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7 key elements for kickin’ Korean flavors

These essential Korean flavor fundamentals are ready to add a bit of heart and Seoul to your menu. Plus, two bonus recipes.

Tara Fitzpatrick, Senior Editor

February 3, 2022

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While Korean food regularly appears on “what’s hot”-type lists at the start of the calendar year, this cuisine has a timeless appeal that can tempt all ages, from kimchi-crazy kids to seniors who build their own bulgogi bowls.

About those build-your-own bulgogi bowls: Seniors, just like their younger counterparts, appreciate the interactive experience of customization, which can spur them on to try new flavors. That’s been the case at Holy Redeemer, a Cura-managed senior living community in Philadelphia, where an Elior North America concept called SeoulTown debuted recently. Cura Regional Culinary Chef Dennis Rivera and the team at Holy Redeemer lay out the fundamentals of Korean cuisine—grilled meat, pickled veggies, rice and more—for residents and staff to get a taste of everything.  

“What’s really neat about this that it gets everyone involved,” Rivera says. Read on for Korean flavor fundamentals to add a bit of heart and Seoul to your menu.

About the Author

Tara Fitzpatrick

Senior Editor, Informa Restaurant & Food Group

Tara Fitzpatrick is Food Management’s senior editor and a contributor to Restaurant Hospitality and Nation’s Restaurant News, creating editorial content for digital, print and events. Tara holds a bachelor of science degree from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kent State University. Before joining Food Management in 2008, Tara was associate editor at National Association of College Stores in Oberlin, Ohio. Prior to that, Tara worked as a newspaper reporter in her hometown of Lorain, Ohio, where she lives now. Tara is a fan of food history, legends, lore, ghost stories, urban farming and old cookbooks. 

Tara Fitzpatrick’s areas of expertise include the onsite foodservice industry (K-12 schools, colleges and universities, healthcare and B&I), menu trends, sustainability in foodservice, senior dining, farm-to-table and innovation.

Tara Fitzpatrick is a frequent webinar and podcast host and has served on the board of directors for IFEC (International Food Editors Consortium).

Tara Fitzpatrick’s experience:

Senior Editor, Food Management (Feb 2008-present)

Associate Editor, National Association of College Stores (2005-2008)

Reporter, The Morning Journal (2002-2005)

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