September 15, 2011
Japanify: Namuru (Spicy Bean Sprouts)

Japan is known to take ideas from other countries and adapt them for their own. From castella to ramen to hambagu, the Japanese menu is full of food items that could not exist without outside influences. Many of these foods have deviated so far from the original, clouded in cuteness, mildness
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Assorted veggies, or “namul”, chwee namul which is some kind of vegetable that I don’t know the English name and fiddle head ferns + roasted asparagus.
Kimchi soup. Yes there a plain soup version rather than a stew. Much lighter and basically broth and in this case with clams added.
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Ice
Somen/somyun
Ground beef
Chopped kimchi
Sliced Korean pear, cucumbers and a spicy sauce (gochujang – Korean spicy chili paste, garlic, sugar, rice vinegar, garlic, sesame seeds, sesame oil).The taste of summer…I actually love cold noodles in the winter. So North Korean of me.
