Korea is instilled with this idea that every city needs to have their own special festival. In the winter, you’ll come across various ‘fish(ing), sculpture, ice, lights and snow’ events that basically have similar programs. For example, light festivals include the Seoul Festival of Lights, Taebaek Starlight Festival, Iseulcheon Happy Christmas Festival, Jung-gu Lucefesta, Boseong [...]
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Food Week 2009 (Nov 19-22, 2009)
Posted: November 21, 2009 in attended, food, seminars and groupsTags: alcohol, beer, bread, cake, cheese, COEX, crackers, discount, Food Week 2009, Grand Coteau, hanghwa, hangwa, Japan, Korea, Kosney, Laughing Cow, makgeoli, mochi, Myranmar Beer, Na Na Food, pastry, Pekatan, rice, Ronnefeldt, sake, samples, Seoul, Shinan salt, skin care, soju, Sucre, Super o'ning, tea, traditional, tteok, wine, Zak
Rather than heading straight to the office for my regular segment this morning, I left bright and early to COEX for another one of their fabulous exhibitions (you can expect Dessert and Café shows to follow next week) to host on-site. I’ll try not to get ahead of myself but hands down, this event is [...]
Kimchi, I’m Your Biggest Fan!! (October and November, 2009)
Posted: November 10, 2009 in events, food, rants and ravesTags: chinese cabbage, fall events, fermentation, festivals, foreigner, gwangju, gwangju kimchi cultural festival, h1n1, hannam-dong, Itaewon, kimchi, kimchi love festival, kimjang, Korea, korean, lactic acid, makgeoli, making kimchi for charity, november, october, red pepper, rice wine, Seoul, seoul global center, Sookmyeong University, Sudo Girls High School, volunteer, winter events
In October, Korea holds numerous festivals and events in preparation for Kimjang (김장), when historically women from the villages would gather together and make large batches to store and eat during the winter months. Preserving it at cold temperatures creates fermentation through lactic acid production (even more than yoghurt) from the red pepper powder, garlic, [...]
