Category Archives: Red Meat

Jeyuk-Bokkeum (Korean Spicy Pork Stir-Fry)

Jeyuk-bokkeum (Korean Spicy Pork Stir-Fry)

My recent weekend was very busy cooking up lots of dishes for my husband’s birthday. We ended up celebrating it for 3 days from Saturday to Monday. Imagine how much cooking I did! (We invited other people over for dinner of course too).

I’ve been asking him for about a month which restaurants he would like to go to, but he’s been saying ‘I don’t know. I haven’t thought about it.’ When I asked him again a few days before his birthday he told me, ‘I don’t mind eating Jeyuk (Korean spicy pork stir-fry) and Buchimgae (Korean pancakes) at home (*with a cheeky grin*)’. I rolled my eyes. Jeyuk Bokkeum and Buchimgae is his favourite food in the whole world. I don’t know why he became so obsessive about these two Korean dishes (He’s not even KOREAN by the way). I even bet that he will wake up in the middle of night if I say, ‘let’s have some Jeyuk now’. :D

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LA Galbi (Thinly Sliced BBQ Short Ribs)

LA Galbi

LA Galbi/Kalbi (엘에이 갈비) is one of my favourite Korean BBQ meats. It’s tender, sweet and slightly salty seasoned meat is quite addictive. Licking each finger as you eat each meat and bone piece is also another entertainment you could enjoy while BBQ-ing this LA Galbi.

I only discovered this delicious dish several years ago just before I left Korea (Unfortunately my mum never made this for me.) I have often seen the name at Korean restaurants in Korea, but I thought LA Galbi is the same as traditional Korean Galbi kind (including the shape and everything), except that the meat is imported from Los Angeles USA.

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Kimchi Spaghetti with Bacon

Kimchi Bacon Spagetti

Do you like Kimchi? I do. I wouldn’t say it’s my “favourite” Korean dish, but it somehow engineered my gene that I cannot live without it! Since you visited my blog, I will safely assume that you already know something about Kimchi.

Kimchi is a very versatile ingredient. Particularly in recent times, fusionisaton of Kimchi has been very popular. Just to name a few, Kimchi tacoKimchi omelet and Kimchi quesadillas are already common names in people’s dining life. So today I would like to introduce how I enjoy Kimchi in my home by combining it with spaghetti.

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