Korean Gourmet Hunters

Category: Korean Culture

Jeonju Hanjeongsik table

Korean Table Basics

October 16, 2025

For centuries, Koreans have eaten products from the sea, the fields, and the mountains. The unique geography and climate of the Korean peninsula have made Korean cuisine rich and diverse. Korean foods are very distinctive, exotic, and authentic. One of the most distinctive features of Korean food culture is its spiciness. Basic seasonings such as […]

Korean traditional silk

Bojagi

October 16, 2025

Looking for Innovative or Eco-Friendly Wrapping This Christmas? If you’re searching for an innovative or eco-friendly way to wrap gifts this Christmas, why not try bojagi — a traditional Korean wrapping cloth — to give your presents an extra touch of meaning for your friends and loved ones? Bojagi literally means “wrapping cloth” and is […]

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Dalgona

October 16, 2025

South Korean Dalgona Took the World by Storm in 2020 and 2021 What started with the Dalgona Coffee trend on TikTok culminated in the appearance of this simple, sweet candy on the popular Netflix show Squid Game. Dalgona became famous worldwide, with many people recreating recipes and playing the dalgona game. But dalgona has actually […]

Winter in Korea mountains

The 24 Seasons of Korea

October 16, 2025

How well do you know Korea’s lunar calendar and its 24 ‘Jeolgi’ seasons? Like many other East Asian countries, Korea traditionally followed a lunar calendar, as opposed to the solar calendar followed by the West. Unlike the solar calendar, which is based on the Earth’s rotation around the sun, the lunar calendar uses the phases […]