I love this lady’s show, I think because she reminds me of my grandmother

by koszderco

10 Comments

  1. Chronarch01

    Maangchi is the goat of Korean cooking videos.

  2. myfatcat

    I just love watching her hands at work. Her chopping is so soothing.

  3. Slut4LaoGanMa

    I have her cookbook and the kimchi section is bookmarked ❤️

  4. LizzyLady1111

    I love this lady, protect her at all costs

  5. Wooden-Mycologist-24

    She’s definitely my favorite korean YouTuber 😍

  6. Delicious-View-8688

    I have a very unpopular opinion…

    On the one hand, she had and continues to have a huge influence on introducing Korean cooking to the world, and that is great.

    What I am slightly (very slightly) nitpicking is some of the details of her cooking.

    A couple of examples I have noticed very early on are:
    – she adds water to soondooboo jjigae; properly, the water is supposed to come out of the silken tofu.
    – she adds ginger to beef dishes; _traditionally_ Koreans do not use ginger with beef

    Now… a lot of Koreans are going to disagree, and even celebrity chefs in Korea, like Baek Jong Won does the same thing. And yeah, I don’t really enjoy his cooking either. And yes, cuisines evolve and Koreans do the above these days. But I can’t help but think these changes happened because of the few people who become popular, rather than what used to be the norm. I feel the same way about how Korean restaurant foods have become too sweet because of social media and other minority influencers with majority followers.

    I feel like an old person saying these things. I do like most of the recipes, and I do like that so many people outside Korea are cooking Korean food, in whichever way they like.

    I guess, as K-culture becomes popular, I am understanding how some Italian people feel when cooking videos advise people that they can substitute certain ingredients that are defining of certain dishes.

  7. Yeah, I like her recipes because she hardly uses msg. (Oh no, here comes the msg police. lol)

  8. jajikimbap

    She’s a year older than my mom. All of her food reminds me of my mom’s home cooking, something which I don’t get much of anymore (she’s a nurse). Makes me feel cozy inside 😊

  9. Flipperbites

    She has been a favorite of mine for years. She was actually a gamer before she took on YouTube at the suggestion of her son. Maangchi is her gamer name. Interesting significance of that name.