Seoul Gyeongbokgung Kimchi Cooking Class - 4 Kimchi Tastings and Makgeolli Pairing

Taste and cook kimchi at a studio
near Gyeongbokgung Palace

Taste four kinds of kimchi with a sommelier host and cook dishes made with kimchi yourself. You sit down together to eat what you made, paired with makgeolli chosen by the host. The class is taught in English in a small group of up to 6 and takes about 2 hours.

Learn the flavors of four kimchi

The host, a certified sommelier who used to run a wine bar, lets you taste baechu kimchi, white kimchi, kkakdugi, and mustard leaf kimchi one by one. You learn how ingredients, fermentation time, and regional traditions change the taste and aroma, and when Koreans eat kimchi.

Cook three kimchi dishes yourself

Move to the kitchen and cook kimchi dishes such as kimchi pancake, white kimchi noodles, and radish and bacon fried rice with fresh seasonal ingredients. While you cook, the host shares cooking techniques, cultural stories, and tips you can use at home. Participants decide which dishes to learn, and they may vary slightly depending on the number of participants.

Enjoy a full table with makgeolli

Sit around the table and share everything you made. You can also taste the aged kimchi and braised pork belly that the host prepared in advance, paired with makgeolli chosen by the sommelier to match the dishes.

※ Children under 18 cannot take part.