花样年华

These are all meals I can put together when I’m exhausted and brainless. Life is hard and work can suck me into a vortex where I get home and the lizard inside me wants to eat now.

(Note: I garnish and season heavily because I like crunch and spice — I always have scallions, nuts, toasted sesame seeds and furikake on hand, so it’s no extra work for me to add in. All the recipes below can be further simplified, I'm a true believer that cooking doesn't have to be authentic as long as it gets eaten :D)

recipes

• caprese salad
• chachim deopbap (tuna rice bowl)
• variations on cabbage
• gimbap sandwich
• kbbq at home
• steamed egg (korean and chinese)
• steak with couscous and asparagus
• breaking down a rotisserie chicken
• congee/juk (rice porridge)
• ochazuke
• soy bean meal set
• malatang / jiggae / sukiyaki / nabemono / one pot wonders
• cilantro lime rice with seared fish
• crisp gnocchi with brussel sprouts and brown butter
• cold noodles: bibim guksu / taiwanese sesame noodles / ma jiang mian