Friday, October 29, 2010

buchimgae (Korean Vegetable Pancake)

Buchimgae or Jijimi (Korean Vegetable Pancake)






I first ate buchimgae or Jijimi at a Korean Restaurant near UST, which is Santorini.. it is delicious but others may not appreciate it because it is made out of vegetables. I always enjoyed eating korean dishes because of the different textures and flavors that you can taste when eating it.


Whenever I like to cook something, I always check recipes online and then I look for ingredients that are available at our refrigerator. My mom is the one who buys ingredients, I just happen to combine them to create something new. Its my job to do that. I searched for recipes for Korean Vegetable Pancake and luckily I saw two.. I combined the two recipe and turn it into one constructed meal. It worked out and it is a success.

Can I consider it my own now because I experimented on what will work and what will not? Its a problem here in the Philippines because of limited resources, you really should need to find korean specialty shops and grocery, but with the recipe I combine, it is easier to find ingredients in this recipe.

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 egg
1 cup water
Salt
2 cups thinly sliced cabbage
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
1/4 cup thinly sliced carrots
Olive Oil


  • Combine flour, egg,  water, salt into a bowl, until it becomes a batter
  • Add Cabbage, Green Onions, and Carrots
  • Mix Well until vegetables are covered with batter.


Batter with Vegetables
  • Heat a Nonstick Pan and pour olive oil for pan frying
  • Pour batter mixture into the Pan
  • Cook 4 minutes each side until it is golden brown

Frying the Batter
  • After it is cooked, cut it into quarters before serve it
  • Serve it with sauce (soy sauce, sugar, vinegar) and kimchi

Eat and Enjoy

Dak Bulgogi and Yakisoba with Kimchi Side Dish

Dak Bulgogi and Yakisoba with Kimchi Side Dish


As I was experimenting a dish to cook, I decided to combine Yakisoba and Dak Bulgogi (Korea Chicken Barbeque) and mix them together.. You will be shocked on how it tasted.. it was magnificent and superb! Delicious in every way.. yay!




Dak Bulgogi Recipe ( from AllRecipes.com)









  • For the yakisoba, you just need to cook 2 packs of Nissin Yakisoba Spicy Chicken Teryaki

Nissin Yakisoba (from KainanKorner.blogspot.com)


  • Cook the Dak Bulgogi in a saucepan
  • Cook the Noodles
  • When the Dak Bulgogi is cooked, place the cooked noodles into the pan where the dak bulgogi is, then combine the sauce and add 1/8 cup water (you can use the one that was used to cook the noodles).. let is simmer for a while then place in a serving plate
  • serve with kimchi as side dish

fast and easy snack that would made you full instantly.. :)

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Tuna and Tomato Pasta



Tuna and Tomato Pasta

Hungry? Here is a Healthy Option for your Snack Time, Its very easy to do, Its healthy and Its delicious!
Ingredients:

Garlic
Onions
Tuna
Whole Tomatoes
Olive Oil
Spaghetti
Mushroom (Optional)

Whole Tomatoes in Can


  •  It is very easy to do because all you have to do is saute the ingredients and then add the whole tomatoes, dice it while mixing (for the juice of the tomato be extracted directly to the pan) and then add the cooked pasta, mix it together and add olive oil.

Variety with this Recipe:





Variety 1: Use Ground Pork Instead of Tuna

Variety 2: Add Pesto for Additional Flavor

Albert's Batchoy



12:00 AM and its really hard to find something good to eat at home, and I am too lazy to cook. My brother decided to bring me to a place where they usually eat during midnight and early morning


Albert's Batchoy


The first time I ate a batchoy was in Malolos, Bulacan during my dad's highschool reunion... I was shocked at first because I know La Paz Batchoy only in cup noodles, and it was my first time tasting a real batchoy that is homemade... I was shocked on how delicious it was, and I never tasted anything like it before.. I am craving for that taste soooo much..



Albert's Kainan

When my brother invited me to eat batchoy.. it was okay, but not as good as the first one I had before.. if I would rate Albert's batchoy... it tastes good, I like the chili because its real chili and its really hot, but there is no chicharon..  i'll give it 2 1/2 stars out of 5...


Albert's Chili
Kuya and Bong



after being Idle for weeks...

my site has been idle since my net crashed and my thesis is still in progress...

good thing its semestral break and we decided to have a new internet connection..

the food architect is back on! yay!! :)

but before I post recent reciepes.. I would do a recap on what I've cooked, places I've eaten, and food that I had consumed :)

hopefully because I can be do mobile updating now, this site would not be idle again anymore.. :)