I have had whale meat several times. It was all the time with soju or beer. Today, I might have whale meat again. This time it must be with wine. Then, my head is perplexed with the pairing. Whale meat, minke whale, in particular, is the most complicated and flavourful meat. Some part might go […]
Korean oysters
Albeit my enthusiasm for oysters, I usually do not eat Korean oysters and would instead give an excuse as not to have any, when someone told to have some. I evade having ‘Korean’ oyster as possible because I know that the pollution of the principle oyster-farming sea area is so critical that the US has […]
Fish in a single container
Bought a box of extra fish, which fishers did not expect and want. Fishers used to pack them in separate containers not to spare them. Those fish could be trivial and of no value to them, but I consider them high because they are the ones that are hardly possible to meet in general markets, […]
Biggest fish market in Korea
I’ve been to Jukdo fish market. It’s huge. Not the magnitude of Tsukiji but quite significant and enjoyable, especially in the early morning. There are auctions. Auction for different kinds of fish. One of the most irresistible attractions for me is buying what I like from the businessman on the scene once the bidding is […]
Devil difficult to farm without chemicals
I do care about the country garden farm as much as I adore to eat tasty and chemical-free vegetables out of it. When considering the produce that we buy in the markets are, at a certain level, intoxicated by chemicals, the veggies from my garden are inexplicably precious. By the way, with no chemicals, no […]
Delightful days in the country
People say, and I know that life in a metropolitan city and a country is, if not far different, different However, staying a few days in the country, I realised that I had not tried enough to benefit from the country even though I have a country house. Sun is bright, breeze fragrant, foods extravagant, […]
Damn carrot!
I bought carrots at a nearby supermarket. After washing and peeling off a carrot, I bit a bit of it, and a sharp and disgusting odour offended the mouth. It smelled dirty swamp of rubbish. I had no idea how it is possible to have such a nauseatingly bad smell. I was afraid that they […]
Korean Ramen’s magical odour
It’s magical because it’s almost impossible and hardly credible. It’s about instant Ramen soup. Since the Korean ramen is excessively salty and spicy, I usually do not use Ramen soup in cooking it. One day, I put one tenth of Ramen soup powder in cooking Ramen. The result was not bad. It tasted good and […]
My vegetables
My vegetables are precious! They are all from the country garden. Produced in quite a bio-dynamic way. “Have them when the heaven allows, and do not when it doesn’t.” An idea or a might-be philosophy on farming for my wife and me. Neighbours used to give us some kind advice that we would only have […]