Korean Pork Belly Myeolchijeot Fried Rice [Recipe]

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Hello! Today’s recipe is samgyeopsal myeolchijeot fried rice. At a Korean BBQ place, you’ve probably finished a meal with fried rice given a big umami kick from a splash of myeolchijeot (salted anchovy sauce), right? With this recipe, you can recreate that exact BBQ-joint taste at home. The savory umami and aroma of the anchovy … Read more

CU Grilled Eel Dosirak Summer Meal Review [Korean Food]

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Hello! Korean convenience stores roll out stamina dishes every summer, and this year the muggy heat arrived early, so the boyang (restorative) menus started landing fast. Today’s pick is CU’s new lunch box, the Grilled Eel Set — CU’s first summer stamina dosirak, built around a whole eel over rice. It looks basic, yet it … Read more

Samyang Jjareureu Uji Jjajang Ramen Review [Korean Food]

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Hello! Today’s new ramen comes from Samyang, a brand that is genuinely serious about beef tallow (uji): the Samyang Jjareureu beef-tallow jjajang ramen. Much like the earlier Samyang 1963 ramen, this Jjareureu leans on tallow. Blending tallow into a jjajang ramen — which usually relies on a vegetable flavor oil — is a genuinely novel … Read more