A new TV show is on the rise these days with “Soo-mi’s Side Dishes”. In this cooking show, actress Kim Soo-mi shows famous celebrity chefs how to make delicious traditional Korean dishes. The recent show spotlights Seoul old-school style Bulgogi. Bulgogi is often enjoyed over a BBQ or pan fried but ...
“My Ugly Duckling” Korean Spicy Chicken Over Rice
My Ugly Duckling is currently a very popular reality-like show in Korea where celebrities’ moms observe and add commentary as they watch footage of their sons' daily activities. The famous son’s daily lives are captured and then the moms and hosts watch it together like their watching a YouTube ...
Spicy Korean Braised Pork Ribs (Galbi Bokkeum Tang) – Baek Jong Won
Work has been super busy the last few weeks so I’ve wanted quicker meals but then again, my husband has also been even busier with lack of sleep and skipped lunches so I want him to have a good home cooked meal for dinner. I am not trying to be old fashion with being the wife that makes warm dinners ...
Left Over Fried Chicken Over Rice
A few nights ago, we went out for some delicious Korean fried chicken with a few friends in downtown Boston and had an amazing night! We were starving, so naturally our eyes were much bigger than our stomachs and we ended up ordering an abundance of appetizers, entrees and also 36 jumbo wings for ...
Newlyweds Diary: Ku Hye-Sun Sandwich
It's always totally fun to watch when two celebrities date, get married and/or go through a horrific break-up i.e. Brangelina, Bieber & Selena, Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise and so many more I can think of (that are totally old school). What’s more fun is when it’s on TV - remember Nick Lachey ...
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 ...
Korean Actor Cha Seung Won’s Spicy Pork Stir-fry
Cooking shows galore! They have really taken off over the past few years in Korea with so many cooking tutorial shows, cooking game shows, nutrition shows, restaurant touring shows and the list goes on. Being a chef in Korea was not a career that was looked highly upon but the view has changed ...
Braised Pork Ribs with Kimchi
After all of the luscious, waist expanding delicious sweets, it's time for some spiciness to balance it all! It's also cold (freezing) here in the northeast and winter is here to stay. It's not really welcome to stay but I don't think winter will be leaving for a few months, so, might as well ...
Bulgogi Spaghetti Aglio Olio
Classic east meets classic west. So, to start off, I'll say I'm not the biggest fan of Korean bulgogi or Italian pasta. I love eating Korean BBQ with my friends and family but bulgogi, a classic Korean BBQ meat, is not my favorite. Bulgogi, though is more traditional, is approachable to non-Koreans ...