If you love Korean food, here is a great way to learn. OME Cooking Lab is in Seoul and chef Min-seon Kim provides daily classes. Classes are in English and small, up to six per day. Chef Kim will meet
If you love Korean food, here is a great way to learn. OME Cooking Lab is in Seoul and chef Min-seon Kim provides daily classes. Classes are in English and small, up to six per day. Chef Kim will meet you at the Yangnyeong or Gyeongdong market to pick out the ingredients for the day. She then takes you to a Korean traditional home, prepares the meal together with the class participants and enjoys the meal at the end of the day.
Ome means five tastes in Korean. Chef Kim has had many foreigners visit her classes from all over the world, such as U.S., Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Russia. Her classes are sensitive to religion and allergies.
Classes are about $50, which include the meal. The daily classes prepare not just a single dish but a meal, usually three dishes, a soup, an appetizer and main dish. For example, a menu could be: bean spout soup, pajun and boolgogi.
Kim was recently featured on Arirang TV. She is also trained in Korean traditional deserts. If you ever visit Korea, book in advance. For more information visit her website: 5tastes.modoo.at.
Weekly Update
‘Distorted’
Episodes 13 & 14 (Mon); 15 & 16 (Tues)
Monday, 7:45p.m.: Moo-young and Suk-min believe there’s a veiled evil power behind Chan-soo. Moo-young makes a proposition to Chan-soo, using a conglomerate son’s hit-and-run accident as a bargaining chip. Chan-soo shows up with a gang, turning the place upside down. Moo-young chases after Chan-soo when he runs off.
Tuesday, 7:45 p.m.: So-ra’s concern for Moo-young rises when she learns that Moo-young’s brother was involved in the falsified case. Still, Moo-young refuses to back down. Tae-won and Splash Team get ready for their articles.
‘Into The World Again’
Episodes 21 & 22 (Wed); 23 & 24 (Thur)
Wednesday, 7:45 p.m.: Hae-sung is shocked to discover the murderer. Min-joon tries to reveal the truth with Aunt’s testimony, but is put in a precarious state, trapped in Chairman Cha’s scheming. Hae-sung loses consciousness in a remote place and Jung-won is anxious when she can’t reach him.
Thursday, 7:45p.m.: Hae-sung and Min-joon start a food truck, while Jung-won waits for the competition’s result. Cha pasta gets social media hype. Hae-sung tries to cover up the accident from 12 years ago for Young-joon’s sake, but gets a call from Ho-bang who wants to give information on it.
‘Band of Sisters’
Episodes 37 & 38
Friday, 7:45 p.m.: Se-joon learns he married Dal-hee, an imposter, and not Se-ra Park.
He tells her he wants to end the marriage. Chairman Goo discovers Kye-hwa’s wrongdoings and kicks her out of the house.
Saturday, 7:45 p.m.: Kye-hwa begs Chairman Koo on her knees. Deul-re asks Chairman Goo to forgive her this once. Choo Tae-soo, who’s lost everything, pours gas all over and lights a fire.
‘Breezy Love’
Episodes 24 & 25
Today, 6:30 p.m.: Shinae runs off with Youngae’s ring, but drops it and ends up in a drain. Jango promises Mipoong to stay with her and make her happy forever.
Today, 7:45 p.m.: Shinae pretends to be Seunghee. She pledges to overcome all that awaits her. Mipoong tells Youngae she wants to marry Jango. But Youngae advises against it, saying it’ll be difficult and to give it up.
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Jeff Chung is general manager of KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles. Chung can be reached at 521-8066 or jeffchung@kbfd.com.
