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Brew some healthy barley tea with you and My Korean Kitchen, American-style biscuits and gravy arrive in Apgujeong, The Korea Herald makes Tonkatsu (Korean-style fried pork cutlet), and learn how Seoul has managed to reduce its food waste by 10%.

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"KOREAN BARLEY TEA (BORICHA)"

Korean barley tea is packed with health benefits; it can, for example, can help control blood sugar levels, assist with weight loss and digestion, and it's caffeine-free! The drink (which is called "mugicha" in Japan) is made from just roasted barley and water-simple-and it's the perfect cooler to help you beat the summer heat. In this post on My Korean Kitchen, Sue gives us some background on 'boricha' before presenting her simple steps for making it. Enjoy...

...READ ON MY KOREAN KITCHEN

"Buttermilk Biscuit Co. brings Southern-style eats to Seoul"

After munching on biscuits and gravy in Virginia, USA, Kwon Yong-ki and his brother decided they had an idea for their new restaurant in Seoul. "After much experimenting, the brothers and their team settled on a variation that is sweeter, fluffier and less sour than the ones they ate in Virginia". You can visit their shop, the "Buttermilk Biscuit Co"., which has been open since April, in Sinsa-dong in Apgujeong.

...READ ON THE KOREA HERALD

"[Home Cooking] Tonkatsu (Fried pork cutlet)"

The Korea Herald has a useful "Home Cooking" section that features great recipes from Korean Bapsang that you'll definitely want to try your hand at. This week you can learn how to make Tonkatsu, "a panko breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet". This popular dish first made its way to Korea via Japan, who themselves adopted it from the West. "Koreans typically make tonkatsu thinner and larger than the Japanese version, but it's up to you how thin you want to make it".

...READ ON THE KOREA HERALD

"How South Korea Reduced Food Waste By 300 TONS a Day"

Seoul has invested in food disposal technologies, social campaigns and policies that have helped to reduce the capital's waste by around 10%, or around 300 tons a day! "Let us find the way to save money, also to reduce pollution, and eventually to find a way to recycle the waste", Han Sung-hyun from Seoul's Environmental Management Division. The organisation is targeting a further 30% reduction in the city's food waste in the next four years.

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