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@lisslalissar: Yeah, it does. My girl friend is in Korea right now so she gets to watch each episode before me and the proceeds to tease me about it.

Have you ever seen the movie 쉬리 (Shiri). Apparently IRIS is supposed to be a sequel of sorts Shiri backwards is irihs or iris^^

I think one of the problems is is that Korea lacks the brand value of many other countries. When people take tours of Asia, Seoul is often not a part of the itinerary. The majority of Americans mistake which country both Samsung and LG belong to. Samsung is often mistaken for Japanese, while most Americans think that LG is American. I found this hard to believe as well, but a friend of the family owns one of the biggest polling firms in the world…

A sad fact, a very popular (and very busy) restaurant in NYC is a Japanese restaurant that serves Korean food. It’s always packed, and mainly with non-Koreans and your occasional celeb. Meanwhile, right down the street at an actual Korean restaurant, most of the patrons are Korean. The point being is that Japan has brand recognition. It’s a luxury brand, which people gobble up regardless of the product.

In conclusion, I can’t see any harm coming out of the fact that Korea is trying to push its cuisine. Korea needs to find a product/name that can make its way into people’s homes and be recognized because lets face it, Japanese food is ridiculously popular but outside of sushi most people have no idea what Japanese food is.

Well, if it’s for a birthday then you should most definitely prepare some miyeokguk. I believe there is a recipe for it on the site^^

As far as cakes go, if you can find a recipe for it, sweet potato cake is the most popular in Korea^^

I actually saw this episode when it aired, and to tell you the truth I liked it. For those who don’t know, the entire premise of the show is to search out the strangest foods both abroad and in the states. If it were a show simply aimed at exploring the cuisines of other countries I could see where people would get upset… but it’s not.

Anyways, that’s just the way I feel

When I make it, I like to use kimchi, which has gone a bit sour, and then I fry it with a little grapeseed oil.