Pukyong National University

'Hot issue', 'Busan seafood restaurant guide written by 'food lover + marine biologist'
Huh Seong-hoe, the professor of PKNU, 「The story of seafood restaurants in Busan and marine life」

'From the sliced raw flatfish to the spicy sea-anemone stew (Maeun-tang), the representative seafood dishes of Busan, a paradise for seafood cuisine, gathered all together.'

A book 'The famous restaurants of Busan' by the food lover professor who has a hobby of searching for plain and healthy food while teaching and studying biology in university, is a hot topic.

△ Professor Huh Seong-hoe is laughing with a book. ⓒ Photo Lee Sung-jae (PR team)

In this book, whose overline is 'Holy land of seafood cuisine - Essential Reading of Travel to Busan', professor Huh introduces 51 kinds of seafood dishes from 172 restaurants where he visited and tasted directly in Busan.
This book emphasizes that 'It tastes good as much as you know', and it is characterized by the fact that Professor Huh introduces Busan's seafood restaurants, which he has been searching for over 30 years, and introduces the seafood, which is the food of the restaurant, in an easy-to-understand and interesting way.

There are 8 kinds of seafood such as sea eel, mollusks such as abalone and Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea), crustaceans such as crab and shrimp, echinophytes such as sea urchin, and cnidarian such as sea-anemone. After that, the book introduces the flavor according to each cooking type such as sashimi, grilled, steamed, hot water, and stir-fried in each major category together with the restaurant, so that we can grasp the status of the seafood cooking of Busan at the same time.

Professor Huh said, "Busan has more than 2,000 seafood restaurants. The place where seafood dishes are developed to be called as No. 1 spot of Korean seafood. " and he added, "I hope that this book will serve as a guide to introduce not only Busan but also a real Busan seafood to visitors who are looking for Busan and to find the restaurants they want.",

Meanwhile, professor Huh is called as a warm-hearted food lover from the people around. In 1984, he was appointed Professor of Oceanography at Pukyong National University. He saved 200,000won per month from his monthly salary and collected the scholarship award for academic achievements. He has donated 200 million won worth of scholarship funds to help his disciples who are in need. <Pukyong Today>