So you've been invited to a business lunch with your colleagues visiting from the Seoul office. Or maybe you've just arrived in Seoul and your Airbnb host family would like to take you to dinner. Feeling anxious about the do's and don'ts when dining with
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To Koreans, life without kimchi is unthinkable. You may have heard of kimchi, but maybe you don’t know what it means to Koreans. Kimchi is a traditionally fermented Korean side dish, which is more than just vegetables made with various seasonings. Kimchi represents the identity
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Christmas might be the most important holiday in Germany, but in China, it’s the Chinese New Year. Commonly known as ‘chun jie’ (Spring Festival), it marks the arrival of spring, which signifies new beginnings. 1. When is Chinese New Year celebrated? So important is this day to
Read MoreVegetables, protein, carbohydrates form the basis of every well-balanced meal and it’s no different when it comes to Chinese cuisine. For the Chinese, it’s important that every meal comprises all of the above to attain balance not just in food groups, but also flavours, colours,
Read MoreAn essential ingredient in many Asian recipes, soy sauce adds flavour and depth to dishes. (Credit: Andreas Theis/ Pixabay) Ask anyone who regularly cooks Asian food at home if they keep soy sauce in the kitchen and the answer would most likely be ‘yes’. This brownish liquid
Read MoreMooncakes and the Mid-Autumn Festival: one doesn’t go without the other. (Credit: Wee Keat Chin/ Flickr) If you’ve been to an Asian supermarket recently, you might have noticed exquisitely designed boxes of mooncakes occupying rows of shelves in one section of the store. Make no mistake: it’s
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