The Korean Table

Creamy Vegetable Porridge

Yachae Jook 야채 죽

Seafood Salad with Pine Nut Mustard Dressing

Haemul Salad 해물샐러드

Fresh Tuna Sashimi and Rice Salad

Hyoe Deopbap 회 덮밥
Tender baby greens cover hot white rice topped with cubes of tuna sashimi Korean style. The tuna is tossed with sesame oil, which Taekyung says acts as a preservative. A spicy sauce is mixed into this rice salad. Make sure that you ask for sushi grade when you are purchasing tuna to eat raw.

Ramen Noodle and Dumpling Soup

Mandu Ramyun 만두라면

Seaweed Soup

Miyeok Guk 미역국

Miso Soup with Spinach and Bean Sprouts

Sigeumchi Kongnamul Doenjang Guk 시금치콩나물된장국
Crunchy soybean sprouts and fresh spinach simmer together in stock with miso and a touch of garlic paste. Clams are optional but if you do use them they add a hint of the sea to the soup and bits of meat to complement the vegetables.

Seasoned Red Pepper Paste

Gochujang Yangnyum

Spicy Miso Dip

Ssam Jang 쌈장

Glazed Hard-Boiled Eggs, Walnuts and Hot Peppers

Geran Hodu Jangjorim 계란 호두장조림
In this protein-rich snack, eggs, nuts, green chili peppers and garlic simmer in a glaze of soy sauce and corn syrup. The garlic becomes mellowed and slightly sweet and the nuts taste candied. This is great picnic food.

Seafood and Green Onion Pancakes

Haemul Pa Jeon