Dec 31, 2011

Authentic Cooking Experiment: Battle of Kimchi-Jigae

The second segment of our Asian cooking experiment brings us to Korea.  In keeping slightly with the theme of last week I decided to test Momofuku's version of Kimchi Jigae against a more traditional recipe. For those unfamiliar with this dish it's simply a soup simmered with kimchi, pork and tofu as the base. Additional ingredients such as eggs, mushrooms and rice cake can be added if preferred.  This dish is great...

Dec 29, 2011

Authentic Cooking Experiment: Tonkotsu Ramen

After a trip to NYC last week and eating at both Momofuku and Yakitori Taisho, I decided to take on the task of making ramen from scratch myself. After all 100 miles is a long way to travel every time I am craving good ramen. Luckily a quick search online provide many foodie with the same idea as me and in no time I was able to compile a few veryinteresting recipes. One that showed to be the most promising came fromhttp://norecipes.com/blog/2009/12/30/tonkotsu-ramen-recipe/ which...