pinenut porridge

The restaurant serves Korean Court food at rather reasonable prices. For about $14 you can eat at the sumptuous buffet, choosing from more than a dozen exotic dishes such as pinenut porridge (chatchuk), bellflower root (toraji), and various beef, chicken and fish dishes.

1988 March 20, Don Weiss, Phyllis Wachob Weiss, “Five walking tours through the heart of Seoul”, in San Francisco Examiner, volume 1988, number 12, San Francisco, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page T-19, column 1

We were less fond of the pinenut porridge, but the platters of dainty bits of meat, fish and vegetables, arranged always with an eye to color and design, are fun to look at even if you don’t like everything on the plate.

1988 August 21, Don Weiss, Phyllis Wachob Weiss, “Seoul food: Beyond the kimchee barrier”, in San Francisco Examiner, volume 1988, number 34, →ISSN, →OCLC, page T-12, column 2

The lively 20-year-old internationally acclaimed musician, accompanied by her father Min-soo Chang, a violinist and music professor, dined on a variety of Korean specialties including pinenut porridge, stir-fried vegetables with noodles, kimshi^([sic]) and shinsun-ro, soup in a fairy stove.

2002 March 18, Margo Roston, “Authentic Russia on display at embassy”, in Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B2, columns 4–5