by Nicky | Feb 24, 2020 | Bangkok, Korean cooking, Korean cooking class
My 2nd Korean food refresher course (17-18 October, 2019) for The Peninsular hotel Bangkok photos are finally here, sorry…. it’s very very late! The staff this round are from various departments including the staff canteen cooks. Everyone was very excited...
by Nicky | Feb 19, 2020 | Bangkok, Korean cooking
To celebrate Lunar new year celebration, I put together a Mandu/dumpling class on 23 January in Bangkok and we made 3 types of mandu. Vegetarian, Pork and Kimchi ones…. We started with a rose bud shaped ones Winnie’s rosebud dumpling filled with vegetarian...
by Nicky | Sep 26, 2016 | Korean cooking, Korean cooking class, Soup
Another exciting class at Korean Tourism in Singapore last Friday! I was very ambitious and decided to prepare some dough for my students to hand cut noodles. We are making kal-guk-su(칼국수 – handmade noodle soup). Guess what happened when I...
by Nicky | Mar 16, 2016 | Baking, Gardening, Korean cooking
Oh my, time really flys… It’s been too long since my last post. Here are some class photos from Korean Tourism Singapore. I promise to be back sooner next time! Japche (잡채) class in February Last year’s Pollak soup...
by Nicky | Jul 5, 2014 | Gardening, Tomatoes
It has been very very hot here in Bangkok. However occasional rain is cooling the city down. A nice cool breeze in the evenings makes it pleasant to have dinner on our balcony once in a while. Meanwhile, my veggies are having heat strokes. My tomato plants were more...
by Nicky | May 12, 2014 | Kimchi, Korean cooking, Korean street food
We had a stream of friends visiting in Bangkok. April and May must be the traveling season. Could this be my excuse for not writing as often as I should??? As I promised, my recipe on Korean chilli squid and more garden update should be on the way. In the mean...
by Nicky | Apr 10, 2014 | Gardening
Okay, I admit it, I am greedy. Especially when it comes to my veggie garden. I am running out of space on my balcony and might take up my girlfriend’s offer to move some of my veggies over to her balcony. For now, it’s bye bye to nice, cool, breezy Bangkok...
by Nicky | Mar 24, 2014 | Desserts, Korean cooking class, Korean snack, Korean street food
The last two months I’ve had great fun teaching at the Korean Tourism Organisation in Singapore. Here are some snap shots of the classes and a link to the recipe. One of the February classes was a lesson in cooking a black bean rice dish called...
by Nicky | Mar 3, 2014 | Kimchi, Korean cooking, Korean cooking classes, Korean street food
Yes, I finally started back at Bangkok Farmers Market in February. Unfortunately, my husband was away to help with the heavy lifting so it was hard work and I ended up with a minor back injury!! Thank goodness for my friends who came to help out over the weekend and...
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...
