Instant noodles is not something our family ate often growing up. While it’s something that many Korean families eat once, twice, or thrice a week - my mom deemed it unhealthy and it was only a “treat”given to us every so often. So, that means, I don't actually crave for ramyun like some of my ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Baek Jong Won’s Eggplant Rice (Gaji Bap)
A few weeks back, my brother sent our family a recipe and told us we MUST try it. Now, this is pretty out of the norm for my 30-something brother living the life out on the west coast. No, not out of the norm, a first ever? It must be an a-m-a-z-i-n-g dish?! This recipe actually went viral earlier ...
Baek Jong Won’s Spicy Red Pepper Potato Stew (Gochujang Jjigae)
I've really been devouring a lot of sweets recently - especially with the amount of baking that has been going on over labor day weekend (woohoo!) and the fact that our local ice cream shop that is just about a 2 minute walk away closes for the season after after Labor Day - meaning we were hitting ...