by Nicky | Dec 5, 2010 | Korean cooking, Soup
A month ago, I visited Dubai for my best friend’s birthday. During the party, I was introduced to her friend who works in a Kitchenware company. When I returned to Singapore, he introduced me to his Singapore office. I wasn’t sure which company I was...
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 22, 2010 | Korean cooking, Soup
Due to the recent bad weather in Korea its been difficult getting fresh Korean vegetables in Singapore. In Sydney there is a big Korean community and a lot of vegetables are freshly grown locally. I have been taking it for granted thinking that I could get fresh...
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 | Nov 11, 2010 | Chicken, RECIPES, Soup
A quick one tonight… I prepared Ginseng Chicken soup (aka sam ge tang 삼계탕) for dinner to test out my recipe for this Saturday’s class. It’s been a while since I made this but it still tasted really good. My husband loved it especially because it was...
by Nicky | Oct 30, 2010 | Korean cooking, Noodles, Soup
I think the last time I made this dish was when I was at high school in Sydney. This was one of my regular dishes for the family. Back then I used to crave it, especially during winter, but it was hard to find a good Korean Chinese restaurant that had it on the menu....