by Nicky | Feb 6, 2014 | Korean cooking, Korean holidays, Soup
Hope everyone had a fantastic Chinese New Year celebration! This year, I threw a big dinner party introducing Gujung (Korean New Year) to friends in Bangkok. I wasn’t sure what their reaction would be serving rice cake soup (dduk guk-click for the recipe) but...
by Nicky | Feb 4, 2011 | Korean cooking, Soup
Without family, Chinese New Year (gu jeong – 구정) seems like just another public holiday. When I was living in Sydney, I began to forget the importance of Chinese New Year, because being in a western city the focus was always on the calendar New Year (January 1)....
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...