[HanCinema's Digest] Food Lovers' Lane

Published on 2018/01/21

Make your own sweet walnut pastry with My Korean Kitchen, The Korea Times pairs wine with Gangwon's local delights ahead of the Winter Games, these hot and comforting foods will help you forget the chill, and multi-Michelin-starred restaurant owner welcomes travellers at Incheon International's new Terminal 2.

"KOREAN WALNUT PASTRY (HODUGWAJA)"

Sue from is back to sharing her delicious delights on her popular website, My Korean Kitchen. In her first post of the year, Sue (who is a cook, author, and a photographer) starts with something sweet. Hogugwaja (a walnut-shaped pastry) is a popular Korean snack similar to the fish-shaped bunggeoppang. The pastry, as Sue describes it, is "filled with sweetened red bean paste and small chunky walnuts" and will take around 30 minutes to make from start to finished. Sue's puts her photography skills to good use with all her posts, and this sweet snack is no exception. There's also a printable recipe card when things go well. Happy K-cooking!

...READ ON MY KOREAN KITCHEN

"[WEEKENDER] When in PyeongChang, pair wine with Gangwon food"

"It will be a great opportunity for foreigners and locals alike to sample the culinary delights the region has to offer, in addition to exploring the natural surroundings", says writer Yun Suh-young about the upcoming Winter Games in PyeongChang. Many visitors to Korea, however, are not aware that Korean food and wine pair rather well. In this feature on the Korea Times, Yun explains some of the relevant food history of Korea's coldest province and visits two professional chefs in the capital to understand more about pairing wines with Gangwon's regional flavours. "How great would it be to present something so creative and say hey, the wines you know of already, you can also drink it with Korean food!"

...READ ON THE KOREA TIMES

"Try these hot and comforting foods when temperature nose-dives"

Feeling the chill? Let these winter delights warm you up from the inside out, from South Korea with love. In this article on The Korea Herald, Susan Selasky has curated three Korean dishes (along with detailed steps for how to make them), "to get you through this current cold snap - one soup, one chili and a tasty roast". Enjoy.

...READ ON THE KOREA HERALD

"Preparing casual Korean food before take-off : Jungsik owner hopes latest eatery goes from Incheon to the world"

South Korea's biggest airport, Incheon International, recently opened it's new Terminal 2, and in addition to boasting a snazzy new design, the latest technology, and French artworks, chef Yim Jung-sik (of two Michelin-starred restaurants) is opening a new restaurant there that will give visitors an excellent first taste of Korean cuisine. "This is the start", said Yim, "[I want to] make a place where many different kinds of casual or classic Korean food is served".

...READ ON KOREA JOONGANG DAILY