by Nicky | Feb 16, 2011 | Korean cooking, Noodles
When I am too lazy to cook and I don’t to want eat out, this is what I put together – Noodle salad with wasabi sauce. I chop up some lettuce, capsicums, cucumbers and sesame leaves and cook some buckwheat noodles. You can also use any other left over...
by Nicky | Feb 13, 2011 | Korean cooking, Korean cooking classes, Ttang - stew-jjige
Yesterday’s seafood silken tofu stew (he mul sun du bu jji ge – 해물 순두부) class was all about perfecting Korean stock and home made chilli oil. When the stock is made with fresh ingredients such as seafood, meat, vegetables or any combination, I find the...
by Nicky | Feb 8, 2011 | Gardening, Korean BBQ
Since my last blog on balcony gardening 101, the number of my baby plants has doubled. My new year resolution for 2011 was to grow more vegetables for my husband and I. I have been recycling all the plastic bottles and planting new seeds every time I get a new bottle...
by Nicky | Feb 6, 2011 | Korean cooking, Noodles
My husband arranged a private photo lesson as my birthday present. I have a little point and click digital camera. I couldn’t believe how wonderful the food looked when you know the tricks of the trade. Can you believe that food magazines and books use hair...
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)....
