Koreans opt to buy premium kimchi rather than make it at home as ingredient prices soar

Koreans opt to buy premium kimchi rather than make it at home as ingredient prices soar

By Lee Hae-rin Kimchi from luxury hotels is selling like hot cakes in South Korea amid growing demand for packaged kimchi and ingredient price hikes driven by the climate crisis. Koreans’ daily consumption of premium kimchi, created with the recipes of hotel chefs and made with top-notch ingredients, has been on the rise every year … Read more

Popular food that ‘slows ageing’, helps in weight loss and lowers cholesterol

Popular food that ‘slows ageing’, helps in weight loss and lowers cholesterol

A traditional Korean dish, Kimchi, has the potential to enhance your gut health, aid in weight loss and even decelerate ageing. Consumed almost daily by millions of Koreans, Kimchi boasts remarkable health benefits. Kimchi is a customary Korean fermented dish made with an assortment of vegetables, predominantly napa cabbage and Korean radishes. It’s seasoned with … Read more

I added ingredient to my scrambled eggs – I’ll never go back

I added ingredient to my scrambled eggs – I’ll never go back

Scrambled eggs are a simple treat perfect for a quick evening meal or an indulgend breakfast or brunch. But they can be a bit one-dimensional. Yes, you can alter the flavour and creaminess based on the amount of butter you use. Good seasoning is also key — and one person even said mayonnaise made the … Read more

Opinion | Chinese family dinner 101: non-Chinese partners, here’s how to avoid offending the in-laws

Opinion | Chinese family dinner 101: non-Chinese partners, here’s how to avoid offending the in-laws

But there’s one final hurdle that will test the compatibility of your relationship: meeting and eating with the family. Oh, and the wild card? You’re Chinese, your beau is not. How do families work through the dietary clashes that come with entering a multicultural relationship? Photo: Shutterstock “Are the White Husbands invited?” My Chinese girlfriends … Read more

Opinion | Addicted to cheese, ramen, pizza? It’s not your fault – our bodies are hard-wired for it

Opinion | Addicted to cheese, ramen, pizza? It’s not your fault – our bodies are hard-wired for it

“I would literally just eat a block of cheese with my hands,” she told the tabloid, adding that she fed her habit, in true addict style, sitting on her apartment floor alone in the dark. “It was the only thing that would make me feel somewhat whole.” Cheese contains a protein called casein that is … Read more

How Asia’s fermented foods, from kimchi to preserved pickles, show parallels between the region’s cuisines

How Asia’s fermented foods, from kimchi to preserved pickles, show parallels between the region’s cuisines

Ha has travelled across the country, covering some 620,000 kilometres (385,000 miles) since 2014, meeting local people and recording the undocumented oral recipes of the communities she encounters. Dureup kimchi is made with Angelica tree shoots. Photo: SCMP She highlighted the vast array of kimchi varieties in Korea, emphasising their regional and seasonal diversity, telling … Read more

Research suggests up to three meals of kimchi per day may lower men’s obesity risk

Research suggests up to three meals of kimchi per day may lower men’s obesity risk

WASHINGTON: According to research published in the open access journal BMJ Open, eating up to three servings of traditional Korean kimchi per day may lower men‘s overall risk of obesity, while radish kimchi is related with a lower incidence of belly bulge in both sexes.Kimchi is made by salting and fermenting vegetables with various flavourings … Read more

Kimchi Consumption Grows, Thanks to K-Content, Health Claims

Kimchi Consumption Grows, Thanks to K-Content, Health Claims

washington —  South Korean kimchi exports hit a record high amid a global surge in the popularity of Korean culture, hitting 44,041 tons in 2023, a 7.1% increase from 42,544 tons exported in 2021. Kimchi, a traditional Korean dish made by fermenting cabbage or other vegetables, was exported to 92 countries from South Korea last … Read more

Korean kimchi makers turn to AI for quality control, as population falls and export demand rises thanks to popularity of Korean wave

Korean kimchi makers turn to AI for quality control, as population falls and export demand rises thanks to popularity of Korean wave

By Ko Dong-hwan Data-driven artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to guarantee the high quality of mass-produced kimchi for global consumers, according to a state-run kimchi laboratory in South Korea. This technological approach marks a departure from the traditional method of pickled cabbage making, which has historically relied on the human touch. The World Institute … Read more

He’s a Hindi-speaking Korean chef in India whose Instagram fusion-food videos have gone viral – Kim Jiyeol on how cuisine ‘brings people together’

He’s a Hindi-speaking Korean chef in India whose Instagram fusion-food videos have gone viral – Kim Jiyeol on how cuisine ‘brings people together’

But he’s not a full-time food influencer – rather, Kim is the official chef at the South Korean embassy in New Delhi, where he landed in 2019 after professional cooking stints across Europe and Australia. Kim’s chicken wing momos, inspired by the Nepalese dumpling. Photo: Kim Jiyeol Now the passionate cook’s home is India, a … Read more