http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ Talk about Korean food, recipes, restaurants, and cooking en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:18:46 +0000 http://www.maangchi.com/talk/topic/hello-from-south-africa#post-5041 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:06:56 +0000 seunghye 5041@http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ <p>Hey there, I am a korean living in south africa, and despite the abundance of westernised food here, I still have a strong desire for traditional korean dishes. I am so glad to have come across this website and am impressed by the international appeal for korean cuisine! Your recipes do not seem overwhelming, especially 오징어젓! I have to try this recipe as I looove 오징어젓갈 and only eat it maybe once a year or so? ( When friends or family go to korea and bring it back!)</p> <p>Thanks for having a strong passion for our korean heritage! Fighting :) </p> http://www.maangchi.com/talk/topic/korean-food-in-cape-town-south-africa#post-2801 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:53:50 +0000 stanford 2801@http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ <p>I stumbled across this interesting article from South Africa's Mail and Guardian:</p> <p><a href="http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-04-06-wellbalanced-happy-food" rel="nofollow">http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-04-06-wellbalanced-happy-food</a></p> <p>This opener drew me in:</p> <blockquote><p>"My first encounter with Korean food was in Los Angeles at the renowned but strangely named Soot Bull Jeep."</p></blockquote> <p>Soot Bull Jeep! What a great name! Turns out this is a very popular restaurant:</p> <p><a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/soot-bull-jeep-los-angeles" rel="nofollow">http://www.yelp.com/biz/soot-bull-jeep-los-angeles</a></p> <p>Anyway, the author of this article goes on to discuss why bulgogi is not so popular in South Africa:</p> <blockquote><p>Korean bulgogi hasn't taken off here. South Africans like things done for them -- as one Pieter-Dirk Uys character famously said when contemplating the revolution: "I'd rather die in my bed than have to make it myself." Cook their own food? Think of all the fondue places that have failed here. </p></blockquote> <p>This also made me laugh out loud, I'd never heard this expression before. </p> <p>It's a very well-written article, and if you're curious about Korean food in Cape Town, I recommend you read the whole thing. </p> http://www.maangchi.com/talk/topic/hi-from-south-africa#post-1427 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:54:43 +0000 Cornelius 1427@http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ <p>Hi all, I found Maangchi, because I am into fermentation and I saw her video on Kimchi. Well it was wonderful and by now my kitchen is full of things fermenting. I make Kombucha, Kefir, Beet Kvass, some of my own cheese and try and grow my own veg as far as possible.<br /> I have adapted your Kaktugi recipe for my organic radishes out of the garden and it worked very well !Thank you so much for all your effort Maangchi ! I don't know where you get the time to be so personal on a site like this and on Youtube. </p> <p>Cornelius </p>