Growing up, the Korean bakery down the block always had an abundance of sweet Korean red bean buns (단팥빵). The pillowy soft bread pulls apart easily to a sweetened red bean paste in the middle. Many will be wondering how these buns are different from Anpan, the Japanese equivalent of these sweet red bean buns,…
The secret to amazing, flavorful vegan (AND non-vegan) bulgogi is the marinade. There are a lot of bulgogi recipes but achieving the perfect balance between sweet and savory flavors is key. Add too much sugar and it will overpower any umami flavor. Don’t add enough sugar and there will be no flavor or caramelization to…
Growing up in Koreatown, Los Angeles, I was spoiled by our neighborhood Korean bakery that supplied an abundance of Japanese milk breads. I treated these milk breads like any other white bread- eating them with eggs, peanut butter & jelly, or on it’s own. It wasn’t until years later where I realized the white bread…
Tofu – the one food people either love or hate. Yes, I agree tofu is bland on it’s own. But once marinated and cooked properly, this bland tofu can transform into something flavorful with amazing textures! The most important step when cooking tofu is to remove any excess moisture. Majority of people press and drain…
Soy beans are amazing! You can boil and blend them to make soy milk, ferment them to make tempeh, or curdle them to make tofu. Those are the common, popular types of soy products but have you heard of roasting them to make soy bean powder, or kinako? They’re usually available in Asian grocery stores but…