This super-adaptable Korean rice dish is traditionally made with leftovers, a dollop of spicy gochujang and a drizzle of sesame oil – what’s your favourite combo?
September 2023
Neighbourhood eats
Yeodongsik, Sydney: The Korean ‘hangover soup’ restaurant with only 11 menu items
There are more than a dozen Korean food options in Lidcombe, in Sydney’s west, but diners queue up for Yeodongsik’s specialty: lightly seasoned bone-based soups.
August 2023
The new vegan
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for gochujang gazpacho
Take the classic Andalusian gazpacho on a trip to Korea for a liaison with some spicy pepper paste and a pear, then serve with garlicky croutons
July 2023
Budget meals
Jordan Bourke’s budget recipes with kimchi
These recipes for fried rice and mini pancake are a great – and thrifty – introduction to cooking with the everyday Korean staple
May 2023
Milk Beach’s Australian-style brunch recipes
Grace Dent on restaurants
Cah Chi, New Malden: ‘An umami-drenched patch of extreme deliciousness’ – restaurant review
March 2023
I learned a lot from making kimchi – about fermented shrimp, and about myself
Zoe Williams
The new vegan
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for vodka gochujang rigatoni
February 2023
How to cook the perfect ...
How to make the perfect kimchi pancake – recipe
A Korean national favourite and an enterprising way to spice up Shrove Tuesday (or plain old ‘pancake day’ in the UK)
Welcome to February’s Observer Food Monthly
This month we have the OFM 30, our guide for food lovers, plus why dinner is better in a bowl and Korean recipes to lift the spirits
Black bean sauce noodles and curried pot rice – Su Scott’s feel-good Korean recipes
Making her mum’s Korean dishes for her own daughter led to the cookery writer winning an OFM Award. Now the recipes are at the heart of her new cookbook
December 2022
Hot sauce enters the craft era: ‘It’s pretty much like profiling wine’
No longer a just a combo of vinegar and chilli, Australian makers are finding their place in the global phenomenon of artisanal, natural hot sauce
October 2022
Jay Rayner on restaurants
Jinseon Korean BBQ Restaurant, Coventry: ‘Unalloyed enthusiasm’ – restaurant review
Release your inner cave-dweller at this great Korean diner, says Jay Rayner
September 2022
‘It’s sausage and mozzarella in batter! Who’s not going to eat that?’ The rise of the Korean hotdog
Deep-fried, delicious and Insta-friendly, the ‘K-dog’ offers instant gratification like few other street foods. How can it fail in a world that has embraced K-pop, K-drama and K-beauty?
August 2022
Chill out! 10 tasty summer soups, from iced cucumber to coconut broth
Soup might not seem like an obvious option during the summer, but these light and refreshing recipes make the perfect for lunch whatever the weather
July 2022
English pottery a hit in Asia thanks to Squid Game
Grace Dent on restaurants
Shelter Hall, Brighton: ‘Far better than a food hall ever tends to be’ – restaurant review
May 2022
The new vegan
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for kimchi and tomato spaghetti with sesame breadcrumbs
Eaten raw, kimchi’s crunchy sourness can be borderline addictive. But cooked, the Korean staple takes on a whole new profile
April 2022
Waste not
Turn veg scraps into a Korean pickle: Tom Hunt’s cauliflower rib kimchi – recipe
Recipes for Ramadan
Recipes for Ramadan: Amina Elshafei’s spicy Korean seafood hotpot (haemultang)
