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 | Sep 6, 2013 | Bibimbap, Desserts, Kimchi, Korean cooking, Korean snack, Korean street food
We finally did it. Two days of pure excitement, fun and most of all, hearing all the great comments from the customers who came to visit my stall. It made me forget how tired I was. Without my friends, this wouldn’t have happened(you know who you are –...
by Nicky | Aug 18, 2013 | Baking, Desserts, Korean cooking, Korean street food
I was back in Singapore last week teaching at Korean tourism. It was really good to be back there meeting enthusiastic Korean food lovers. This class was all bout teaching Hodduk (호떡)! Check out my previous blog on how to cook this. ...
by Nicky | Mar 16, 2013 | Desserts, Korean cooking, Korean holidays, Korean street food
You may remember my giant steam bun(hobbang) from my previous blog. The bun which was as big as my face? We arrived to have hobbang for lunch at this famous cafe near Gwanghwamun area in Seoul but realised they were only available from 2pm. While we...
by Nicky | Feb 24, 2013 | Desserts, Korean cooking
Today is the first full moon on the Lunar calendar (Daeboreum) and Koreans celebrate this occassion in many ways. One of them is of course eating specific food such as steamed rice with five multi grains (오곡밥) and rice cake called Yak sik (약식) which literally...
by Nicky | Oct 22, 2012 | Desserts, Korean holidays, Korean snack, Korean street food
I just spent 6 days in Seoul with one objective in mind. Eat my way through the city! The dreadful sticky hot summer is gone and I was welcomed by a beautiful autumn breeze when I landed. What a difference…. It was so pleasant to walk around and enjoy the change...
