What an odd name, “ang butter”? Question to myself when I kept seeing photos of this dessert flavor combo. Ang = short for “anko” which refers to sweet red bean paste, often made by boiling the red beans and mashing or grinding them with honey or sugar added. Butter = well, we know what that ...
Soondubu Jjigae (Korean Tofu Stew)
This stew almost killed my cooking spree when I first started getting into the kitchen. My mom’s soondubu and the Korean restaurant soondubu’s taste very different from each other. But, the recipes I tried to make came nothing close to either! Many recipes use Kimchi to enhance (and cheat) ...
Korean Oyster Pancake (Gul Jeon) – Baek Jong Won
Plump pan-fried battered oysters that are lightly crisp but juicy and flavorful in just a couple of minutes. Oysters in the states are sold by the oyster, but in Korea, they’re super cheap, pre-shucked and sold by weight and enjoyed abundantly in soups, stews, side-dishes and more! In ...
Earl Grey Olive Oil Pound Cake
Earl grey flavored desserts and baked goods are very abundant and popular in Asia but, in the US, they’re rarer. I never really thought about it too much when I saw the recipes on a lot of Korean blogs because I couldn’t imagine the flavor. So, nah. I became enlightened two winters ago on a trip to ...
Crispy Fried Shrimp Burger
There's a lot of things I miss about our recent (long) vacation to Korea and Japan - a lot - but one thing I was really missing and craving recently was the shrimp burgers! These little burgers were on commercials, posters and billboards from every fast food restaurant. They were everywhere - even ...
LA Chapssaltteok (LA Sticky Rice Cake)
Last week was Chuseok in Korea - or "Korean Thanksgiving" if you will. In Korea, this is one of the largest holidays and probably also one of the most horrific traffic days of the year. During this time families get together and eat lots of really great fancy foods, pay respect to elders ...