North Korean Cooking Class with Defector: Food & Personal Stories

Name: North Korean Cooking Class with Defector: Food & Personal Stories
Start: 2026-08-22T17:00:00Z
Location: Seoul

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US$53.11 per guest

Adult x1

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Earliest available date: August 22, 2026

Free cancellation (24 hours notice)

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Summary

Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

Where to Meet

Location

Seoul

Duration

3 hours

Number of Guests

1 - 10 guests

Language

English, Korean

Digital Ticket

Mobile or paper ticket accepted

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Meet Chef Se eun Choi, who was born and raised in North Korea before starting a new life in South Korea from 2017.

She now shares the stories, culture, and everyday life of her homeland through food, creating meaningful cultural exchange through cooking.

After graduating from the Department of Culinary Arts in Seoul and gaining experience in restaurants and hotels, she presents North Korean cuisine in a warm, approachable, and modern way.

This unique cooking class is more than just making food. Together, you will learn to cook authentic N Korean street foods while hearing personal stories about life in North Korea, her journey to South Korea, and the deeper meaning behind each dish.

It is a rare opportunity to understand a divided nation through taste, conversation, and human connection.

Sample Menu

MAIN

InjoGogi (Soybean meat dish)

This is one of North Korea’s most famous street foods. It was soy-based meat and filled it with rice.

MAIN

DubuBap(Fried tofu pockets)

DubuBap is a popular North Korean street food made by filling fried tofu with rice and dipping it with sauce.

What You Get

Carbonated beverages

Soda/Pop

Meals

Good To Know

To run the cooking class, a minimum of 4 participants is required.
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

Join a North Korean defector chef and learn how to make one of North Korea’s most famous street foods (vegan and vegetarian friendly). We will make two of the most famous foods that were widely eaten during the famine of the 1990s. Created with very simple ingredients, these dishes are paradoxically eco-friendly and healthy. They contain no animal products and use only minimal sugar. Discover the stories behind the food and experience the history and resilience they represent. While cooking together, you will hear stories about everyday life in North Korea and the meaning behind the food. You will also have the rare opportunity to hear her personal story about life in North Korea and her journey to freedom.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

스튜디오 하루, Seoul, South Korea, KR, 04087

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How to Get Here! [Studio Haru] - By Subway: Take Line 6 to Gwangheungchang Station and exit through Exit 1. Walk for about 1 minute to the right, and you will find Studio Haru on the basement level (B1).

End Point