Turns out, a kimchi slap is every bit as painful as you’d imagine

Have you seen the famous kimchi slap video yet?

In the video,  actress Lee Hyo Choon slaps Won Ki Joon with a huge, whole cabbage poggi kimchi. One that had been left to ferment for three months, as Lee Hyo Choon was so keen to get the slap exactly perfect, as they only had one take to get it right.

Unfortunately for Won Ki Joon, one “kimchi slap” was enough to make him suffer for the rest of the day, as he states, “I got chili powder in my eyes, nose, ears. [As a result,] I got a severe headache later that night.”

Sounds painful. To watch the video again, click on the video below!

Original article via AllKPop

Gizzi Erskine’s Awesome Korean Fried Chicken

Ever wondered how to make Gizzi Erskine’s FAMOUS Korean Fried Chicken?

For the first time ever, she reveals all on Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube with DJ BBQ.

You’ll need:

• 8 chicken wings cut in half
• 200ml butter milk
• 1 tbsp salt
• 4 tbsp self raising flour2 tbsp potato flour
• 2 tbsp rice flour
• white pepper
• oil for frying
• 2 tbsp ketchup
• 2 tbsp sriracha
• 2 heaped tbsp gochujang
• 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 4 tbsp caster sugar
• 2 spring onions
• sesame seeds for garnish

For how to make the Korean Fried Chicken wings, watch the video below:

Gizzi Erskine’s Awesome Korean Fried Chicken

Ever wondered how to make Gizzi Erskine’s FAMOUS Korean Fried Chicken?

For the first time ever, she reveals all on Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube with DJ BBQ.

You’ll need:

• 8 chicken wings cut in half
• 200ml butter milk
• 1 tbsp salt
• 4 tbsp self raising flour2 tbsp potato flour
• 2 tbsp rice flour
• white pepper
• oil for frying
• 2 tbsp ketchup
• 2 tbsp sriracha
• 2 heaped tbsp gochujang
• 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 4 tbsp caster sugar
• 2 spring onions
• sesame seeds for garnish

For how to make the Korean Fried Chicken wings, watch the video below:

 

Will you be trying out this recipe? How do you make your KFC?

BFI announce Korean film line up for the London Film Festival

The annual London Film Festival is just around the corner, and the BFI have another great selection of Korean films on offer – descriptions below by the BFI. Click on the links for more info and to buy tickets.

Free Fall
Gyorgy Pálfi’s absurdist and provocative take on life in contemporary Budapest features seven rather unusual episodes.

A Girl at my Door
A cop with a drink problem is re-assigned to a small backwater town only to discover that the main problem there is alcoholism, leading to an explosive climax.

A Hard Day
A crooked cop’s bad day goes from worse to hellish when a hit-and-run accident leaves him with a corpse on his hands.

Hill of Freedom
Hong Sangsoo returns with this smart comedy of foreign manners, where a Japanese man searches for the Korean girl of his dreams, only he doesn’t know where she is and can only speak a little English.

The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow
A bizarre trio of heroes ward off evil in this enjoyable animated tale from Korea.

Which of these would you like to see?

 

Gangnam Boys – the new Jersey Shore

First there was Jersey Shore.
Then there was Geordie Shoe.

Now… there’s Korea’s answer to (cringe inducing) reality TV, with “Gangnam Boys.”

In this teaser (English subs available), meet Tommy from Gangnam who chats up every girl he meets with “What’s Up, give me your number.”

What do you think? Would you watch this?

British seasonal kimchi and pulled pork

We’ve just caught up on last weekend’s Saturday Kitchen where Tom Hunt cooks up pulled pork served with kimchi made from British seasonal greens. He includes: kale, cavolo nero, kohlrabi, carrots and leeks to make his kimchi. 

To watch the full episode, you can click here or you can jump straight to Tom’s recipe by skipping through to 43 minutes in. 

What do you think? Would you like to try his British take on Korean kimchi? Comment below!

How Korea plans to topple the US…Using the power of KPop

Although the sudden interest in KPop seems to have come from nowhere, it’s actually down to decades of planning by the Korean government.

Euny Hong, author of “The Birth of Korean Cool,” chats to the BBC about her views on how Korea is using KPop for world domination. 

To watch the full video, click here.

Korean kids eat sour sweets for the first time…to hilarious results

An American teacher gave his classroom sour “Warhead,” sweets for the first time – my mouth is almost watering thinking about how sour these are!