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“My Favorite Indulgence: Steamed Snow Crab (대게찜)”

Snow crab dishLarge snow crab, or daege, is salted and steamed in a pot. Remove the crab shells and eat the crab meat with red chili paste with vinegar. A spoonful of the savory and sweet crab meat will please your palate. Uljin and Yeongdeok of Gyeongsangbuk-do are known for quality snow crabs. The word daege is a combined word of dae (meaning bamboo) and ge (crab) since the crab legs resemble bamboo trees.

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