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Korean Summer Delicacies I Miss the Most (part 2) Posted by Flying Oyster on Aug 27, 2019
As I promised you from part 1, I am going to share two more Korean 여름 (yeu-rum: summer) 별미 (byul-mee) with a 재미있는 (jae-mee-it-nun: funny) story. Although I need to give you a small lesson about 이열치열 (ee-yul-chi-yul: fight fire with fire or like cures like. ) before I introduce you the first delicacy. 이열치열…
Malbok: The Final 10 Days of Summer Posted by Tony Kitchen on Aug 16, 2016
The beginning of the end for any summer in Korea starts with malbok (말복), the first of the final 10 hot days as defined by Korean tradition and the lunar calendar. And this summer in Korea, which has been a sweltering, record-breaking one, makes malbok that much more special. Across South Korea, that moment will…