Deuki Hong

Hunting for the best Korean BBQ grills for outdoor parties this ? I have hosted backyard KBBQ nights for groups of 6 to 12 for the past four summers, and I can tell you the right grill changes everything. Most guides online focus on small indoor tabletop grills. That’s a problem when your guest list … Read more

If you have ever tried cooking bulgogi or galbi on a regular pan, you know the splatter problem is real. Fat shoots everywhere, smoke fills the room, and cleanup takes longer than the meal. That is exactly why korean bbq grills with grease trays have become the go-to choice for anyone bringing the tabletop experience … Read more

There is something special about gathering friends around a sizzling tabletop grill, flipping thin slices of samgyeopsal and bulgogi while the cheese melts in tiny trays underneath. I have hosted more Korean BBQ nights than I can count, and the single biggest upgrade I made to my setup was switching to a grill with a … Read more

Running a Korean BBQ food truck is one of the most rewarding paths I have seen in mobile food service. When Roy Choi launched Kogi BBQ in Los Angeles back in 2008, he showed the entire industry that bulgogi tacos and short rib galbi served from a window could build a following. Since then, korean … Read more

I still remember my first semester in a 12-by-12 dorm room with no kitchen access and a meal plan that ran out by Wednesday night. The single appliance that saved my budget, my sanity, and honestly my nutrition was a small rice cooker wedged between my mini fridge and a stack of textbooks. If you … Read more

I used to think a kitchen air purifier was overkill. Then I moved into a small apartment with a gas stove and no range hood. Within a week, my curtains smelled like last night’s garlic, my eyes burned every morning, and my couch cushions had absorbed enough kimchi jjigae aroma to season themselves. Cooking releases … Read more

If you love perfectly cooked rice waiting for you after a long day, you need a rice cooker with a delay timer. We tested 15 models over 90 days, cooking everything from short-grain Korean rice to jasmine and brown rice. Our team at Korea Town Cookbook put each machine through its paces, running delay cycles … Read more

I’ve rolled a lot of kimbap in my kitchen. The kind where you slice each round, set them on a plate, and watch the rice hold together like it should. But getting rice to that perfect sticky-but-not-mushy texture every single time is the real challenge. After testing 15 different rice cookers over three months with … Read more

I spent the last three months testing rice cookers side by side in my home kitchen, running 47 separate batches of short-grain Japanese rice through each one. What I learned surprised me. The difference between a $30 basic rice cooker and a $300 induction model is not subtle when you are making sushi rice. We … Read more

Porridge, congee, juk, okayu — whatever you grew up calling it, that soft, steaming bowl of comfort rice is one of those foods that feels like a warm hug. But getting the texture right on the stovetop? That is a 90-minute commitment of stirring, watching, and hoping it does not scorch at the bottom. The … Read more