Insamcha is tea made with ginseng. It has a strong fragrance and taste. Ginseng is a special product of Korea, and is thought to be good for physical strength. Certain studies have found that saponin in ginseng has anti-cancer properties. Korean ginseng has been identified as having the highest saponin content.Ingredients ● 100 g ginseng (fresh wet ginseng) ● 10 jujube ● 7 cups water ● 1 tsp pine nuts ●2 tbsp honey 1. Trim and wash ginseng thoroughly, remove the top. 2. Clean the jujube.3. Remov

When I invited a new friend to dinner last week and asked her to bring a wine, she asked about the menu. And evidently she listened, because she came up with the most brilliant match for the Hungarian goulash: this St. Laurent, a close relative of Pinot Noir, from one of Austria’s best wine estates. Soft and earthy, with a brilliant cherry color and just the slightest hint of strawberries and plums in the nose, it held its own against the smoky paprika in the sauce. It’s hard to find a red this

Self-selected prime cuts for a bargain at Majang-dong’s butcher-restaurantWhat if you could pick the cut, the grade and the exact quantity of meat you wanted to eat at a restaurant? At the Meat Village Butcher Shop in Majang Meat Market, patrons can browse the stalls and select prime beef and pork before bringing their purchases over to the restaurant where a pan grill and sides are provided at 4,000 won per person. The perks are clear. Customers can choose from a diverse range of butchers, snou

Seoul Gourmet 2011 also offers master classes, gala dinners by Korean chefsSix international star chefs ― four of them running Michelin star restaurants ― will visit Korea next week to discover the essence of Korean ingredients and use them in their creative dishes. Seoul Gourmet 2011, a premier culinary festival coming into its third year, will be held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 at four luxury hotels in Seoul, inviting both international and local star chefs to share flavors of international and Ko

PINHAO, Portugal (AP) ― When Dominic Symington looks out from his shady hillside garden across the vineyards of Portugal’s majestic Douro Valley, he sees centuries of family and European history.British families like the Symingtons have been at the heart of this northern Portuguese region’s port wine trade for generations. Dominic Symington, one of seven in the family wine business, has an ancestor ― Walter Maynard ― who shipped port to Britain in 1652.Port, Symington says in an impeccable Briti

IMPHAL, India ― Mexican jalapenos, Sichuan mala peppers, African kambuzi ― mere child’s play.Although many places claim to have the maddest, baddest chile this side of Hades, northeast India’s “ghost chile” is scientifically recognized as the hottest commercial chile pepper on the planet, 200 times

Bindaetteok is a savory pancake made of ground mung beans, meat, vegetables and kimchi. It was originally used as the supporter for the fried meat on a large dining table. Later, it became a delicious-looking food for a binja (pauper), so it was named “binjatteok” (pauper’s cake). Bindaetteok (Insti

Red bean porridge, sweet or savory, steps outside winter for a fall outingPatjuk, that comforting pottage of red beans, is often pigeonholed as a winter specialty, reserved, as turkey is for Thanksgiving, to be eaten on Dongji, the shortest day of the year. According to Lee Hyo-gee’s “Korean Cuisine

The 2010 Trajarinho Vinho Verde is a bottling well worth seeking out. Look for the characteristic tall slope-shouldered shape and the distinctive Trajarinho label. (Los Angeles Time/MCT)In Porto, I remember eating sardines grilled outside a little restaurant near the sea accompanied by gulps of chil

LOS ANGELES ― The food truck revolution is moving indoors.The owners of some of the most successful trucks are using the knowledge, fame and bankability gained from operating their mobile eateries to start sit-down restaurants.“To grow a restaurant from the ground up is impossible,” said Eric Tjahya

Seolleongtang (Institute of Traditional Korean Food)Seolleongtang is a soup made by simmering ox bones, intestines and shank for a long time. The name of the soup comes from a story in which the king held a memorial service at the seonnongdan (an altar) with his officers, and offered an ox as a sacr

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― It’s sure nice work if you can get it: going to nearly every restaurant in Washington patronized by Michelle Obama and ordering exactly what she ordered.Marian Burros did just that for the Politico website (www.politico.com), and the experience ― which took her through 25 eateries

Try polenta gratin with sauteed seafood, rare-grilled tuna with spicy tomato sauce along with over 50 beverages to choose from, including wine and cocktails.For Italian food lovers, a special promotion offered by Oakwood Premier Coex Center’s Residents’ Lounge will be a pleasant surprise. Running fr