by Nicky | Aug 25, 2010 | Korean BBQ, Korean cooking, Korean cooking classes, Side dishes
Korean BBQ must be one of the most loved dishes of visitors going to Korea. Korean BBQ dishes were high on the list of food to eat everytime I went to Korea with work colleagues. Those a little more daring tried the live octopus. I will leave this topic for next...
by Nicky | Aug 22, 2010 | Korean restaurant, Side dishes, Soup
I heard about a Korean restaurant called Gaia from a well known chef in Singapore. Apparently the owner is Korean and she is in the process of writing a Korean cook book. I though this might be the authentic Korean restaurant I have been looking for. Previously, it...
by Nicky | Aug 16, 2010 | Side dishes
Has anyone tried gol beng yi muchim (골뱅이 무침)? It’s a dish Koreans love eating when we are out at a pub drinking beer or soju. It’s very spicy and sour and quite a heavy dish when you are drinking but you soon get used to it. Other dishes we like eating...
by Nicky | Aug 13, 2010 | Noodles
Since my young radish kimchi neng myun (refer to 2 August blog) was such a success, I was determined to try other dishes that Koreans enjoy eating in summer to cool down. I spoke to my best friend in Seoul today and she told me it’s over 30’c, sounds not...
by Nicky | Aug 6, 2010 | Korean cooking, Korean restaurant, Side dishes, Soup
I don’t usually eat out to have Korean food as I can cook most of the dishes myself. I also found Korean food in Singapore is mostly modified to suit the locals so it is generally sweeter. There are a few dishes though that it’s difficult to replicate in...
by Nicky | Aug 2, 2010 | Kimchi, Korean cooking, Noodles
You may remember from my previous blog on the young radish kimchi I brought back from Sydney in June. I have literally been waiting by the fridge for it to turn sour so I can make radish kimchi neng myun(cold noodle). I finally made the neng myun over the weekend. I...
by Nicky | Jul 31, 2010 | Gardening
My first visit to Singapore Garden Festival at Suntec few weeks ago blew my mind away. There are so many ways of utilising small space such as vertival gardening to grow different herbs and vegetbles. I am into growing plants that are useful for cooking. I am not into...
by Nicky | Jul 26, 2010 | Bibimbap, Korean cooking
As some of you may know, I have been working at the Korean Food Festival at Chinatown Point demonstrating Korean cooking for the last week. Last Saturday, we got on stage and made a huge batch of bibimbap in a massive cauldron – big enough to feed 300 people! I...
by Nicky | Jul 19, 2010 | Korean cooking, Soup
I was honoured when the organiser of the Korean Food Festival called to invite me to cook for the event. All the food which is sold at the event is directly imported from Korea and I was using these ingredients to demonstrate how to cook with them. What grab the most...
by Nicky | Jul 12, 2010 | Kimchi, Korean cooking, Korean cooking classes
On my recent trip to Sydney, I picked up a bag of chong gak kimchi. I don’t like buying kimchi in Singapore since my last purchase (it was covered in fungus – see my previous post on this) so I buy it now either from Korea or Sydney. A well known brand in...
