Last week the Agency for Traditional Market Administration sponsored a market tour and a Crescent Moon Rice Cake Cooking Class with O'ngo Food Communications for Filipino Mothers and children currently married to Korean spouses in Korea. I mentioned it before on this post on the cooking class,  but I didn't post the pictures of the market tour. For the tour, all the kids were dressed in hanboks (Korean traditional clothes)- even the babies. They looked very cute and colorful as they walked through the market. If you haven't been to Kwangjang Market yet, I highly recommend it. The shopkeepers are all very friendly, the food is delicious, the prices are cheap, and there is just a wonderful energy about the place. It's the place to see the real Korea. Dan Here I explain Rich Soybean Paste and Red Pepper Paste (Gochujang) I think she's posing^^ Everyone loves the Bindaetteok Here is the motherload of Banchan (Side Dishes) See.. Squid is not that ba...

Thank you Seung Ho Jung for writing the story on our tour and cooking class. You can read the story by picking up a copy of Seoul Magazine or read it online here: http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_6.jsp?cid=999430

Since I have met Shawn, we have been very close. It must have something to do with his creativity and love of food. Recently, we've been working on developing cooking classes for people unfamiliar with Korean foods. To start, we did a series of videos with Shawn adding a twist to popular Korean dishes. In the video he made Kimchi Dubu Lasagna and Sundubu Flan. Here's Chef Shawn As you can see he has cut the tofu really thin and then put minced meat flavored with Kimchi in between. Oh, just because I'm excited to use this new Blogger function, click the link below to see more pictures of Shawn's Food and information on how you can take a cooking lesson with him.

On March 20th, O'ngo Food Communications and Seoul Eats will be organizing a Korean Food Taste Tour. Participants on the tour will first enjoy a specially tailored lunch tasting menu consisting of over 20 different dishes and it will be explained by a Korean cuisine expert, Jennifer Flinn, in English. After lunch we will walk over to the historic Bukcheon district to visit 2 museums: A Korean Folk Art Museum (Gahoe Museum) and the Seoul Museum of Chicken Art. At the Folk Museum, we will enjoy Korean Traditional Tea. After the museum tour, we will head over to a kitschy Korean Rice Wine Restaurant (Makgeolli) to have an Korean alcohol tasting. We will sample and learn about 9 different Korean makgeollis, wines, and alcohols. At this restaurant we will enjoy our drinks with Korean Seafood Pancake (Haemul Pajeon) and Red Spicy Chicken (Dak Bokkeum).  The tour is designed to give travelers to Korea an insider's view on the culture and the food. The tour group will mee...

THE CLASS ON THE 13TH IS FULL. WE WILL BE PLANNING ANOTHER CLASS FOR THE 27th. WE WILL BE DOING A WALKING CULINARY FOOD TOUR ON THE 20TH. DETAILS WILL BE POSTED SOON. THANKS FOR ALL THE INTEREST! Dan The first culinary tour and cooking class run by O'ngo Food Communications and Seoul Eats was a great success, according to the Chosun Newspaper , and we are ready to do the next one. The first class was a promotional class; now we are ready to do it for real. There will first be a tour of Eunma Market to see a wide range of Korean products such as vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, rice cakes, and even fresh made tofu. The guides will explain the unusual and notable foods in the market. We will also have a chance to enjoy some snacks in the market. People looking at natural powders made out bean, flowers, and seeds that can be used to make nutritious drinks or even skin conditioners. Freshly steamed tofu We will then go to M-cooking Studio to learn from Chef Eddie and Chef...