Korea loves its powerful flavors, and a strong player in the flavor field is garlic. This is why garlic appears in so many of the dishes served at the Old Village Korean Restaurant in Seattle. It gives a little extra kick to the entrees, a little extra taste to the kimchi, and, most importantly, it gives your body that little extra advantage it needs to stay happy and healthy long after you’ve finished your meal.
Indeed, garlic is an extremely healthy substance. Though many of the properties that were attributed to it in ancient times have been discredited, scientific evidence has shown that it may help lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, and act as a powerful antioxidant. Additionally, garlic can also serve as a natural, broad-spectrum antibiotic, and one that doesn’t appear to allow bacteria to develop a resistance to. This means that garlic can continue to defend your body against disease, even when pharmaceutical substances begin to fail!