We were at the Shangri-la Plaza a few months ago, we had just come out of the movie house and we wanted dinner. Tired of the same-old, same-old restaurants that we have been frequenting forever, we decided to go Korean. None of us in the family is all that familiar with Korean food and we found ourselves at a loss when we were handed the menu. Fortunately, one item rang a bell — the seafood pancake. I came across some information about it when I made green onion (scallion) pancakes and doing some background research.
Korean scallion and seafood pancake, however, is not at all similar to the Chinese pancakes that I made. The bread is moist and soft and much more dense, a lighter tikoy but not chewy. We enjoyed it so much that when I spotted a bag of “Korean Pancake Batter” (Buchimgae) in an Asian store in Cartimar months later, I immediately bought one. Sadly, I never seem to have different varieties of seafood — squid, shrimps, clams or mussels and oysters — all at the same time. As a result, the bag of Korean pancake batter is still sitting on a shelf in the pantry. But I’ll try my hand at making haemul pajeon one of these days. Sooner than later.
I love these!
I had these before and really like it. Im fortunate to be near many Korean groceries. BTW – the best appetizer I’ve tasted is a Korean fishcake which I mistaken thought was a Seafood pancake. I discovered many video demos about it on youtube.
I love Korean Food so much I have a recipe book on their cooking.
Try Kalbi Chim (beef ribs) or bulgogi, bim-bim bap (mostly vegetables and a bit of beef), Korean Pork Bone soup. Their cuisine is spicy so do be careful about that.
Love pajeon! And absolutely adore Korean food. Anyway, you should definitely try the pajeon at Yedang along Meralco Ave just before Metrowalk. It’s the best I’ve had so far (even beating the one I tried in Korea).
And speaking of Korean, your recipe for Korean beef stew is fantastic! Now I hardly go to Kaya or Korea Garden (which have the best kalbi jjim, imho), coz I can just make it myself, thanks to you!
Must list that down — Yedang. Thanks!