This (Is Why Sundubu-Jjigae Reminds me of Lambchop's 2019 Album)
Korea seems to have been having a cultural moment this last few years or so. From the K-Pop phenomenon through to Parasite cleaning up at the 2020 Oscars, and rightfully so. It has permeated my life, that’s for certain – in the music I listen to and the food I eat and cook, predominantly. My partner and I both recently finished reading the grief-stricken yet astonishingly hopeful memoir by Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast fame, tracking the tumultuous period from her mother’s cancer diagnosis to her untimely death to her rise to indie household status. A lot of it seems to deal with a catharsis through food, namely Korean food. Her learning to cook it; learning to appreciate dishes and flavour profiles she once had not. This led to a hankering for me to try more of it. Sadly, this seems hard to come by as a vegan, even in London. Thankfully, however, The Korean Vegan – a lawyer turned TikTok chef whom I had followed for some time – had just released a cookbook. Thoughtful as e...