Tteokbokki is one of the most popular Korean street food and snack in Korea. If you are familiar with tteokbokki, you will easily think of the spicy red tteokbokki. However, today I will show you a very different flavor (but delicious) of tteokbokki, royal palace tteokbokki. (We also call it soy sauce tteokbokki = 간장 떡볶이 = ganjang tteokbokki) The reason they call it royal palace tteokbokki is this dish originated from one of the dishes that they served for the king or his royal family in Korean history. Wow, a dish that Korean kings and queens used to eat, isn’t it special? hehe… The soy sauce mixed with other seasonings and vegetables gives the sticky rice cakes a great taste. Try this delicious tteokbokki someday. : D

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• BokSoongAh (복숭아) = Peach
• JahDu (자두) = Plum

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This potato pancakes are an amazingly simple but delicious snack to eat. We only need 4-5 ingredients for this recipe. This dish has been requested many times. Interestingly, people who requested it saw this dish on the Korean TV program “Family Outing.” In that program, Hyo-ri Lee cooked this one day, and many people wanted to learn how to make those potato pancakes. So, I watched that program and made this recipe.

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• SinBahl (신발) = Shose
• YangMahl (양말) = Socks

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This is a simple version of a Korean zucchini fritter. Typically, we cover sliced zucchini pieces with some flour, and then dip them into an egg mixture before frying them. However, today I will just dip the zucchini into a flour batter. You can eat these delicious zucchini fritters plain, but dipping them in a little soy sauce mixture makes them tasty even better. It is good for a lunch box, party appetizer, or as a side-dish for normal meals. If you are a vegetarian, you can skip the egg and add a little bit of more water to the batter.

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• ShinBal (신발) = Shoes
• YangMal (양말) = Socks

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This Korean style fruit salad is an another old fashioned food. It is made from different kinds of fruit, hard boiled quail eggs, crab sticks, and peanuts, all mixed with mayonnaise. Does it sounds weird or interesting to you? =P I guess, when mayonnaise was introduced to Korea, this salad was one of the uses for it.
In Korea, when somebody moves to a new house, they invite family or friends to their new house and have a meal together. I remember doing that. I went to those kind of parties with my parents many times. Almost every party had this salad. My mom also made it whenever we had a party at our house. As a kid, it was one of my favorite menu items for the meal. The fun part of eating this salad was digging to find the best parts – the pieces of crab or the eggs. (Oops, that does not sound like good table manners, but my excuse is that I was a kid. ㅋㅋㅋ)
Nowadays, there are many different kinds of fancy salad dressings from the Western world in Korea, so this old fashioned fruit salad is not as common as it was before. However, many people include me still miss this old fashioned salad every now and then. The sweetness from mixed fruits, slight saltiness from the crab sticks, nuttiness from the peanuts, and the egg flavor mixed together with mayonnaise – yummy~~~ Anyway, I was very excited to make this dish and share the recipe with you, because it is delicious and it can be a unique dish to try. I ate and ate after I made it. It was still as delicious as I remembered. @.@ Hehe, I hope you like it too.

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• Gwail (과일) = Fruit
• TtangKong (땅콩) = Peanuts

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The Korean snack dish Kimchi Jeon is a Korean style pancake using well fermented kimchi. There are many different kinds of Korean pancakes using vegetables, seafood, or meat in Korean cuisine. We call this type of pancake, “Jeon”. Among them, this kimchi pancake is one of the most popular Korean pancakes.
Today, I want to share some secrets to make really tasty kimchi pancakes with you. When I was little, I used to visit an aunt’s house and she made kimchi pancakes for me. I love kimchi pancakes, but her kimchi pancakes were always the best ever. I got some tips from her how to make kimchi jeon. When I make them, I use some of her tips, so I’m sure you will love this.
Aha, I will explain something about Korean food today. Some people asked me, why I call some Korean dishes as pancakes, even though they are not sweet, and not even close to the American pancakes that you might be thinking about. Another word that could describe Korean pancakes is “fritter” – batter mixed with different kinds of ingredients: vegetables, seafood, meat, and so on.

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• SunMul (선물) = Gift
• Saengil (생일) = Birthday

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