by Nicky | Feb 27, 2011 | Korean cooking, Korean restaurant, Noodles
A lot of people ask me my favourite Korean restaurant is in Singapore. My answer is not a Korean restaurant but a Korean/Chinese restaurant. I found a restaurant called “Dong bang Hong” by accident on Joo Chiat Road about two years ago when I moved to the...
by Nicky | Feb 23, 2011 | Gardening, Salad, Tomatoes
There have been a lot of activities in the balcony garden last two weeks. More seeds arrived from Korea and I have been busy planting. Now I have baby chicory, broccoli, kale, Chinese cabbage, red cabbage, and raddish. It should only take 2-3weeks to grow and I can...
by Nicky | Feb 20, 2011 | Baking, Desserts, Korean cooking
For my birthday present, I received an interesting book which illustrates how some Korean and western food originated. Translated, the tittle of the book is: “Even the golf fish bun has a family tree”. It basically means, there is a story behind all types...
by Nicky | Feb 16, 2011 | Korean cooking, Noodles
When I am too lazy to cook and I don’t to want eat out, this is what I put together – Noodle salad with wasabi sauce. I chop up some lettuce, capsicums, cucumbers and sesame leaves and cook some buckwheat noodles. You can also use any other left over...
by Nicky | Feb 13, 2011 | Korean cooking, Korean cooking classes, Ttang - stew-jjige
Yesterday’s seafood silken tofu stew (he mul sun du bu jji ge – 해물 순두부) class was all about perfecting Korean stock and home made chilli oil. When the stock is made with fresh ingredients such as seafood, meat, vegetables or any combination, I find the...
