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[HanCinema's Digest] Food Lovers' Lane

Discover what Koreans enjoyed eating on the road over Lunar New Year, Holly has some simple steps for making your own roasted seaweed, find out what JinJoo's favourite New Year dishes are, and get a glimpse into North Korea and their food preferences.

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"Homemade Roasted Seaweed"

Holly has some simple steps for making your own roasted seaweed snacks at home that are healthier and cheaper: "Seaweed is so good for you. Because of its great health benefits, more and more people are eating seaweed these days. You can easily buy packaged roasted seaweed at the store. But do you know that it is very easy to make homemade roasted seaweed?"

...READ ON BEYOND KIMCHI

"Best 5 Korean New Year Recipes!!"

Lunar New Year recently passed and it's one of the big holidays in Korea where families get together and honour their ancestors; a time for catching up and, of course, enjoying each other's company over a good food. Here JinJoo shares her top five Korean recipes to enjoy over Lunar New Year: "[It's] one of the two biggest holidays for Koreans. Everyone takes time off during the Lunar New Year to visit family and relatives throughout the country. And for many Koreans, another big part is to prepare Jaesa (제사) – a table full of food offering to their ancestors".

...READ ON KIMCHIMARI

"Best-selling Local Food Indicates Every Service Area At South Korea's Expressways For Lunar New Year Holidays"

Around 70% of South Korea's population hit the road this Lunar New Year and the Korea Expressway Corporation took the oppurtunity to conduct a survey to find the best meals along several major expressways. "Apparently, South Korea has made layovers tastier and more appealing as it presents best-selling local food to indicate every expressway's stopover".

...READ ON JKNEWS

"South Korean holiday foods appear in the North"

Here's an interesting glimpse at the difference between North Korea and South Korea's food preferences via transcriptions of a recent radio broadcast from over the DMZ: "In North Korea, people mainly eat bread, songpyeon, noodle soup, and dumplings. here in South Korea, people eat dumplings and tteokguk. They also eat a kind of meatball that is made by combining chopped meat, carrots, and onions with egg, flour, and tofu. South Koreans like to make all sorts of Korean pancakes called jeon".

...READ ON DAILY NK

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