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 ...
Matcha Cheesecake Brownies
Some Fridays, after a long week of work I don’t want to go out and just want to cozy up in a warm sweater and have the smell of freshly baked goods fill the room. How about some warm matcha cheesecake brownies? Subtle matcha flavor with some deep fudgy chocolatey goodness. Pretty simple too without ...
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 ...
Gooey Nutella Tart
Call me crazy but I'm not the biggest nutella fan. I don't dislike it, that would be really crazy but I don't go gaga over it like a lot of people! (I still love rocher ferrero though but probably more for the crispy texture). My first taste of nutella was when my brother brought some home from his ...
Moist Korean Sweet Potato Bread
Did I already mention that Korean sweet potatoes (goguma in Korean) are one of my favorite foods to eat in the winter? When I visited home for Thanksgiving my mom stocked up on gogumas for me to steam in the microwave and roast in the oven. Just to emphasize how much I love these purple ...
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 ...
Korean Sweet Pumpkin Pound Cake (Kabocha Pound Cake)
It's fall! and everyone is cooking up orange pumpkins in their kitchen but I am in my corner cooking kabocha squashes and Korean sweet potatoes. I love these two ingredients all year round but they are the star in the cold months. I've been experimenting here and there with these two and today's ...
Moist Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
A few weeks back, I baked an unmemorable pumpkin muffin or in my opinion a not so good pumpkin muffin but my husband noted, these aren't bad, they have the spice scent of carrot cake and I like carrot cake. Was he hinting that he wanted carrot cake? No, probably not, he's not good with secret ...
Crunchy and Soft Cream Puffs
Can we please talk about these cream puffs? They are really good. My official taste tester is really happy about them too! Crunchy on the outside and sweet cream on the inside. They are really good. All the cream puffs I've tried have been delicious puffs filled with a cream but ...