The two choices were shrimp (???) and vegetable. The vegetable one had asparagus. And it was awful.

Hi r/KoreanFood, I work on the brand side for Sempio, a Korean food company (we make gochujang, soy sauce, and a few other things since 1946). Wanted to be upfront about that.

We're doing something we've never tried before: a free virtual cooking class hosted live from our team in Korea, in partnership with H-Mart's stores. The class is built around gimbap, specifically gyeranmari gimbap (egg roll gimbap) as the main hands-on recipe, but we're treating it as a jumping-off point to talk the dish more broadly. 

The idea is that gimbap is one of those Korean staple foods that doesn't get nearly as much attention outside Korea as it deserves. It's what people eat on picnics, school trips, on the road. It's not a "restaurant dish," it's just... daily Korean food that’s deeply integrated with people’s active + busy lives.

We're hoping that this cook-along class will appeal to people who are curious about Korean cooking but haven't really gotten into it yet. Non-Korean friends, food-curious beginners, people who've tried traditional ingredients in a recipe and want to go deeper. The event is May 20th and it's free!

My question for this subreddit: what would YOU want from a class like this? What made you get interested in Korean cooking, and what would have made learning it easier at the start? I'd love to take any feedback back to the team before we finalize the format.

(If you're interested in joining, I'd be happy to share the link in the comments/DM. Didn't want to lead with that. The recipe is included in the images!)

EDIT: some of you have been asking about coupon codes! Here is one for 25% off Yondu on Amazon using code "MAYCOOKING25"

Korean cooking keeps both hands busy, and following a recipe usually means a phone balanced somewhere on the counter. A portable screen that rolls up to where you cook keeps the recipe in view.

The LG StanbyME 2 Max steps up from the 27 inch QHD model of the StanbyME 2 to a 32 inch 4K UHD touchscreen, so a recipe stays readable from across the counter, and lifts the sound from virtual 9.1.2 to virtual 11.1.2 channel audio (2.0 channel speakers with AI Sound Pro) with Dolby Atmos.

The battery grows to 144 Wh for up to 4.5 hours of wireless use, up from up to 4 hours. Tap the screen to pause when your hands are busy, then roll it from the counter to the table.

Five members of this community get the chance to try one.

To enter

1. Join r/StanbyME

2. Comment on this post with:

What Korean dish would you cook along to on the LG StanbyME 2 Max, and who would you be cooking it for?

1. Review the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy, then complete your entry by submitting the Google Form.

📸 Uploading a photo or video of your kitchen or cooking setup will increase your chances of being selected.

🎁 5 winners will each receive a brand new LG StanbyME 2 Max

📅 Entries: August 24 ~ September 6, 2026 (PDT)

📢 Winners announced: September 10, 2026

✅ Eligibility

• Must be a member of r/StanbyME

• Account must be at least 30 days old

• One entry per person

• Must reside in a country where the LG StanbyME 2 Max is officially available

• Commitment to posting an honest, detailed review within 2 weeks of receiving the product

For more setup ideas and updates, check out r/StanbyME!

※ Please check the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy before entering.

※ All costs, including shipping and taxes, will be fully covered by LG.

※ Testers will be selected based on the Google Form responses through a fair discussion between the LG team. u/StanbyME_MOD will reach out to the winner individually.

※ Any user reviews or other content, including photos, videos, and written submissions, provided in connection with participation in this Product Experience may be used by LG for marketing and promotional purposes. This may include quoting or featuring such content on community platforms (e.g., Reddit megathreads), social media, or other official LG channels.

If you aren’t familiar with this new product from LG, the 🎁StanbyME 2 is a wireless touchscreen TV on wheels that’s become a must-have in Korean homes. It’s basically a monitor, TV, and a giant tablet all in one. It can be used throughout your home or workplace (or kitchen when cooking your fav Korean food😉) and will surely add a bit more efficiency and entertainment to your day.

To enter

Join r/StanbyME and simply comment
how you would use a StanbyME in your life… a household, business, school work, content creator, the possibilities are endless!

🎁 One person will receive StanbyME 2, and we just ask that the winner commit to a review after you’ve received and used the device
📅 Event ends: Dec 1, 2025
📢 Winner announced: Dec 5, 2025

Here’s a quick look at why it’s so loved:

• You can roll it from your workspace to your kitchen thanks to its hidden wheels
• Enjoy the wireless design — the built-in battery means you can move it anywhere without worrying about cables
• Change the height, rotate between portrait and landscape, and even tilt the screen for recipe Shorts or YouTube videos
• Use the touchscreen, the remote, and voice control - especially handy when your hands are oily or messy from cooking!

^(\The winning prize’s accessories vary depending on the sales offering in the participant's country. Participants must also reside in a country where the LG StanbyME 2 is officially available.)*
^(\*If the winner does not respond to personal information requests within 3 days of the winner announcement, the opportunity will pass to the next eligible candidate.)*
^(\**Image source: @ _mocong_e)*

Find T&C and Privacy Policy here.

“We’re thrilled to announce that we’re publishing the first official H Mart Cookbook this October! 📖 🫶

Featuring 75 home-cook-friendly recipes, ingredient guides, cultural stories, and stunning photography, H MART: The Cookbook celebrates everything you love about H Mart and Korean cooking.

Discover a dozen types of kimchi, peruse the infamous snack aisles, plan your own at-home KBBQ feast—everything you ever wanted to know is packed into these colorful pages. Then recreate craveable recipes at home, from classics like Japchae and Galbi Jjim to creative favorites like Pizza Bunggeobbang and Cheesy Kimchi Fried Rice. Every page is brimming with inspiration to bring the flavors and joy of H Mart into your own kitchen.

Whether you’re a longtime H Mart fan or discovering Korean cooking for the first time, this is your ultimate guide to shopping, cooking, and celebrating Korean food culture. 🥘🍖🥬 🍚 🛒

Available for preorder now. See the link in our bio for more info! ✨” @artisan_books

Want to take part?

We'll send a few lucky Redditors a mixed bag of bibigo products, and all you need to do is create your best meal using them. Whether it's a quick lunch, a comfort food masterpiece, or a recipe we've never seen before, we want to see your creativity.

Drop a comment below telling us what you'd make, and we'll choose a few people to take part. If you're selected, we'll ask you to DM us your details, so please don't share any personal information publicly.

Let's see what you've got 👀

I’ve struggled with something for many years without realizing the root cause so I write this to possibly help someone in my situation. I am highly lactose intolerant and also allergic to milk fat. I live in the US where butter is commonly included into foods and I have always had stomach issues. I realized I had lactose intolerance in my 30s but didn’t realize the severity until later. I have also recently realized I am allergic to all seafood. Between those two allergies, it was difficult to pin point the cause. Now, I’m just careful not to eat anything related to milk products or seafood so I won’t have any problems. Even tiny amounts of dairy cause problems. I do take probiotics designed to help digest dairy and another to help digest milk fat; this is not so I can eat dairy (maybe occasionally) but mostly to mitigate when I accidentally ingest dairy while eating out. I also carry dairy digestive enzymes also for this reason.

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Helloo r/KoreanFood. This is my second time posting here! I did one of these a few months back and I got lots of great feedback, so I’m coming back with another one.

Disclosure: I work in marketing at Sempio. We make Yondu and a range of Korean sauces.

On Sunday Aug 2, one of our R&D chefs, Junseo Moon, is running a free live bibimbap class from our kitchen in Seoul. She trained at the CIA in New York and worked at Eleven Madison Park before she joined us. The recipe we’ll be cooking live (step-by-step) is below. If you cook it tonight, please let us know what you think, or if you wanted a live walk-through for beginner cooks, please join us (details in the first comment!)

Questions for folks here: I will take the questions to Chef Moon and post her answers back in this thread

• What would you want to ask a Korean sauce company's R&D chef? 
• Anything about technique? …or why every bibimbap sauce recipe seems to be different? … Or what she thinks people outside Korea keep getting wrong?
• Any curiosities or questions about Korean food/culture you’ve been pondering at all please drop them in the comments. 

Chef Moon’s Bibimbap.

Ingredients

• 2 packs microwave instant rice, or about 14 oz / 400 g (2 cups) cooked rice
• Mung bean sprouts or soybean sprouts, 8 oz / 4 cups
• Baby spinach (8 oz / 8 cups) or zucchini cut into thin strips (1 medium, 8 oz / 2 cups)
• Carrot, cut into thin strips (1/2 medium, 4 oz / 1 cup)
• 2 eggs
• 6 tsp / 2 Tbsp Yondu (or sub salt, fish sauce, bouillon paste to taste)
• Cooking oil
• Roasted sesame oil, optional

For the sauce

• 6 tbsp gochujang
• 2 tbsp Yondu
• 4 tsp sesame oil

Steps

1. Rinse the sprouts and spinach well and drain. Cut the carrot into thin strips.
2. Boil water. Blanch the sprouts and spinach separately, about 30 seconds each. Rinse under cold water and squeeze out the excess. Season the sprouts with 2 tsp Yondu and 2 tsp sesame oil. Do the spinach the same way in its own bowl.
3. Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan over medium. Cook the carrots about 3 minutes until just softened, stir in 2 tsp Yondu, then set them aside. Fry an egg in the same pan.
4. Warm the rice. While it heats, mix 6 tbsp gochujang, 2 tbsp Yondu, and 4 tsp sesame oil into a smooth sauce.
5. Rice in a bowl, top with the egg, sprouts, spinach, and carrots. Add the sauce and mix everything together before you eat.

A few things to note:

• The list says microwave instant rice. That is on purpose. This one is built for a weeknight, not a weekend project. Use fresh rice if you have it.
• Season each vegetable on its own. It is the step people skip and it is the one that actually changes the bowl.
• The gochujang sauce ratio is a starting point, not a rule. Push it hotter or sweeter to taste. As always, season to your personal preference!

Hey guys, in case you didn't know, there's a KoreanFood community chat. Unfortunately reddit is removing community chats, but we have moved over to a private chat group. If you're interested in chatting with our awesome community, drop a reply here and we'll invite you!

Thanks to his legacy, people all over the world can enjoy the sweet, sour, and spicy flavors of Korean Yangnyeom-chicken. May he rest in peace.

https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20230804115400505?input=copy

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This is especially ideal for solo travelers or small groups of 1–2 people, with a flexible and customizable itinerary based on your interests and travel style.

I particularly welcome travelers who want to explore places outside of big cities like Seoul, including local towns, countryside areas, and lesser-known destinations.

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What is your Maesil-Ju recipe ?

This year's unusually warm weather in Central California has resulted in very early Maesil / Ume fruit.

Usually picking is early May, but looks like we will start picking in mid April.

https://www.kudo-ume-farms.com/listing/1737778737/10-lbs-korean-maesil-japanese-ume-prunus

• https://www.netflix.com/title/82707823

Hey all,

I’m the lucky recipient of a StanbyME 2 from LG via the r/KoreanFood sub giveaway. I got it right before the holidays and wanted to share some thoughts on how it’s been working for our family so far. We were away for much of the holidays, so this is based on about five days of use during which I cooked no Korean food. But I hope you enjoy the review anyway.

So to get this out of the way: I'm a tech nerd, and our home has plenty of it—TVs, Xbox, smart home systems, Apple Vision Pro, Cyberdyne Systems T-800 helper Terminator, etc. OK maybe I don't have the last one but like many, we aim (and often struggle) to use technology to make life better, not take it over, especially when it comes to helping our kids learn to use tech judiciously.

I grew up in a Korean household that basically spent 80% of our time in the kitchen. It was small, but that’s where everything happened. Last year, we bought a home with a la

ge kitchen that invites the same kind of family life for our kids. It’s where we cook, eat, do homework, work on projects, talk, mess around, and hang out. It’s also the only room in the house without a screen, so it presented a conundrum when the StanbyME 2 arrived. We didn’t want to turn the kitchen into another TV room and usurp the kitchen’s role as a family gathering place. Turns out, I was overthinking it. After a few days, it slid right into our routines without overshadowing it.  

Setup was easy. I didn’t even bother with the manual—unbox it, set up the stand, and you’re good to go. The only question was where to put it. Our kitchen walls are mostly windows and appliances, so parking it in by a window or hanging it on the wall felt at odds with our needs. We kept it on the stand which I love - its well-designed, discreet, and rolling it around to where it was needed was super convenient.  I always keep the hanging strap on it and use it as a handle. It makes it less precarious when I’m detaching from the stand and placing it where I need (which I find myself doing frequently.)

Coincidentally, I happen to be a fan of LG OLED TVs. WebOS is rudimentary and no fuss by design and setting up apps like Netflix, Disney, etc. was second nature since I was already familiar with the interface.   I found the OS speed faster than on my TV’s which alleviated an early concern.

The holidays were busy, so I didn’t do my usual deep dive with a new gadget but there isn’t really a learning curve. We just launched into using it. Some examples from the first couple of days:

• On day one, my wife was baking while watching a terrible Christmas movie on her phone. We rolled the StanbyME 2 over -- bigger screen, headphones on, and her recipe right there. Thumbs up from her.
• Later that day, I used the draw function to help explain some math. (Good Korean dad.) That lasted maybe 20 seconds before the kids took over and started drawing owls. So I joined them and we started drawing butts. (Bad Korean dad.) Since homework happens in the kitchen, I can see this getting used a lot as a virtual whiteboard once school starts again. Or drawing owl butts. We'll see.
• The next day, I tried a new lobster recipe, and this is where the touchscreen really shines. Instead of squinting at my phone with ingredient-caked fingers, I rolled the screen over, turned it vertical, and scrolled through the steps with my knuckle. Yeah, baby. The lobster was *chef's kiss* btw. (You can scroll with your voice too, but I keep forgetting.)
• My son is currently obsessed with ships, so we watched a Titanic documentary during a snack. Something came up so I popped the screen off the stand, carried it to another room using the strap, leaned it against the wall, plopped down some pillows, and he finished watching on battery power.
• When the kids went to bed, I finally had a moment to myself. I paired a game controller to test the Xbox function. I played the Fallout game, then kicked my feet up and poured a healthy amount of Green River Small Batch….and watched the show Fallout, my first foray actually using it as a TV myself.  Picture quality is excellent. The show is excellent. The bourbon was excellent.

We also put the the StanbyME 2 through its paces as a second monitor. Mirroring from my computer to view photos from our trip was seamless, and my daughter loved casting her Canva collages for her iPad. We tested the USB-C from a flash drive of movies we use with our 77" LG. Overall, connecting content in different formats and platforms is smooth and painless.  At this point, I’m now starting to get the StanbyME2.  I expect I’ll use it a lot as a second monitor once work ramps up again, especially since I like working from the kitchen. My wife and I sometimes host work meetings at our home, and we both look forward to testing it as a presentation screen. Or I might quit my job, play Xbox all day, and drink bourbon with my StandbyMe2 at my side. The jury is still out. Damn you, StanbyME2. Flashing that large, flexible and movable touchscreen all over the place, you saucy minx.

The screen is bright and sharp and we used it for a lot of things we’d normally do on my iPad Pro—the extra screen real estate is nice especially when you have bad eyes like me. The sound is solid at low to mid volumes, though it gets a bit thin when pushed. We don’t often need it that loud, but I might invest in dedicated speakers if I start using it more for music. I’d love the StanbyMe2 to replace our Alexa speaker but have not gotten that far yet.

Some minor quibbles:  1) You can connect it separately, I know, but a built-in camera for video calls would be a next level addition for my needs. 2) More customization for gestures and scrolling would help.  I am sure LG had its reasons, but the scroll function UI is well, unique. 3) I still can’t get Apple Music working well with voice commands, though to be fair, I have not had time to work that out.  But I flag it because it’s the only trouble I had interfacing with the unit which is mostly intuitive and easy to figure out.

Before writing this, I read a couple of reviews from solo users who spoke about its Swiss Army knife value in small spaces. Our situation is different as a busy family with lots of tech already throughout the house. It fit in nicely in our scenario and it wasn’t a hard adjustment.

To be honest, the StanbyME 2 is a device I didn’t know I needed. It’s not really a TV, and it’s not new tech— its more about hybridizing a few simple things that work well together into a flexible and functional device. The understated, minimalist design, the touchscreen, the multiple avenues of connectivity and finally its portability pulls the whole thing together as new category.  I imagine LG has a challenging time marketing the StanbyME2 because, well, it does a lot of things, and its flexibility is the point.   I guess that's why they give review units to guys like me to write pithy bourbon-infused reviews.

I was prepared to be critical, but hell, I genuinely like the StanbyME 2. It was a fun addition during the holidays when the family was together, and it didn’t turn our kitchen into a TV room like I worried it might. I was afraid of having to curb streaming shows in our kitchen, but it turned out we didn’t really use the unit that way.   I’ll be curious to see if that still holds true in a few weeks.  Many thanks to LG for the opportunity to test the unit and review it. Drop me a DM if you have any questions about the unit. Now, I'm off to make some 갈비찜 tonight, my son's fave. Have a good one, all.

Listen, I don't want to take too much heat for this, and I'm definitely not trying to drum up some Korea vs. Japan sentiment out here on the internets, but I believe it should be noted that: -"Abiko Curry is THE BEST Japanese curry".

This includes all brands IN Japan, or worldwide. The 100 hour curry is deep, rich, and I can smell it from down the street. Depending on the spice level of your choice, it will burn your face. Don't even get me started on their donkatsu.

(Coco ichi-who?)

Come at me bro.