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Shindang-dong Topokki district

Korea’s national dish, Topokki, has a unique spicy taste and is inexpensive, so everyone - from young students to office workers - can enjoy it without financial strain. The ratio of red pepper paste to syrup is appropriate, giving topokki…

July 12, 2016

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Healthy temple food – full of nature’s goodness

In the early 2000s, the social and cultural buzzword in Korea was ‘well-being’. Well-being, the pursuit of a happy life that harmoniously balances physical and mental health, quickly took root in Korea culture. Nowadays, the word ‘well-being’ is not often…

July 12, 2016

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Korea’s Specialty Coffee

Around the world, there is a specialty coffee craze. In the United States, new wave coffee roasters such as Intelligentsia, Stumptown, and Counter Culture are blazing the trail in the industry, and in Europe, micro-roasters such as the UK’s Square…

July 12, 2016

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Korean Gray Salt – Made by the Sea and Sun

A salt worker’s day follows the schedule of the sun. Salt workers get up before sunrise and start their day’s work by pushing away the water that has accumulated. By afternoon, all of the water has evaporated under the strong…

July 12, 2016

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