Korean Street Food & Snacks

There is so much street food in South Korea that you could pretty much eat your way around the country without having anything else. It’s extremely popular among the locals, who love a good street-side snack as they commute home from work, school, or wander around the busy shopping districts. The food you’ll find on…

Dumplings galore at The Mandoo, Strathfield

Among the many, many Korean BBQ restaurants in Strathfield, maintaining its presence on a relatively small, narrow corner shopfront, lies The Mandoo. It’s a handmade dumpling and noodle restaurant, with cute dumpling characters dancing on the front windows above a cluster of Korean and English menu items. From one window you can glimpse trays and…

The Bulgogi, Chatswood

Bulgogi is widely known in the culinary world as a  Korean dish of grilled, marinated thin slices of beef. But, contrary to popular belief, it may also refer to something else. The direct translation of this term from Korean means ‘fire’ (bul) and ‘meat’ (gogi), hence the other meaning of this famous beef dish, which points right back to its origins –…