{"id":8622,"date":"2018-06-22T14:09:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T05:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/?p=8622"},"modified":"2021-08-17T16:51:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T07:51:32","slug":"what-i-learned-about-korean-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/news-en\/2018\/06\/22\/8622\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC Event Report: What I learned about Korean culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Leo McDonagh &#8211; School of International Liberal Studies<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8621 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/06\/report-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/06\/report-photo.jpg 562w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/06\/report-photo-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>On the 26<sup>th<\/sup> April I went to the ICC Korean culture cooking event at the Bunkyo Welfare Center in Edogawabashi. Since I have made Korean friends since coming to Waseda, and I am visiting Seoul in August, I was interested in expanding my knowledge of the culture. When I arrived at the center I took off my shoes to enter the kitchen and was greeted by a warm friendly atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing I learned about Korean culture was some of the words used at dinner, and to describe the food. For example, \u201cchalmokke seumnida\u201d (\uc798 \uba39\uaca0\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4) is a bit like the Korean equivalent of \u201citadakimasu\u201d that you say before you begin your meal.<\/p>\n<p>I was also surprised to find that some of the ingredients in the food we were cooking are also used in Japanese cooking, such as mirin. The biggest difference is the use of chili powder and red pepper paste (gochujang) to make it as spicy as you like.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bf4438a0d58239d2ae098c9d803b6ff6-610x458.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bf4438a0d58239d2ae098c9d803b6ff6-610x458.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bf4438a0d58239d2ae098c9d803b6ff6-360x270.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bf4438a0d58239d2ae098c9d803b6ff6-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bf4438a0d58239d2ae098c9d803b6ff6-940x705.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bf4438a0d58239d2ae098c9d803b6ff6-720x540.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A chef from Oh! Kitchen N, which has a location just outside of Waseda University\u2019s front gate (I recommend it!), demonstrated the recipes for us expertly. First, we learned how to make the famous cheese dakgalbi (\uce58\uc988 \ub2ed\uac08\ube44): marinated chicken and vegetables, heated on a plate with melted cheese. Cheese dakgalbi is very popular in the Okubo area of Tokyo, but I\u2019m glad that I can now make it at home, and for my family when I go back to England!<\/p>\n<p>We also learned how to make haemeul pajeon (\ud574\ubb3c\ud30c\uc804), or seafood pancake. It\u2019s a little similar to okonomiyaki, but with a distinct Korean taste and tasty seafood. It\u2019s also very easy to make. Just don\u2019t drop it when you flip it.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m very thankful to the ICC and Waseda University Korean Students Association for putting on a lovely event, which made me very hungry writing about it. Please look out for their future events!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2c9c3410dceb2d35e60ae5b38dc09f5b-610x407.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"305\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leo McDonagh &#8211; School of International Liberal Studies On the 26th April I went to the ICC Korean cultur [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,97],"tags":[106,26],"class_list":["post-8622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-other-en","tag-event-report","tag-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13270,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622\/revisions\/13270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}