I recently came across a new food that, while it looks kind of frightening, is pretty intriguing – black garlic! Black garlic is popular in China, Korea and Japan and is really just aged and fermented whole cloves of garlic. The flavor is more mellow than raw cloves with a bit of a tang. And [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Korea’
October 11, 2008
FTC: Korean Red Ginseng Candy
A colleague of mine is from South Korea, and she always brings in the most interesting candies to share after she takes trips to South Korea. Her latest treat was red ginseng candies. Red ginseng is a popular ingredient in Korea – and is found in everything from tea to candy to jelly. Red [...]
August 18, 2008
Korea: Red Mango
Red Mango
809 Davis St.
Evanston, IL 60201
Red Mango is the Korean chain that kicked off the latest version of Frozen Yogurt mania. However, it was Pinkberry who really brought the Custom FroYo concept to America by ‘co-opting’ the Red Mango concept. However, Red Mango is the true original, and is increasingly bringing their treats stateside. Red [...]
