http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ Talk about Korean food, recipes, restaurants, and cooking en Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:37:39 +0000 http://www.maangchi.com/talk/topic/hello-everyone-north-carolina-here#post-6264 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:45:31 +0000 Kiriel 6264@http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ <p>I've been lurking around this site for a couple of months, trying out the recipes and watching the cute videos. ^_^<br /> Thank you so much, Maangchi, for making Korean food so accessable!<br /> Luckily in central NC there are several Korean grocery stores, so I have had a fairly easy time gathering ingredients. (If anyone in central NC needs the addresses, just ask! ^_^)<br /> I love cooking asian food, and I find Korean food in particular to be more intuitive than other kinds, but that might just be a personal preference! (I wonder if there is a world cuisine that comes most naturally to different people?)<br /> Other than cooking, I love drawing, writing, and rearranging my furniture. XP I live with my wonderful fiance and also my best friend from university. They are my test subjects, and they've survived so far!<br /> Its so nice meeting everyone, please take care of me!</p> <p>-Kiri </p> http://www.maangchi.com/talk/topic/hello-from-north-carolina#post-1476 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:29:30 +0000 NathanB 1476@http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ <p>Thank you very much for this website. I found it few weeks ago in August of 2009. I greatly enjoy the site.</p> <p>I was born in Seoul, South Korea and have moved to the states shortly after I was born. I currently reside in central North Carolina and enjoy the area. Unfortunately, I haven't had the opportunity to go back and visit my home city of Seoul. I am pretty sure things have changed in the last 30 years of not being there. I do plan on going back one of these days. I loved it every time my mother (full blooded Korean)cooked for me when I was young, but ever since my mother passed away back in 1995 I was lost without the wonderful foods. I have searched the internet to find a decent website that would have a lot of her recipes that she made for me while I was a little boy. During that time, from then to now, I was unsuccessful of find a good site, until recently that is. </p> <p>When I found this site and saw all the recipes that you had, my eyes lit up as bright as the sun and my heart filled with joy. I finally found a site that had all the foods my mother made (maybe a few missing, but that doesn't matter). </p> <p> I've been with my wife for around four years now and when I met her, she didn't know what real Korean food was. I took her to a restaurant in Savannah, GA (my hometown), the only restaurant I knew of, and she fell in love with the food. . I have also found a few more restaurants else where around the city I live in and have had the opportunity to enjoy myself at each one. Then I found your site. I have since made your version of the Bulgogi and my wife and I loved it and it reminded me so much of my mothers cooking</p> <p>I have modified the Bulgogi recipe just slightly, so that the meat was more of a cube shape instead of the slices, for a friends birthday party. I made the dish in a kabob style for easy finger style food. Everyone that attended the party never knew of Korean food and never tried it. When I came in to the kitchen to prepare the dish, everybody that was there was hovering over the dish smelling the wonderful smell of the marinade. They all stated that they could probably eat the dish right out of the bowl, raw and all. I obviously advised not to and to sit tight for the cooking of. When I was finished grilling the dish and placed them on the table for everyone, I had enough time to turn around and turn back and the plate was practically empty. Luckily enough, I was able to get one before they were completely gone. Just to say, that everyone loved the recipe and I told them about your site. I haven't had to many opportunities to make some of your dishes but I do plan on it and I will post them for everyone to see.</p> <p>Thank you very much for this website. I don't know what I would've done if I haven't found it. I missed true Korean food so much that I was practically going crazy. Thanks again and I look forward to seeing what else you plan on putting on the site. </p> http://www.maangchi.com/talk/topic/hello-everyone#post-1452 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:40:46 +0000 peonygirl 1452@http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ <p>Dominique,<br /> You sound so interesting! I too want to follow more of a vegan raw foods diet and I have made alot of Korean salads and kim chi without the fish sauce, shrimp/anchovies. It tastes fresh and good! I love that about some many Asian cultures. They really use what grow on the earth to eat. Healhy and delicious! </p> http://www.maangchi.com/talk/topic/hello-everyone#post-960 Mon, 25 May 2009 18:45:35 +0000 DominiqueEchard 960@http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ <p>Maangchi suggested I join the forum so here I am! I am a caucasian living on the east coast, currently NC, but am from MD. All my life I have been attracted to Asian culture, food and language, but I also took ancient Greek and Spanish in school. Last year I received my degree in Culinary Technology and I cook for a living. Currently I am writing a vegan cookbook as I follow a strict vegan diet. But one of the greatest things about Asian food is that it is so easy to adapt and not lose any flavor! It will be fun to "veganize" some of Maangchi's recipes so that I can try everything as Korean food is one that I am least familiar with. All the hard work that Maangchi has done is to be applauded - she is so warm and shares her knowledge with everyone as if they are family. She has inspired me to make my own blog and videos and to be brave and show myself on camera! I look forward to talking with many of you to share knowledge and experiences and please do not hesitate to introduce yourself!</p> <p>Dominique </p>