by Nicky | Feb 2, 2011 | Korean cooking, Korean grocery stores
Last month, I was invited to an event organised by CJ Korea one of the largest food companies in Korea. They found me through Google (how did we ever survive without the internet?!) and at the time it sounded like some kind of some product promotion. CJ Korea is...
by Nicky | Nov 24, 2010 | Bibimbap, Korean cooking, Side dishes
When I received an email from the girlscouts leader at North View High School about conducting a cooking lesson, I was over the moon. Firstly, I was surprised the school was so creative on offering different activities and secondly, a chance to teach at a local...
by Nicky | Nov 15, 2010 | Desserts, Korean cooking
I had some left over glutinous rice from my Ginseng Chicken class on Saturday and decided to try Korean rice cake called Yak sik (약식) for the first time. Yak shik is served as a dessert but this is one of the must have rice cake for the the first full moon celebration...
by Nicky | Sep 9, 2010 | Kimchi, Korean cooking, Korean cooking classes
One of my students sent me this beautiful heart shape kimchi pancake. Looks beautiful and delicious. Dipping sauce added even better flavour with the kimchi pancake. Thanks Eileen for sharing this picture!
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...
