Archive for November, 2007
Those of you who know the Chinese black bean noodle dish ‘Zhajiang mian’ ( ) may look at this and think that it looks awfully familiar. And, in fact, you’d be right!
This, dear readers, is the Korean version of that well-known Chinese dish, with the almost exact name of ‘jja-jjang myun’ (). While the […]
“You know,” my mother mused aloud as she watched me frowning over a big metal bowl of dough, “most ‘ahjumas‘1 don’t even bother making this from scratch because the packet mix is so good…”
I grit my teeth. “Shut up, mom!”
Seemingly oblivious to my pained request that she stop rubbing it in, she continued with “I […]
Though it’s true that I’ve blogged these Korean savoury seafood pancakes before, it was in the early days of this blog when I didn’t have much of an audience, so I thought I’d write a new entry giving them the glory that they well and truly deserve.
Now this dish is by far one of my […]
Off the topic of food for a moment, those of my readers who are based in Australia - not that its possible to forget that we have an election this weekend with all the bloody self-promoting advertising at the moment, but please don’t forget to get to your local voting centre to place your vote […]
I’m sure anyone who’s a bit of a cake-baker knows this story - you’ve made a lovely little teacake or sponge to be enjoyed…and while it tastes marvelous, for some reason or another (perhaps, you’ve baked a sticky date cake which the family have been much more drawn too *cough cough*) there’s a few pieces […]
