Unboxing: BTS Recipe Book

The second BTS release with Cake, HYBE's education sector, is a 252-page hardcover cookbook aptly named BTS Recipe Book. It is available in two versions — Global and Japanese. The Global version includes both English and Korean, which is the edition that is featured in this post. The Global version has a kelly green cover with the title, "BTS Recipe Book," printed in metallic silver. It is available on Weverse Shop for $29.72 USD or ₩32,000.

BTS Recipe Book — Front
BTS Recipe Book — Front and Back
BTS Recipe Book — Introduction

For those who may not know, BTS has done a lot of cooking on camera, from Bon Voyage to Run BTS! to In the Soop. This whole book was based on J-Hope's question to the members on a particularly rainy day on In the Soop: "Should we have some pajeon today?" In Korea, pajeon, or scallion pancake, is the go-to food when it rains, but international ARMY may not know the significance of this, and this line of thought is what brought about the creation of the BTS Recipe Book.

BTS Recipe Book — Table of Contents

This cookbook includes a total of 15 recipes across 5 sections: 

1. For a Simple Pick-Me-Up

• Kimchi-bokkeumbap (Kimchi Fried Rice)
• Janchi-guksu (Banquet Noodles)
• Budae-jjigae (Spicy Sausage Stew)

2. When It Rains

• Pajeon (Scallion Pancake)
• Sujebi (Hand-Pulled Dough Soup)
• Dak-bokkeumtang (Spicy Chicken Stew)

3. When Feeling Peckish

• Nurungji-gwaja (Scorched Rice Crackers)
• Bungeobbang (Carp-Shaped Red Bean Pastry)
• Hotteok (Sugar-Filled Griddle Cakes)

4. Scrumptious Late-Night Snacks

• Chikin (Korean Fried Chicken)
• Tteokbokki (Spicy Rice Cakes)
• Ramyeon (Korean Instant Noodles)

5. When You need a Boost

• Suyuk (Boiled Sliced Pork)
• Samgyetang (Ginseng Chicken Soup)
• Galbijjim (Braised Beef Ribs)

The book states that "the recipes in the BTS Recipe Book are based on the actual recipes used by BTS, while the specific measurements, ingredients, and preparation steps were finalized after consulting with culinary experts."

BTS Recipe Book — BTS' Kitchen: Kitchenware
BTS Recipe Book — BTS' Kitchen: Basic Ingredients
BTS Recipe Book — Basic Preparations
BTS Recipe Book — Group Photo

Aside from the recipes themselves, the book includes a section called "BTS' Kitchen" that features kitchenware, basic ingredients, and measurements needed for all the recipes in the book; and a section called "Basic Preparations," which features how to make the basic foundations of most of the recipes (e.g. rice and broths).

BTS Recipe Book — Chapter Recipes Introduction
BTS Recipe Book — Recipe Introduction
BTS Recipe Book — Recipe Ingredients
BTS Recipe Book — Recipe Preparations
BTS Recipe Book — Recipe: BTS' Choice
BTS Recipe Book — Individual Member Photos

Each chapter has an introduction page with lyrics from a corresponding BTS song (e.g. the chapter, "When It Rains," includes the lyrics from BTS' song, "Rain"), and a recipe introduction page that lists the key features and preparation difficulty of each recipe in the chapter. Each recipe includes detailed descriptions and explanations of what BTS said and did when they were cooking and eating it, a list of the ingredients (and alternative ingredients) with the exact quantities given in two different measurements, a QR code that links a video that shows all the preparation steps, every preparation step in chronological order (that also includes a visual reference for ingredient length as well as tips for best results), and a section of each BTS member's preference for eating it.

Oh, and of course, there are lots of photos of BTS cooking and eating peppered throughout the book. BECAUSE IT ALL COMES BACK TO BTS. 

BTS Recipe Book — Special Gift (Magnetic Frame)

A little bonus gift — a mini magnetic photo frame — is included to showcase photos of your cooking skills (or lack thereof). 

This cookbook was created for ARMY like me, who watches all this content of BTS eating and cooking, and ends up just drooling and hungry and wanting to re-create the dishes at home but is far too lazy to actually look up recipes. I didn't know I needed this until they announced its release. Anyway, guess I'll be making a trip to the Asian supermarket this weekend...