their numbers increasing because of tech jobs in ncr koreans in gurugram have come together to craft a home away from home the communitys presence has in turn enriched the citys culture of diversity and expanded its palette find sakshi virmani sharad kohli kim jin bum 39 the son of a diplomat lived in delhi for eight years and moved to golf course road in gurugram only recently he likes how the millennium city is shaping and how it offers the best of urban conveniences and diversions still he wants his kids a son 6 and a daughter 4 both students of the british school to remember their mother tongue problem is they speak more english and hindi than korean at home i force them to speak korean because otherwise they will forget the language he says half in jest kimchi the renowned korean staplemy children are happy but my wife is still missing homeaccording to latest gurugram police data koreans make up the largest expat community in the city 2906 ahead of the japanese and chinese employees of samsung and other korean mncs based out of ncr make up a big chunk of these numberskim has spent 13 years in india but his relationship with the country goes back to his student days at ramjas college where he studied economics at that time india was an emerging market so i thought why dont we stay here he told us in his restaurant gung the palaceat this sector 29 eatery which has played a big role in introducing indians to korean cuisine it has three outlets in delhincr and one in neemrana one can enjoy classics like bibimbap japchae and bulgogi bibimbap isarguably koreas most populardish a comfort food made up of white rice topped with vegetables meat and a whole egg fried or raw bulgogi consists of marinated strips of meat cooked on a barbecue while japchae is a meal of stirfried glass noodles served alongside vegetables andor meatevery table comes with a barbecue brought over from korea and kim says that his indians customers come because of this feature they can see the ingredients being grilled and they can also do a bit of grilling themselves he explainsso its not just kims fellow koreans who frequent gung in the delhi branch 6070 of our customers are indian here in gurugram we get more japanese in neemrana the clientele is 100 japanese and in noida because of the presence of samsung our customers are mainly koreansgreen green grass of homegolf in korea was just another sport before seri paks breakout victory in the 1998 ladies professional golf association lpga championship the first by any native of this east asian nation man or woman heralded the start of a revolution today the games an intrinsic part of the korean identitykim also likes his golf teeing it up on weekends at classic golf resort or golden greens we can play in 40 degrees c