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Overseas netizens personally recreate gochujang butter bibimbap and leave tasting reviews

 

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Overseas social media video showing how Gochujang Butter Bibimbap is made

 

The Korean drama 'The Tyrant's Chef,' which ended at the end of last month, is reportedly attracting great attention from overseas netizens thanks to the 'Gochujang Butter Bibimbap' featured in the show. Netizens are recreating the gochujang butter bibimbap directly through social media (SNS), and foreign media are also rushing to share reviews. Hong Kong lifestyle media outlet 'Prestige' recently praised the gochujang butter bibimbap in an article about the tyrant chef, calling it "a taste that even the king would cry over." The outlet stated, "The tyrannical chef   Another K-drama that quickly gained a fanbase," and added, "To create this series, the production team collaborated with Michelin-starred chefs and used the expertise of royal court cuisine experts to verify the accuracy of the dishes." Prestige highlighted several dishes reinterpreted in Korean ways by the drama, among which Gochujang Butter Bibimbap was described as "a dish made with gochujang and golden-baked butter," adding, "It was rare in the Joseon Dynasty, but now it has become a core flavor of Korean cuisine." Gochujang butter bibimbap is a dish made by the main character, Yeon Ji-young (played by Im Yoon-ah), who meets King Lee Heon (played by Lee Chae-min) for the first time in the drama. It is similar to regular bibimbap but features 'brown butter' made by melting butter instead of sesame oil. This The dish has become a hot topic not only domestically but also overseas, with videos of people making and tasting gochujang butter bibimbap themselves on Instagram and other social media.