by Tammy | Feb 4, 2010 | Modern Korean
Posted by Tammy On the second day of my tteokbokki marathon, I decided I’d make you a recipe for Thai Green Curry Tteokbokki. The Thai green curry sauce recipe here is slightly modified from one posted online by the BBC. Remember with all tteokbokki recipes, you...
by Tammy | Feb 3, 2010 | Modern Korean
Posted by Tammy As we count down 12 days of tteokbokki recipes until the Korean New Year, let’s start with Korea’s neighbor, China, for some inspiration. Szechuan is a province in southwestern China, known for fiery sauces. Here’s a Szechuan sauce...
by ZenKimchi | Mar 12, 2009 | News & Media, Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter
You thought Dokdo Is Ours was exagerrating with its fake column by the Korean agriculture minister? Well, this story (via Brian in Jeollanam-do) takes the (rice) cake! Changing the name of the street food dish ddeokbokki 똑보끼 to topoki 토포키 to make it more accessible...
by ZenKimchi | Mar 11, 2007 | Street Food, Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter
People who know me well here know that despite my love for Korean food, there are a few items I’m not a big fan of. I don’t like the rice water that is made by pouring hot water into the remains of hot stone pot rice. Seaweed soup (MiyeokGuk) is not...