I watched a Korean drama where the heroine made breakfast twice for her totally-not-love-interest. You know, the guy she’s going to be head over heels over by episode 10. These scenes were obviously shoehorned in so they could advertise their sponsor’s dinner (looks like Ikea?) but they meals still looked pretty delicious so I took screenshots.
I can’t figure most of the stuff out, though. The internet tells me all the little dishes are known as banchan, i.e. side dishes, but there are hundreds of side dishes in Korea. Anyway, I’m uploading them here for now and will update with the proper names of the food as and when I figure them out.
Here’s the first breakfast:
- Some kind of vegetable salad in involving korean cucumbers (muchim)
- Gamja jorim (potatoes cooked with soy sauce)
- ?
- Green tea
- Miyeok guk (seaweed soup)
- Sookju namul (stir fried bean sprouts)
- Steamed white rice
- Gaeran mari (Rolled omelette)
- Mashed sweet potatoes
- Pickled lotus root and vegetables
And there’s the second.
- ?
- Musaengchae (shredded daikon salad)?
- ? Possibly seasoned seaweed
- Some kind of soup, possibly bukeoguk (dried pollock soup)
- Fried eggs sunny side up
- ?
- Steamed white rice
- Some kind of salad?
- Tofu? or Eomuk (fish cake)
- Gaji namul? (stir-fried eggplant)
- Braised/stewed fish in a spicy-looking sauce
Some of this stuff looks pretty good (especially the soups) so I might try a few here and there as I get the recipes. Look forward to it!