Smart Eating Street Food Südkorea Englisch
In the fourth issue of Smart Eating, we focus on the topic of street food. Street food is often too greasy, too carbohydrate-heavy and has too little fibre. We have made it our mission to cook popular Korean street food in a healthy way.
In the fourth issue of Smart Eating, we focus on the topic of street food. Street food is often too greasy, too carbohydrate-heavy and has too little fibre. We have made it our mission to cook popular Korean street food in a healthy way.
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35<br />
JJIMJILBANG<br />
RELAXING KOREAN-STYLE<br />
While the word may be hard to pronounce, the concept<br />
is easy to love. A jjimjilbang is a Korean<br />
bathhouse. It's something of a mixture between a<br />
Turkish hammam, a Finnish sauna, and Japanese onsen<br />
(hot springs). And since Koreans are never ones for<br />
half measures, a trip to a Korean bathhouse is an<br />
unforgettable experience.<br />
relax<br />
TIME TO<br />
In contrast to the hectic pace of everyday life,<br />
the ritual of bathing in Korea is properly celebrated.<br />
In these special bathhouses, there is a<br />
very specific order for treatments: you start in<br />
the hot tub or hot springs, allow yourself to be<br />
washed and scrubbed, then enjoy the steam<br />
baths and saunas. Unlike Finnish saunas, Korean<br />
saunas are not made of wood, but rather<br />
can be made of a variety of materials. For example,<br />
there are jade saunas (as pictured on<br />
the right), clay saunas, stone saunas and salt<br />
saunas. All are heated to different temperatures<br />
and promise a different healing effect.<br />
And, since bathing and steaming can work up<br />
an appetite, the bathhouses often have their<br />
own restaurants where people eat between<br />
treatments. Some even have cinemas, arcades<br />
or karaoke parlours for a bit of entertainment.<br />
Most bathhouses are open 24 hours a day,<br />
and many people choose to spend the night<br />
there. Yes, correct you can sleep there too.<br />
Night-time entry costs a maximum of CHF 10,<br />
which is much cheaper than a taxi ride home.<br />
You're not really friends until you've<br />
visited a jjimjilbang together.<br />
Korean proverb<br />
On the volcanic island of<br />
Jeju, south of the Korean<br />
Peninsula, there are sand<br />
saunas. Visitors can bury<br />
themselves in the sand on<br />
the beaches and enjoy the<br />
natural volcanic warmth.<br />
Images: Dragon Hill Spa, earthmaho.
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