Baked King Oyster Mushroom (Saesongei Guei) by Sunny Shin

Korean potato side dish by John Spottiswood

I always love these sweet and salty braised potatoes when they are served along with kimchi and various other side dishes at korean restaurants. I've always wanted to make them, and grilling Galbi gave me the perfect opportunity. I started with a recipe from maangchi.com and substituted a mix of sugar and mirin for the corn syrup…

Korean Steamed Eggplants (Gaji Namul) by Sunny Shin

Gaji namul is another basic but very popular side dish in korea

Instant Seolleongtang (Korean Ox Bone Soup) by jason kim

Who would have thought that an instant noodle dish could taste as good as the original (okay, it helped that I was pretty hungry). But on this day my skeptical palette persuaded me that even though it was instant and took less than 15 minutes to make, it did taste pretty good. The dish is called seolleongtang (ox bone soup), which in…