Last week I was invited to join one of my co-workers and his family to a Chinese cooking class in the Beijing hutongs (old style alley ways), so I jumped at the opportunity to try and learn some new Chinese cuisine. While I can cook a few Chinese dishes, I’m hardly an expert, and the [...]

One of the really cool presents we got this Christmas was a chocolate fondue set from my parents. While I’m not much of a chocolate eater, I have to confess that I do enjoy consuming it when it’s done in a fondue. Not only is it fun, but it’s something you can do with a [...]

You may have remembered me mentioning that I had grown some basil seedlings the other day. You may also remember how happy I was to soon have some fresh basil to add to some of my dishes and that I was quite happy with the numerous seedlings I had (about 10 or 11 all up). [...]

One of my favourite dishes is lasagna, in particular the lasagna my mum makes which in my opinion is second to none.  While I was in Korea, I made lasagna several times, enjoyed by everyone, especially Em who can never seem to get enough of it (she agrees that my mum’s lasagna is the best [...]

Christmas is all about good people, good food, and good drink. In Korea, for the most part, we don’t have our families to celebrate the day (unlike last year was I was fortunate to have Mom and Dad here) so it’s solely up to us to make the most of the day. Some of you [...]

Over the weekend I decided to try my hand at a new Korean dish, hodok (호떡). It’s basically a glutinous fries pastry with a red sugar / nut mix in the middle. When you fry the hodok, the sugar inside melts to a sweet paste, making it an ideal snack for the cold winter days, [...]

The other day I had a magic idea. I get them now and then, although probably not quite as much as I’d like. I saw online that I could order some cherry pie filling. It’s not that I love cherry pie, in fact I’ve only probably eaten it a couple of times before, but the [...]

A few new food blogs I’ve added; Seoul Food Seoul Eats Zen Kimchi Food Journal They can be found in the cooking links. While I have you here, does anyone know a good Jjajang myon (짜장면) recipe? I want as close to the take out Korean version as possible.

It’s no real surprise to anybody that I really do like my food. It’s a real passion of mine and one day, sometime in the future, I hope I’ll be able to direct my life further in that direction (although somewhat a little away from my own stomach!). While I no grand delusions regarding my [...]

Last night Em and I went out with the director, her husband, and a student from the Chinese academy that she works at. I’ve been out with them on a few occasions and, despite the lack of English, always had a fairly good time. Going out with them does highlight one thing about me, I [...]