A later post, but went to the first Asian Night Market Festival: Red Eye Market back in early November. It was amazing to see all the various Asian food restaurants in the DMV area in one place.
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Upbeat Chill Electronic by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / Surfing Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M51bm-EHmgs
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I have been waiting for this place to open as soon as I heard they are opening a location in Washington D.C.
It’s a bakery/cafe called Tatte. This was my favorite local cafe in Boston and a place I missed very much even though it has been over 5 years since I left.
I HIGHLY recommend their mixed nut tart and their cheesecake. Overall, I don’t have a huge sweet tooth so their desserts and baked goods are the perfect amount of sweetness for my palate.
The location in Washington D.C. is also in a nice location New Hampshire Ave not too car from Dupont Circle in the West End area. I do on their website a second location is to open right in Dupont Circle. For me personally, either locations won’t be too far from work when I do go back to working in the office so I am pretty excited about that.
They are currently allowing pick up and delivery and while the weather is still warm, there is outdoor seating also available. Looking for a day when I can go back to pick up some more delicious goods. 😋
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Starting to lose track, but I think it’s week 10 of the staying home initiative and quarantine due to COVID-19. It’s a bit wild and crazy of how quickly the whole nation, let alone the whole world changed.
I am sure like everyone else outside of working from home and taking classes to pursue my MBA, I have been trying to keep myself busy. With more time in my hands, one thing that has significantly changed is that I have been cooking more than normal and trying recipes that I never really had time for because life was so busy.
One new recipe that I tried and was honestly too afraid to try because it seemed so time-consuming is making kimchi. I didn’t do a big amount because I live alone and also made two types of kimchi that I like, not the normal napa cabbage kimchi most people know of. Fun fact if you didn’t know, there are actually 200 varieties of kimchi!
I can’t guarantee taste, but hoping it will turn out well! Recipe for the seasoning is based on the amount I made so feel free to change the amount/quantity if you would like to make more. One thing to note is for the seasoning/sauce, you can use if for any variation of kimchi you will like as it is the basis for most kimchi recipes.
Kimchi Seasoning Recipe (based on 1/4 lb of mustard leaf /gat+ 1.5 lb of young radish/yeolmu)
*For the gat/mustard leaf and yeolmu and for anytime of vegetable you are using to make kimchi, you need to wash at least 3 times and then season it with coarse grained salt for at least 2 hours so the vegetable is a bit wilted. This step plays a big part of the pickling/fermenting process for kimchi
A quick and easy way to make fried wings without deep frying it in oil.
*of course this is possible if you have an air fryer😅
Honey-glazed wings
Ingredients:
1 pack of chicken wings (I bought a 1.5 lb pack and it had about 13 wings)
Tempura flour (can use regular flour)
3 small onions
2 tbsp of garlic
4 tbsp of mirim (can use white wine)
1 1/2 tbsp of sugar (I used brown)
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp vinegar
1 tbsp honey (I used agave syrup and it gave the same glaze feel like honey would)
Cooking Instructions:
I love salmon and always wanted to try making this because I realized it is not hard…
I bought some salmon sashimi from H-Mart (a Korean grocery store) and everything else I had at home.
On the rice, add and mix a sugar+vinegar mixture (2 tbsp of vinegar and 1 tbsp of sugar).
Cut the salmon into slices and layer the slices onto the bowl.
Cut some avocado🥑 into slices and then place it on top with some alfa sprouts. I had made tomato🍅 preserves a couple days back and added that on top and… there we go!!!
Found a local gem! It’s cute cafe called Teamania. They say their an Asian-European bakery and that’s the PERFECT description.
For a non-sweet tooth like me, the desserts aren’t too sweet. They have your typical coffee drinks, but also some interesting and tasteful tea and fruity drinks too.
Anyone who lives in the Rockville, MD area I recommend checking it out!
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Spring is here! The weather was a bit cloudy yesterday, but temperature wise it was great! I took advantage of this to head to the Georgetown Waterfront to get dinner with a friend.
We went to a 1-Michelin Star⭐️ Restaurant, Fiola Mare, an Italian restaurant that is right out on the Georgetown Waterfront. Food was tasty though the portions were a bit small for me, but all in all the seafood in both dishes were fresh!🤩
Restaurant website: https://www.fiolamaredc.com
Restaurant website: https://hanksoysterbar.com/dupont-circle/
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There’s been one restaurant in DC that’s been on my bucket list for a while. Everyone probably heard about Momofuku, it’s a restaurant brand established by the chef David Chang, and it’s a well-known noodle bar place in New York.
I haven’t been to the restaurants in New York, but I definitely have heard about the name Momofuku quite often. Once I heard there is a Momofuku opened in CityCenter in DC, I’ve always wanted to check it out. The only thing was I highly recommend making a reservation ahead of time because every other time I’ve tried to go and walk in, the place was always packed and the wait time would be over an hour.
When I went, I made a reservation ahead of time and I have to say for a Friday night, I was surprised it wasn’t super packed. The environment was somewhat elegant-looking, but casual and the inside was a lot bigger than I thought. The food was great though I have to say for the price, the portions a bit smaller than I expected.
Including myself we had two people and we got a bing bread plate, a large plate, and then 2 desserts to share. To start, we got the and the chicken liver mousse bing bread, which may sound weird, but it was creamy and sweet as it had some type of jam on top of it. Our large plate/main entree was the grilled chicken with cilantro yogurt sauce on top of it that came with pickled onions & olives and rice.
One thing great about Momofuku CCDC is Milk Bar is right next to it so for dessert we got the cereal milk soft serve from Milk Bar and then from the dessert menu of Momofuku we got the Coconut Panna Cotta. I loved panna cotta cause personally I’m not a huge fun of coconut, but the coconut flavor wasn’t strong. I also loved the grapefruit and the frozen calamansi on top it. The frozen calamansi tasted like a fruit sherbet.
I’ll definitely go back so I can try some of the other things on the menu.
For the full menu options, check out the restaurant’s website below. For reservations, you can make reservations through OpenTable.
Restaurant Website: https://ccdc.momofuku.com/
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Hello from KOREA!! While being in Korea, this post seems the most appropriate to post while I am here.
In addition to trying new places to eat, I enjoy cooking as well. One of my favorite foods and the first thing I eat whenever I arrive in Korea is ddeokbokgi 떡볶이or Korean spicy rice cakes. It’s also something I make when I crave something spicy or just want some soul food.
Making ddeokbokgi isn’t hard so I thought I’ll share my recipe:
*Others may make it differently
Ingredients:
5. Add 2 1/2 tbsp of red pepper paste (add more based on preference of spiciness), 1 tbsp of sugar/honey, and 1 tbsp of soy sauce *if it’s too spicy add more sugar/honey, if it’s too bland, add more soy sauce
6. Boil and cook until rice cakes are done
