Asian Food Time: Takoyaki/Octopus Balls (たこ焼き) Takoyaki (たこ焼き) are made with octopus bits, spring onion, pickled ginger, tempura scraps (tenkatsu), and batter, then covered in sauce and bonito flakes, with the option of Japanese mayonnaise (Kewpie). The best ones are either home made, or from Japan (obviously…) How to make takoyaki —> CookingWithDog’s YouTube video
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Asian Food Time: Takoyaki/Octopus Balls (たこ焼き)

Takoyaki (たこ焼き) are made with octopus bits, spring onion, pickled ginger, tempura scraps (tenkatsu), and batter, then covered in sauce and bonito flakes, with the option of Japanese mayonnaise (Kewpie). The best ones are either home made, or from Japan (obviously…)

How to make takoyaki —> CookingWithDog’s YouTube video

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Asian Food Time: Mandu (만두) Mandu (만두), is one of the simplest korean dumplings to make. The ones in the photo are the 군만두, and are filled with ground beef, spring onion, salt, and pepper. There are other kinds of mandu out there (click here, or here), but these are the ones most commonly served in Korean restaurants (well, at least in Brisbane).
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Asian Food Time: Mandu (만두)

Mandu (만두), is one of the simplest korean dumplings to make. The ones in the photo are the 군만두, and are filled with ground beef, spring onion, salt, and pepper. There are other kinds of mandu out there (click here, or here), but these are the ones most commonly served in Korean restaurants (well, at least in Brisbane).

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Asian Food Time: Laksa What I would give to eat some authentic Singaporean Laksa… Oh wait, I will be~~ ^^. Laksa is a spicy soup made from chili, onion, galangal, belacan, lemongrass, candlenuts, garlic, and tumeric all ground up and formed into a paste, and fried off then combined with coconut milk to create the laksa soup. The noodles, veggies, fishball, and prawn are then cooked through and served nice and hot.
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Asian Food Time: Laksa

What I would give to eat some authentic Singaporean Laksa… Oh wait, I will be~~ ^^. Laksa is a spicy soup made from chili, onion, galangal, belacan, lemongrass, candlenuts, garlic, and tumeric all ground up and formed into a paste, and fried off then combined with coconut milk to create the laksa soup. The noodles, veggies, fishball, and prawn are then cooked through and served nice and hot.

Asian Food Time (Christmas Edition): Spit-roasted Pig (Lechon) Whilst not unique to the Philippines, lechon is by far what almost every single Filipino would want to have at any celebration. The pig, devoid of its innards and shaved of hair, is roasted, with pandan leaves placed in the cavity. I’ll be definitely looking forward to this when I’m back on home soil. Merry Christmas (for yesterday) and God Bless!!
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Asian Food Time (Christmas Edition): Spit-roasted Pig (Lechon)

Whilst not unique to the Philippines, lechon is by far what almost every single Filipino would want to have at any celebration. The pig, devoid of its innards and shaved of hair, is roasted, with pandan leaves placed in the cavity. I’ll be definitely looking forward to this when I’m back on home soil.

Merry Christmas (for yesterday) and God Bless!!

Asian Food Time: Kimbap Sushi’s little cousin from Korea, 민속촌김밥 (folk kimbap), is basically filled with carrots, cucumber, egg, crab stick, 단무지 (pickled radish), and 오뎅 (fish cake), wrapped in rice (밥) and dried seaweed (김), Then coated in sesame oil and sprinkled with sesame seeds, makes for some fine snacking. Feeling peckish? Wanna make some kimbap? —> Maangchi’s Kimbap, and Triangle kimbap (onigiri-style) videos —> Eat Your Kimchi’s Kimbap video
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Asian Food Time: Kimbap

Sushi’s little cousin from Korea, 민속촌김밥 (folk kimbap), is basically filled with carrots, cucumber, egg, crab stick, 단무지 (pickled radish), and 오뎅 (fish cake), wrapped in rice (밥) and dried seaweed (김), Then coated in sesame oil and sprinkled with sesame seeds, makes for some fine snacking.

Feeling peckish? Wanna make some kimbap?

—> Maangchi’s Kimbap, and Triangle kimbap (onigiri-style) videos

—> Eat Your Kimchi’s Kimbap video

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Asian Food Time: Tteokbokki (떡볶이) Tteokbokki (떡볶이) is a uniquely Korean dish made from rice cakes (tteok/떡), hot pepper paste (gochujang/고추장), fish cake (odeng/오뎅), lettuce, onions, garlic, salt, and sugar. It is also one of Korea’s representative street foods, along side kimbap (김밥) and twigim (튀김). Want to learn how to make tteokbokki?? —> EatYourKimchi’s YouTube video —> Maangchi’s YouTube video
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Asian Food Time: Tteokbokki (떡볶이)


Tteokbokki (떡볶이) is a uniquely Korean dish made from rice cakes (tteok/떡), hot pepper paste (gochujang/고추장), fish cake (odeng/오뎅), lettuce, onions, garlic, salt, and sugar. It is also one of Korea’s representative street foods, along side kimbap (김밥) and twigim (튀김).

Want to learn how to make tteokbokki??

—> EatYourKimchi’s YouTube video

—> Maangchi’s YouTube video

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Asian Food Time: Steamboat Steamboat, aka hot pot or ‘shabu shabu’ (Wiki), basically consists of a boiling pot of stock (a simple stock from boiling beef bones/chicken carcass, onions, and peppercorns to tom yum pastes and vegetable stocks), with red meat, seafood, tofu, noodles, vegetables, and an assortment of fish cakes for you to cook. This is the best way to warm yourselves (and your friends/family) up in winter.
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Asian Food Time: Steamboat

Steamboat, aka hot pot or ‘shabu shabu’ (Wiki), basically consists of a boiling pot of stock (a simple stock from boiling beef bones/chicken carcass, onions, and peppercorns to tom yum pastes and vegetable stocks), with red meat, seafood, tofu, noodles, vegetables, and an assortment of fish cakes for you to cook. This is the best way to warm yourselves (and your friends/family) up in winter.

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