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A Plate & A Glass

Songi Bap

송이밥
Song-i Bap

Pine-mushroom rice, the forest jewel

About the dish

Songi bap lays autumn's most treasured mushroom over rice as it cooks, letting the subtle pine fragrance seep into every grain. Mixed at the table with seasoned soy sauce, it's a small autumn luxury that delivers the songi's aroma and flavor whole.

Key ingredient

Pine mushroom (songi) — autumn's most prized mushroom, famed for its distinctive fragrance; rich in fiber for gut health and help maintain healthy cholesterol levels, and noted for wellness-supporting and immune benefits. Autumn season, mainly from Yangyang & Bonghwa.

Ingredients

Main: rice, pine mushrooms, beef (optional) · Seasoning: seasoning sauce (soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds)

Simple recipe

  1. Slice the pine mushrooms thickly along the grain.
  2. Lay them over soaked rice and cook.
  3. Let the rice steam through.
  4. Make the seasoned soy sauce.
  5. Mix gently and serve with the songi fragrance intact.

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A Glass · Traditional pairing

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Nongeophoesabeobin㈜hwacheonjuga · Gangwon · ABV 25%

Bukhangang25 (Nongeophoesabeobin㈜hwacheonjuga, Gangwon) — a cloudy rice makgeolli at 25% ABV, chosen to pair with today's dish.

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