Rice, Noodles, Pasta & Grains
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 [...]
If you hadn’t guessed by now, I have a bit of a confession to make. I’m really not much for eating out. Oh sure, I am a regular at many cafes around town, but that is for rarely more than the odd breakfast, copious pots of tea and the occasional unbaked dessert. The reason for [...]
When you talk to people about Korean food, there are some dishes that you would expect them to know about, such as kimchi, bulgogi and galbi. However, with the increasing interest in Korean cuisine and number of Korean eateries and grocery stores popping up all over the place, other dishes are beginning to increase in [...]
Sometimes I get into a mindset where I cannot be bothered doing anything - forget cooking, forget washing the dishes, you can even forget about me changing out of my jam-jams! All I want to do is read/watch movies, or if the weather is fine, swing in my hammock and watch the clouds roll over [...]
Buckwheat is one of those foodstuffs which is sorely unappreciated. It doesn’t appear on too many menus or as a featured ingredient, and most people mistakenly think of it as just another grain. In terms of the botanical, buckwheat is actually a fruit though often referred to as a ‘pseudograin’ because of it’s grain-like qualities. [...]
