More Korean Food

From my previous post on Korean bbq with friends here in Auckland, I finally tried it in the country itself! It is very interesting and it's amazing to see what the koreans use here to substitute many of the ingredients used in Korea.

Korean barbecue, or gogi gui, refers to the Korean method of grilling beef, pork, chicken, or other types of meat. Such dishes are often prepared at the diner's table on gas or charcoal grills that are built into the center of the table itself.

I didn't get to try chicken or beef but mostly the spicy pork bulgogi which is one of the most famous Korean barbecue dishes, and it is quite different from beef bulgogi because the marinade is not soy sauce-based, but instead consists of gochujang and/or chili powder, garlic, sesame oil, onions, and ground Asian pear



I think the best part of the korean bbq is the side dishes you can put inside the lettuce leave!!! Every dish has to come with kimchi and there are many different types of them it amazes me!
Some side dishes:





Finaaly you put all the ingredients into a piece of leave with rice and eat!


Dumplings with rice cake:


Yummy filling inside the dumplings:


I love Korean food!

Seoul Street food

I absolutely loved my trip to Seoul, Korea for 3 short days! The shopping, food and people there were great! Apart from the typical dishes in korean restaurants like korean bbq, and thier rice and noodle specialities, I thoroughly enjoyed trying the street food. Everywhere you go, they tend to all sell the same food: it's either ricecakes with a sauce that taste a little spicy and kimchi like. They also sell dessert ricecakes everywhere with all kinds of toppings and pumpkin, red bean and chestnuts are very popular fillings. I don't particularly enjoy these as they are very blend and not sweet enough for my liking =)
Some kind of soup with some part of the ox I believe...


Ricecakes with meat dipped in sauce along the streets for passerbys to stop and eat on the spot:




I really enjoyed this: Tteokbokki (Stir Fried Rice Cake)


Sweet potatoes:


Thier street food is really good for those winter days!

Ricecakes (Deok): You can buy these rice cakes in portions, so if you want to feed a big group you can buy a whole cake block instead of a slice like what I did.
Korean traditional cakes have long been shared among neighbors and friends on many occasions of happiness and sorrow. The cake shape, content, and color vary from one region to another. When neighbors gather to share traditional cakes they extend their warmth and kindred spirit to others in the community. Korea people have always made rice cakes when they had tragic or happy moments in their lives. It was usually a considered good or delicious thing, and that is why rice cakes have been so closely related to all walks of life.


I prefer the sweet food from back in Malaysia and Singapore, all the kueys, tarts, tung shui....talking about it now makes me miss it even more!! (Oh must not forget any dessert with durian!!!)

Divine cupcakes and coffee

This is an overdue post as I just got back from my 1 and a half week holiday which I shall post more about later.

The cake stall is one of my favourite places to go to before work to grab a date and orange scone and a coffee. There are many divine cupcakes that you can buy as gifts. You can purchase little nice gift boxes or have them wrapped in plastic and tied in a ribbon for that special occasion!!!

I bought this berry passionfruit cheesecake for my boss before I left for my Korean trip and it tasted YUMMY!!!


They also do great loafs, gifts, chocolates, savories, quiches and allpress coffee. It is a small little shop so it's not that great to relax for a long time but definately a great place to buy that little cupcake or gifts for someone.

Location: 754 Manukau Rd Onehunga Auckland (It's opposite Melaka Cafe and Pak n Save Royal Oak)
Closed Sundays

Baking craze

Yes, baking again

I'm trying to finish up this big bag of red bean that mum bought for me and also make some for my cuzzies and family so hence i got into the baking mood again.
Red bean pastry:


Wife pastry:


After baking i've never felt so tired...sigh baking is quite tiring because of the washing up after!!!

MoS Burger

I sometimes but rarely have cravings for mos burger but why i like this franchise is because the serving size of these burgers were perfect for me. I also enjoyed their milktea where they will serve you tea and give you small cartons of milk to add yourself. I thought i'll post some entries on places i've eaten in Singapore.


I had the eel rice burger which is like having rice with eel in any Japanese restaurants...but just in a burger style. I think Mos burger was created because this Japanese guy wanted to create a fast and healthy way to getting takeaways because of the busy lifestyles of people. Ok actually not really...this is the origins as stated in the MOS burger site:
Mr. Sakurada's dream...

While working at an investment company in Los Angeles in the 1960s, Mr. Sakurada frequented a local hamburger chain called Tommy's. Inspired by the 'cook to order' concept, and delicious hamburgers at Tommy's, Mr. Sakurada hit on the idea that a counterpart to an American icon would be as popular with his countrymen.

After returning to Japan, Mr. Sakurada started his hamburger shop venture and set up the first MOS Burger shop in Tokyo in 1972. Committed to producing food fine-tuned to the Japanese palate, Mr. Sakurada inspired his team to create innovative products that would stand the test of time. One of the finest creations was the Rice Burger, which proved a smash hit when it was launched in Japan in 1987.

Through the persistency and determination of Mr. Sakurada, MOS Burger has become one of the largest hamburger chains in Japan. The entire hamburger culture in Japan stemmed from Mr. Sakurada's dream.

Another popular burger is thier teriyaki chicken


They also had corny dogs yum yum:


Oh did I say there was once I thought about bringing in A&W to NZ hahaha yea right!

I wonder why they don't have these kind of stuff here, is it because it's just not in the kiwi culture? I know we can get nice japanese food in japenese restaurants but you don't find japanese takeaways burger style do u??? Let me know if you do!

Sri Putri again

Sri Putri again one of my fav places to go to but it's been very busy lately and thier menu has expanded. Now, they have more variety and one of the newer dishes is thier fried carrot cake.


Here one of my fav simple dish is thier roti chanai, it's only 5 bucks for 2 roti and fish curry and dahl. I enjoy this with thier teh tarik or charm tarik anytime! I think i've said this before but they buy thier roti from the indian shops and just use them instead but u know what it taste good!


Today, I tried thier bandung drink (rose syrup with evaporated milk) and I must say it's a rather refreshing drink especially when the room was so stuffy and hot! It goes well with food that is spicy and I wouldn't mind trying that combination again!


They have other dishes such as sambal prawns, assam fish, curry rendung just to name a few to tapao (takeaway) and enjoy at home.