweed Is “Gim Bap” same as Japanese sushi? The answer is No. English people tend to assume that this seaweed rice roll is a form of sushi. However sushi should contain raw fish and “Gim Bap” doesn’t. Even though Korea and Japan are very close geographically, these two countries…