A couple years ago, my husband and I traveled across multiple states in the US while he was interviewing for residency spots. We turned his “school” travel into something fun! One of the cities he interviewed in was LA. There was no problem in trying to find things to do with him and to fill my time ...
Kang’s Kitchen Omurice (Omelette Rice)
Omurice is a fried rice often sauced in a ketchup base and topped with a fluffy egg. It's a simple fusion dish that combines Asian flavors with a Western twist. When I was a kid, my mom used to make me fried rice topped with a egg and a ketchup smiley face or heart decorated on the egg. Today’s ...
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 ...
Baek Jong Won’s Donkkaseu (Tonkatsu)
I’m back with another Korean celebrity chef Baek Jong Won’s recipes: Donkkaseu! (or the sauce is his famous part). It’s an iteration of Japanese tonkatsu or European schnitzel which is essentially fried breaded pork cutlet. There’s many ways to enjoy this dish but most simply and often it’s served ...
Cranberry Filled Moist Cake
I started writing this post 3 times and never made it through the food coma of luscious food throughout the holiday season. It's all now passed and I made this cake weeks ago for a Holiday brunch so a bit too late to make this for Christmas but it's a wonderfully light and airy cake with a sweet and ...
Korean Sweet Potato Tart (Goguma Tart)
One of my favorite foods in the winter is Korean sweet potatoes (goguma 고구마). Sweet potatoes often found and used in Korean recipes are different from the ones we find most common here in the States. There are two main Korean varieties - mul goguma and bam goguma. Mul goguma is more pale yellow in ...
Cream Filled Castella Cake
Castella is a popular spongecake like bread in Korea. It was originally brought to Japan in the 16th century from Portuguese and the popularity has since then spread to Korea. It has a darkened top and bottom but a light and sponge-y center. I didn't grow up eating this cake but have enjoyed it ...
Spicy Carbonara Tteokbokki
Some days you lay in bed for hours in the morning before finally crawling out to eat a late brunch and roll around on the sofa watching TV shows that are no good for your brain until you realize that it's suddenly late and you're hungry again. This is what I call a lazy Sunday which occurred this ...
Baked Crispy Korean Style Honey Butter Wings
Honey butter chips were all the craze in 2015 in Korea. People were going crazy over it, I mean these chips were flying off the walls! This craze even has it's own wiki page; that's when you know it's super important. Remember I noted that I'm a little behind on these fads? I've never actually ...