Korean recipes
A long time promised – and finally here it is! Our recipe for japchae, a magnificently multi-coloured noodle salad dish that is a must-have on any celebratory table. Though, like many Korean recipes, it is quite time-consuming, this extremely fragrant and flavoursome dish is well worth the time and effort it requires, and is guaranteed [...]
Happy new year, everybody!
You may think that my greetings are either too late or too early, but you’re only correct if you guessed the latter! For those who aren’t aware, it is the first day of the new Lunar year on this coming Thursday, so at this stage, Korean families all over the world are [...]
Finally.
Here it is.
What so many of you have requested and been waiting for.
Mother’s bulgogi (Korean bbq beef) recipe.
Let me tell you something about my mother’s cooking. There is no binder of recipes, no handwritten notations, no secret stash of recipe cards like some of your mothers have so thoughtfully kept and which you hope to [...]
Meat and potatoes. A combination seen in many/most cultures, it’s a combination with infinite reincarnations from the most run of the mill burger ‘n fries to Shepard’s pie or even a hearty Irish stew! Regardless the dish, this combination of protein and carbs usually signifies comfort food – hearty, stick-to-your-ribs fare that’ll fill you up [...]
This may look like sushi, but let me tell you that that’s about as far as the resemblence to Japanese maki sushi goes. The flavours and aromas that are a part of kimbap (a literal translation of the word – ‘kim’ = nori sheets, ‘bap’ = rice) are very very different, making this version from [...]
