I think hobakjuk is usually not restaurant food--at least, I haven't seen it on menus, whether in US or Germany. It's humble home food :) and yes, I do find it comforting in season....
(Kabocha = hobak (same word with different phonemes, borrowed in like cheese = Käse, which is ultimately from Latin) came to the so-called Far East with Portuguese traders, via Cambodia--though like all "winter squash" varieties, ultimately it's a Central American domesticate. :D I love quirks of food history almost as much as food.)
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Date: 2017-10-24 03:39 am (UTC)(Kabocha = hobak (same word with different phonemes, borrowed in like cheese = Käse, which is ultimately from Latin) came to the so-called Far East with Portuguese traders, via Cambodia--though like all "winter squash" varieties, ultimately it's a Central American domesticate. :D I love quirks of food history almost as much as food.)