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    • #50290
      JamieF
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      Hi everyone! Maangchi was gracious enough to allow me some space here to upload some photos and comments about my culinary tour to Korea. I leave in two days so thought I would quickly introduce myself and the trip.

      I started cooking Korean food in February this year. I wanted to try some recipes because I had lost a lot of weight on a diet and was finally allowed normal food again. Because I visited Korea years ago (for 4 days) I wanted to try cooking something Korean – that is when I found maangchi.com.

      The first thing I cooked was jajangmyun (blackbean noodles). I loved it so much that I wanted to try something else. Before you know it a few months had passed and I had cooked virtually every recipe Maangchi has given us all.

      After that I started buying as many Korean cookbooks as I could, reading as many sites about Korean food and culture, and started watching KDrama and listening to KPop. Usually people discover Korean food after falling in love with Korean music or dramas – in my case it went in reverse. So now all I do is watch Korean dramas (my favorite is, of course, Dae Jang Geum), listen to Korean music (my favorites are f(x), Shinee, and 2ne1), and cook and eat Korean food. I am also now taking Korean language lessons.

      I was browsing around the TasteKorea site for more articles and learnt about their competition – it required writing blog articles on Korean food and the prize was a culinary tour of Korea! I entered and ultimately won (my articles are linked in the introduction to the forum above). As an added bonus, because of the articles I wrote I have now been commissioned to write an article on Korean food for New Zealand’s leading food and home decor magazine.

      The culinary tour I have won involves staying 3 nights in Seoul (though I have extended this to eight at my own cost), taking a culinary night tour of the city, a cooking class (in which I will be learning to make the royal hot pot dish sinseollo), a “develop Korean tastebuds” class, and a private tour of gochujang and doenjang factories.

      I will try to post as much as I can here so that everyone else can get to be part of the wonderful experience.

    • #55010
      susannevh
      Participant

      I can’t wait to read about all your experiences. Please post some links of visited highlights. Most of all enjoy Korea…

      You’re the true winner.

    • #55011
      Maangchi
      Keymaster

      yay! Have fun and let us know all about this fantastic trip! Safe travels!

    • #55012
      Meilani
      Participant

      Wow!! So great, Jamie!! You deserve it!! Waiting your pics and more stories about Korean culture and food. Keep it up!! :)

    • #55013
      Meilani
      Participant

      Wow!! So great, Jamie!! You deserve it!! Waiting your pics and more stories about Korean culture and food. Keep it up!! :)

    • #55014
      Meilani
      Participant

      Wow!! So great, Jamie!! You deserve it!! Waiting your pics and more stories about Korean culture and food. Keep it up!! :)

    • #55015
      JamieF
      Member

      Thanks everyone :) I will hopefully have lots of pictures and even some videos!

    • #55016
      Reinier
      Member

      Dear Jamie. You deserve this trip do much, as a fellow korean food fan i compelety understand your passion for korean cooking, but you are truly taking it to a higher level! Have fun and post lots of photos and stories. Gapshida!

    • #55017
      Maha
      Member

      Good Luck Jamie , I liked how you start your interest in Korean culture “in reverse” . Waiting for your photos & videos & trip review ^_^

    • #55018
      mokpochica
      Participant

      Excited to read your posts and see your pictures. I love Dae Jang Geum too. My husband and I watched all those episodes together. What were there…like 80? Have you watched Pasta? Not Korean food, but it is a great drama in which food features largely as well. I love the male lead. He’s great in Coffee Prince as well. Bon Voyage. Eat some kamja tang and Cheonju tak kalbi for me! Those are the foods I miss eating the most at restaurants in Korea.

    • #55019
      powerplantop
      Participant

      I am looking forward to more post about your trip!

    • #55020
      SimonJPro
      Member

      Stop by my old house in Tokori, I think i may have a big pot of kimchee still waiting for me. Might be a little strong since it has been in the ground since 1989. Don’t forget to sample the local soju.

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