About once a month this year, the back kitchen of Remy’s Lounge in downtown Durham has been taken over by Dosirak Durham, a Korean food pop-up. One evening in mid-April, it inhabited pots of tteokbokki (chewy rice cakes in a spicy sauce), sotteok (skewers of saucy sausage and rice cakes), soondae (blood sausage with glass noodles), and corn cheese dip. There were also triangle kimbap wrapped in plastic and a stack of cup ramen at the bar’s takeout window.
In the middle of all this bustle was Durham resident Kristine Suh and her partner Andrew Mehring, who were moving quickly to serve a growing line of customers.
“It’s honestly a lot of fun to see people enjoy the food I grew up with, that I grew up loving,” Suh said. “Being able to give people the experience of Korean cooking and cuisine just fills my heart.”…