Food Safari ventures into the beautifully healthy world of Korean food, full of colour and surprises. Martial arts champion and top Adelaide chef Chung Jae Lee of Mapo restaurant reveals the basic ingredients needed for his cuisine amongst the Korean grocery stores and the fruit and vegetable stalls of Adelaide's vibrant Central Market.

He cooks up a simple delicious bulgogi - a beloved marinated beef dish eaten rolled up in lettuce leaves. Chris Kang explains Korean people's devotion to the fermented vegetable kimchi and explains how his grandmother has been making it since she arrived in Australia. Suzannah Kim who cooks every day in her restaurant in Sydney's Little Korea in Campsie whips up a traditional favourite easy enough to make at home - a rice, vegetable and beef dish called bibimbap.

Maeve visits her friend Joo Kim who has been making tofu for many years and joins the elegant Yuni Choi for some lessons in how to eat Korean food at a traditional BBQ restaurant and not look silly. We finish at a rice cake factory and see how stone-ground rice is steamed with a variety of fillings including nuts, beans and herbs to make the soft low fat cakes that are prized for festivals and special occasions.

Featured Businesses

Bakehouse Garden Korean BBQ
Shop 4
9-11 George St
North Strathfield NSW 2137
(02) 8746 0299

Doorae Restaurant
Ground Floor
209 Clarence St
Sydney NSW 2000
(02) 9290 1004

Jang Won Korean restaurant
Shop 1 13 Anglo Rd
Campsie NSW 2194
(02) 9718 0010

Kim Tofu
64 South St
Rydalmere NSW 2116
(02) 9638 1807

Koreana Mart
Shop 4 & 5 Market Plaza
61-63 Grote St
Adelaide SA 5000

Mapo Restaurant
113 Gouger St
Adelaide SA 5000
(08) 8211 6042

Pal-Do Kim-Chi
398 Canterbury Rd
Canterbury NSW 2193

Seoul Meat Market
5/124 Rowe St
Eastwood NSW
(02) 9874 5882

Sydney Madang Restaurant
371A Pitt St
Sydney NSW 2000
(02) 9264 7011

Lotte Rice Cake
745 Canterbury Rd
Belmore NSW 2192