A rendition of Korean Street Toast with a special twist. Enjoy this sweet and salty simple egg omelette, creamy cabbage, and jam sandwiched between two fluffy buttered toasts. Cha Seung Won is a popular Korean actor who’s also been on various TV reality shows and gained popularity due to his ...
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) ...
Instant Pot Galbitang (Korean Beef Short Rib Soup)
After pilates class, I walk by a Whole Foods to get home and always stop in, even if I have absolutely no reason to do so! I just wander in and see if anything catches my eye or is on sale. Last week, I walked by the meat section and saw that short ribs were on sale for $5.99 a pound! That never ...
Seolleongtang (Korean Milky Beef Bone Soup)
A milky beef bone soup that is rich, creamy and amazing on it’s own or used as a base for Korean dishes to amplify their flavors. What is it? There’s a few types of beef bone soup in Korea: seolleongtang (설렁탕), gomtang (곰탕), and sagol (사골). The difference between the three are the types of ...
“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 ...
Inkigayo Sandwich (Korean Trendy Sandwich)
In the late 90s and early 2000s, I used to watch my fair share of weekly K-pop countdown shows. Unlike the US counterparts (i.e. TRL on MTV) many of the Korean countdown shows have survived the decades including a weekly show, “Inkigayo”. The show features the most popular songs in Korea for the ...