Intro
Week 1!! Beginnings: My obsession with all things Asian began over 20 years ago when I stumbled upon my first anime: Sailor Moon. Since then, my life has snowballed to encompass so many "nerdy" interests. Anime, Asian drama series and movies, fantasy, science-fiction, conventions, and of course cooking. Living in a small country town, it is next to impossible to find the dishes shown in Asian television and movies. No-face's banquet from Spirited Away A few years ago I began recreating dishes at home so I could experience them too. I have had so much fun and have learned a lot about cooking and different Asian cultures in the process. Now I want to share a little bit of that with the world. Menu for week 1 will be... Korean Tteokbokki [stir-fried rice cakes]! 떡볶이 photo credit: Serious Eats As one of the most popular street foods, this dish appears in many Korean Drama series. In Let's Eat 2 episode 15, a very hungry Hyeon-jin Seo devours someone else's Tteo