Korean Cuisine: Gimbap
More and more these days, I see sushi and sashimi showing up at Korean restaurants. You'll find the traditional Japanese raw fish versions, but "Korean sushi" or gimbap is gaining popularity too.
As we have the past few Sundays, we're talking Korean food. Today we're talking gimbap.
Gimbap restaurants are big business in South Korea, and they're showing in the U.S. too. What is gimbap? It's a sushi-like roll of rice, bound in seaweed, and stuffed with vegetables and very often cooked fish cakes, but never raw fish.
"Gimbap is a great meal, snack, appetizer or finger food and travels very well," my brother-in-law, Mark, tells me. "My Mom used to make gimbap whenever we went on road trips. She'd prepare gimbap, a light kimchi soup, and kimchi, and we'd eat that at rest areas, parks, or campsites. It's much better than fast food. My Mom's gimbap had fried egg, seasoned spinach, pickled daikon, cooked fish cake or ground beef, and shredded carrots. Koreans all say that their mother's gimbap is the best, but I think my Mom's truly was."
Have you ever made gimbap? It sounds like perfect picnic food to me. And since summer is on its way, I'm planning on making some soon.
--Tracy Schneider
Exam Result 2011 on April 11, 2011 at 03:01 AM
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