Having grown up in the Midwest I’ve ate my fair share of hot beef sandwiches. I decided to do a slight twist on this classic using thick slabs of bacon with some left over mashed potatoes, creamy white wine sauce I had in the fridge and some fresh Japanese style Milk Bread. The bacon and…
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Tanmen Potato Soup
I fell in love with Tanmen soup after watching Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories on Netflix. It looked like the perfect comfort soup that I had to try. My version of Tanmen is made with potatoes and it’s a perfect complement to a soup that is traditionally made with noodles. I grew up in a potato loving town…
Jang Choong Dong – Koreatown
Koreatown Los Angeles has a lot ton of fantastic restaurants and this one is one of my favorites. Jang Choong Dong specializes in a dish called jokbal which is braised pigs foot. The pigs foot is cooked in a bunch of different spices including scallions, gingers, garlic, and rice wine to name a few. It’s…
Miso Pork Hot Pot
I used thin shabu cuts of pork, beef and julienned veggies in a donabe pot that I was gifted for my birthday. It’s the first time I used saikyo miso which is naturally sweet and light, not salty at all so you can use more of it. I also made my own dashi stock for…