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 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 | May 31, 2010 | Gardening, Korean cooking, Side dishes
Singapore has a perfect weather for growing bean sprouts. It’s hot and humid, day and night. My parents brought some seeds from Korea and indeed they grew like weeds, or as we say in Korean “they grow like bean sprouts!!” My parents used to say if I...
