How to store Homemade Kimchi

March 2, 2010 By Anna 5 Comments

Don't know how to store Kimchi that you just made?
Save those pickle jars like the one I found on eBay! The bigger the better! Those are the perfect types of jars to store kimchi. We usually use the gallon ones but feel free to use smaller ones if you make smaller amount.

On sale on Ebay:


Plastic containers like the following are good too, but just know that you should use those containers only for storing kimchi since it will leave some smell and reddish color even after you wash it (unless you let it out in the sun to dry).

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Spinach Salad-Banchan/Sidedish Recipe

February 2, 2010 By Anna 7 Comments

Popeye eats spinach straight out of can. I prefer fresh ones...heh heh...or just cooked fresh...you know what I mean.

Once a friend told me she ate a very healthy meal...spinach salad. Yes that's good but let me show you an alternative way...Asian way...of eating spinach, as a Banchan/Sidedish with rice. I think that's little more filling than just a salad heh heh.


Just slightly cook and mix with sesame oil and salt and you are done!
Okay..okay...I'll be little more specific...scroll down!

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Soybean Sprouts Clear Soup Recipe

January 12, 2010 By Anna 5 Comments

A bowl of steaming hot soup during cold winter, especially this year, sounds so good! I LOVE soup just for the taste, but it happens to have some health benefits too!

Soybean sprouts are known to have 'isoflavone' which is beneficial for women near menopause. Also it's known within Koreans to help hangovers after heavy drinking by breaking down alcohol. So maybe next time you wanna try the Korean way to ease your hangover LOL.

Many Koreans are known to be heavy drinkers (not including me LOL) and they eat many different kinds of soup to relieve hangovers. Some spicy and some clear soup like what I am going to share today. This clear sprouts soup that I'm going to share is one of the popular ones.

However, you don't have to be a heavy drinker to enjoy this soup. I love to eat rice and this soup with Kimchi. Simple but tasty meal and healthy too!

Let's Start!
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Sushi King Japanese Restaurant in Columbia, MD

December 28, 2009 By Anna 3 Comments


For my mom's (Young) birthday I treated my parents to some Japanese. I like Sushi King Japanese Restaurant in Columbia, MD. Although it's not owned by Japanese...'there aren't that many Japanese owned restaurants here...' their sashimi (raw fish) are thick and fresh enough for me. Love it!
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Spicy Chicken Bulgogi-Dak Bulgogi- Recipe

November 8, 2009 By Anna 3 Comments

Chicken bulgogi with rice noodle
Here's the recipe for spicy chicken bulgogi. You can eat it with rice or some rice noodles. Wanna kick it up even more? Try adding Sriracha Hot sauce~! Hot! Great way to eat some veggies and chicken. Good for healthy eating since not much fat and spicy food 'supposedly' help lose weight. Good to eat but also good for you! Yay!

Following recipe serves about 4 people:
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Korean Style Pickle (Oiji)-Banchan/Sidedish Recipe

October 7, 2009 By Anna 2 Comments

Oiji/Korean Pickle
I love pickles with sandwiches and pastas. Although regular pickles we all know may be good for American food, there is a Korean style pickle called Oiji which Koreans love to eat as Banchan/Sidedish for a meal.
Instead of just eating it as a whole, Korean pickle served thinly sliced with chopped scallions on top. If pickle turns out to be too salty, pour some fresh water in the bowl. So, this may be a good banchan for people who's trying to stay away from unhealthy stuff since nothing else is added. This is more natural and healthier. Only thing we need is salt and vinegar and nothing else. This may be a good sidedish for anyone who's trying to eat more vegetables and/or trying to lose weight! Let's Start!
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Fresh Spicy Cucumber Salad-Banchan/Sidedish Recipe

September 11, 2009 By Anna 4 Comments

Everyone in my family knows that I don't like cucumber...actually I hate FRESH cucumber. Sorry to FRESH cucumber lovers, but I'm not the only one who hates it. Once I went to a restaurant with two other friends. We got side salads and since I don't eat cucumbers I asked if any of them wanted my gigantic cucumber slices. Usually people look at me weird and gladly take it away from me...but that time both of my friends said they never eat cucumber!! So you see, I'm not alone.

Spicy cucumber salad
However, as ironic as it may sound...I do LOVE pickles and this spicy cucumber salad! Yummmm!!
In fact, this banchan is my FAVORITE!!!!!! I can eat so much rice with just this alone.

Like I told you before, I hate FRESH cucumber because of that FRESH seed smell, which cucumber lovers like it FRESH... as for me, pickles are 'pickled' and this recipe actually doesn't use the seed part (Keep this in mind to just throw away! or eat it if you must....)

No seeds, spicy, sweet, and fresh crunchy...Mmmmmmmmm...I want some!

Why should you eat this?
1. Eat more vegetables in different ways: In fact, that's the beauty of Korean food! You get to eat vegetables in many tasty ways! Not just regular old salad anymore!
2. Healthy diet and weight loss: more veggies, more benefits your and less greasy stuff means lose weight! Yay!
3. Spicy foods promote and protects health and possibly weight loss too: If you can't take the heat, please don't over do it.

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VERY Spicy Rice Noodle Salad Recipe

May 4, 2009 By Anna Leave a Comment

***WARNING*** This recipe makes very spicy noodle salad with Sriracha Hot sauce. We will not be responsible for any 'unfortunate outcomes' you may suffer due to eating something TOO spicy. If you had Sriracha before, you'll know how 'spicy' this can be...if you can't take it anymore just hold water/ice or drink milk asap. Otherwise enjoy the spiciness of this salad.
**If you want to try this with less spiciness scroll down for other options with sauces.

Spicy Rice noodle Salad
It's crunchy, fresh, and SPICY! Hot days are coming soon...and MD experienced sudden burst of preview of the summer for couple days already. These days something that can wake you up and give you a nice kick at your stress could be this Spicy Noodle Salad. I mean...it's really spicy for me. Anyhow after sweating (if you can't handle spicy anything please don't try this at home!) and turning RED I felt better and felt cool (literally!).

So if you are adventurous enough (...and if you can take the heat!) let's see how we made ours!
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Stir Fried Eggplant-Banchan/Sidedish Recipe

December 20, 2008 By Young Leave a Comment

Here is another easy vegetable Banchan for you! We'll soon add a finished picture. Our picture didn't come out so clear this time. But we still wanted to share the recipe. Hope you like this!

Ingredients
chinese eggplants
3 eggplants (I think they are called chinese eggplants. The long ones.)
3 green onions
1tsp honey
2tbsp soy sauce
2tbsp vegetable oil
2tbsp water
1tsp gralic
1 tsp sesame seeds
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Korean Zucchini Jun-Banchan/Sidedish Recipe

October 13, 2008 By Anna 2 Comments

Like zucchini (Hobak)? Let's make some Hobak Jun (Fried Zucchini).  Just grab one zucchini, 2 eggs, salt, and flour. Oh and some vegetable oil or olive oil (your preference). If you want to make more, just grab some more.
zucchini jun

Got everything? OK. Let's start!
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