In a cozy Itaewon studio, you taste 'jang', the fermented sauces at the base of Korean cooking, and cook with them in this 2-hour class. You try five traditional sauces, doenjang, soy sauce, gochujang, ssamjang and chojang, and learn about a jang culture that goes back more than 1,000 years. The class also includes a sauce blind test and making your own jang. Then you cook two signature dishes with these sauces and enjoy a meal together. The class is taught in English or Korean and is limited to 4 participants.

Taste and cook with Korean fermented sauces
in an Itaewon studio

In this 2-hour class you taste 'jang', the fermented sauces at the base of Korean cooking, and cook with them. You try five traditional sauces, doenjang, soy sauce, gochujang, ssamjang and chojang, then make two signature dishes with them and eat together. The class takes place in the cozy K-Harmony studio in Itaewon, is taught in English or Korean, and is limited to 4 participants.

Taste 5 traditional sauces and hear the story of jang

You taste doenjang, soy sauce, gochujang, ssamjang and chojang in turn, take a sauce blind test and make your own jang. You also learn how beans become meju, what the traditional jangdok jar is for, why fermentation matters to Korean health and daily life, and the history of a jang culture over 1,000 years old.

Cook 2 signature dishes with jang

Using the sauces you learned about, you choose and cook 2 signature dishes. For example, you can make gochujang-based pork stir-fry or doenjang stew. You learn not only how to cook Korean food but also why it tastes the way it does.

Share the meal you cooked

After cooking, you eat a group meal that includes the dishes you made. You also hear about Korean dining etiquette and can drink free bottled water or traditional Korean tea. You take home a recipe booklet (digital or printed).

• Please check your mobile voucher by email or in the WAUG app.

• Come to the K-Harmony studio in Itaewon at your booked start time to begin the class.

• Valid only on the date and time you selected.

Meeting point:
K-Harmony
28 Itaewon-ro 23-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul

Meeting point guide:
The class takes place at the K-Harmony studio in Itaewon. The start time is the one you selected when booking.

Cancellation and refund

• Cancel at least 24 hours before the activity date for a full refund.

About the class

• This is a small-group class of about 2 hours, limited to 4 participants.

• The instructor speaks English and Korean.

• You choose the 2 dishes from signature dishes that use jang, for example gochujang pork stir-fry and doenjang stew.

• Round-trip transportation to the studio is not included.