Understanding Kdrama: Seaweed Soup and Tofu For Ex-Cons

There are a few culinary customs that come up a lot in Kdramas. Maybe the most famous one is seaweed soup, which is traditionally eaten on your birthday.

You may remember that Park Shin Hye bought some seaweed soup or miyeok guk for Jang Geun Suk in "You're Beautiful." But he couldn't eat it since he was allergic to sesame oil.

In "I Hear Your Voice," Kim Hae Sook made killer Jung Woong In some seaweed soup for his birthday. Occasionally a character will pretend that a person made them seaweed soup because they like people to think someone cares about them.

The Korean tradition of eating seaweed soup on your birthday is supposed to remind a person of the day they were born.

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