Heaven is a place where you can eat bibimbap for breakfast, bulgogi for lunch, and banchan all day long. Heaven is Seoul, at least it was for one short, gluttonous day. Melody and I arrived in Incheon International Airport just after dawn, still tired from our stay in Hanoi. We headed straight to Bon, an [...]
“Let’s just go to Vietnam and eat.” It’s been nearly four months since I visited Vietnam with my sister, Melody, and like our previous trips together, food was a motivating factor on deciding where to go. Visions of street snacks and fresh seafood filled my imagination as soon as I purchased our tickets, and it [...]
The weather has finally warmed enough so that I’m no longer craving hearty stews and soups anymore. I’ve turned to fresher flavors and lighter dishes, and this lemon-pepper linguine with sautéed calamari is the perfect dish to ring in springtime. The calamari is prepared very simply, so if you can’t find lemon-pepper pasta, I suggest [...]
I was never a breakfast person growing up. I mean, I like to eat breakfast (who doesn’t?), but my morning meals have usually been a little untraditional. I mean, if you can eat pasta or steak for lunch or dinner, why not at breakfast? But I’ve caved in. I’m a breakfast person now. I like [...]
yummy yum yum i spent the better part of yesterday making an array of japanese stocks, learning that bonito, iriko, and konbu are indispensable tools for success. the results were well worth it: miso soup with enoki mushrooms rice with vegetables and chikuwa moon-viewing noodles in broth soy-braised sun-dried daikon konbu and shiitake relish tuna [...]