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31 (Tue) October 2017

Sekkosi

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at Chungmu Sanghoe

-Sinsa, Gangnam, Seoul, Korea-

with the Family, KKH + CJH

Mission to Korea + Fall Vacation, Day 10.

• Day 1 (8.290 Pleurogrammus Aonus)
• Day 2 (8.291 Ojingeo Sundae)
• Day 3 (8.292 Grilled Lamb)
• Day 4 (8.293 Grilled Fish)
• Day 5 (8.294 Raclette)
• Day 6 (8.295 Osam Bul)
• Day 7 (8.296 Mul Naeng Myeon)
• Day 8 (8.297 Octopus Abalone Ramyeon)
• Day 9 (8.298 Skirt)

In Seoul.  Here, initially, to coordinate the Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting for National Ethics/Bioethics Committees (AP-NEC), which WHO co-organized in collaboration with the National Bioethics Committee of Korea (KNBC) last week.  Staying on through the end of next week on an extended holiday with the family.

Sekkosi is a Korean dish.  Raw fish, typically small/baby white fish, chopped into pieces, along with the bones, topped with chili paste and aromatics, then wrapped in lettuce, seaweed.  While the term sounds Japanese, I am unaware of such a dish in Japanese cuisine.

The fish here was utterly flavorless – not that flavor matters much in the Korean tradition, which drowns the fish with all the dips and toppings – but I prefer to eat the fish in a simpler fashion, with a touch of soy sauce and wasabi – sorta Japanese style.

(See also GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)

(See also RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)