Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links : 10/10/2012

Here is this week’s portion of Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links!

• Appetite for China - Diana shares her recipe for vegetarian dan dan noodles.
• Beyond Kimchee - Holly prepares some Cola braised Korean chicken.
• Easy Korean Food - Luna posts a recipe for hobak jorim (호박조림), a side dish made from courgettes.
• Hey From Japan - Emily goes on a quest for the Holy Grail of ramen noodles.
• Japanese Cuisine - Yukari shows you how to make dadacha-mame edamame (だだちゃ豆), a tasty snack made from fresh green soybeans.
• Maangchi - Maangchi shares her recipe for sweet potato rice, or gogumabap (고구마밥).
• Out to Lunch - Carolyn tries her hand at making Guizhou rice tofu (米豆腐).
• Taiwan Duck - J.J. Lymm makes some Taiwanese-style kimchi.
• The Lobster Dance - Leah tucks into some pumpkin pudding Kit Kats.
• TsukuBlog - Avi talks about one of Japan’s autumn delicacies, the matsutake (松茸) mushroom.
• YoWangdu - Wangdu shows you how to make Tibetan tsampa.

Tonkotsu ramen (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

That’s all for this week. The next edition of Tasty Links will be published on Wednesday 17th October 2012.

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Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links : 29/9/2012

Time for another portion of Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links!

• Aeri’s Kitchen - Aeri shares her recipe for Gangnam style carbonara tteokbokki.
• Easy Korean Food - Luna shares some simple but tasty recipes for Korean side dishes (banchan).
• Haikugirl’s Japan - Ali posts her monthly recipe for September: prawn ramen.
• Hiroyuki’s Blog - Hiroyuki shares his award-winning recipe for enoki hot cakes.
• Humble Bean - Azusa posts a video recipe for hearty miso soup.
• Kimchi Mom - Amy prepares some steamed shisito peppers (kkwarigochu muchim).
• Korean Bapsang - Hyosun shows you how to make your own radish water kimchi (dongchimi) to enjoy in the winter months.
• Life on Nanchang Lu - Fiona lists her ten must-try Uyghur foods.
• Out to Lunch - Carolyn makes Cantonese-style coconut and lotus moon cakes.
• PRC & Me - Matthew tucks into his first moon cake of the year.
• Sinosplice - John talks about the current state of moon cake commercialism in Shanghai.
• The View From Over Here - The author attends the Royal Court and Aristocrat Food Festival (궁중과 사대부가의 전통음식축제) at Uihyeongung Palace.
• With Pork Throat - EEW explains why you shouldn’t pass up the opportunity to try local street food during your travels.

Chinese Moon Cakes (Photo credit: hto2008)

That’s all for this week. The next edition of Tasty Links will be posted on the blog on Saturday 6th October 2012.

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Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links : 22/9/2012

Are you feeling hungry for this week’s edition of Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links?

• Appetite for China - Diana shares her recipe for tomato egg drop soup.
• Beyond Kimchee - Holly shows you how you can make gluten-free “nude” pork and cabbage dumplings.
• Fuchsia Dunlop - Fuchsia posts a link to an interview she did for the website Talking of Food.
• Humble Bean - Azusa posts a video which shows you how to make your own kombu and katsuo dashi.
• Japanese Cuisine - Yukari prepares a dish close to her heart, anago chirashizushi (穴子ちらし寿司).
• Korean Bapsang - Hyosun attends the 4th International Kimchi Conference in Washington D.C.
• Life on Nanchang Lu - Fiona spends a day getting to know the bakers of Kashgar and learns how to make delicious Uyghur naan bread.
• Little Corner of Mine - The author shares a recipe for vegetables with wood ear (木耳) fungus.
• Maangchi - Maangchi makes braised saury, or kkongchijorim (꽁치조림).
• Shizuoka Gourmet - Robert cooks up some tasty kabocha (カボチャ) pancakes.
• Taiwan Xifu - Serina writes about xibing (喜餅), wedding cake packages that are normally given to friends and relatives at Taiwanese weddings.

Chirashizushi (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links : 15/9/2012

Time to dish up this week’s edition of Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links. Don’t try to read these on an empty stomach!

• Aeri’s Kitchen - Aeri shares her recipe for tasty pork kimchi jjigae (돼지고기 김치찌개).
• Beyond Kimchee - Holly makes a quick and easy version of a great Korean-style comfort food, beef rice bowl or bulgogi dupbap (불고기 덮밥).
• Blonde Adventures - The author tries her hand at making cucumber kimchi (오이 소박이).
• Easy Korean Food - Luna shows you how to make your own oyster kimchi.
• Finding Fukuoka - Patrick recommends some of Fukuoka’s finest ramen restaurants.
• I’ll Make It Myself - The author shares her recipe for savoury Korinky squash chijimi pancakes.
• Japanese Cuisine - Yukari shares her recipe for refreshing Yamagata dashi (山形だし) dressing.
• Life on Nanchang Lu - Fiona relives one of her best food memories of Turpan.
• Little Corner of Mine - Jane shows you how easy it is to make your own Malay kuih bakar at home.
• Out to Lunch - Carolyn shares recipes for Guizhou pickled lotus root (貴州泡椒蓮藕) and Guangxi-style lotus root with red bean curd cheese (桂式南乳藕片).
• Smoky Wok - Jasmine cooks up a Korean spicy pork stir-fry, or dwaeji bokkeum (돼지볶음).
• TsukuBlog - Avi shows you how to make zesty shiso juice (紫蘇ジュース).
• Webs of Significance - YTSL talks about the joy of eating in Japan.
• YoWangdu - The author shares a recipe for a traditional Tibetan noodle soup, thukpa bhatuk.
  

  Cucumber kimchi in Korean cuisine
  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

That’s all for this week. The next edition of Tasty Links will be served on Saturday 22nd September 2012.

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Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links : 28/3/2012

It’s time to dish up this week’s serving of Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links!

• Aeri’s Kitchen - Aeri serves up some Sempio spicy octopus bokkeum (샘표낚지볶음).
• Alice Gordenker - Alice writes about one of Japan’s more unusual citrus fruits, the hyuganatsu (日向夏).
• Beyond Kimchee - Holly makes some green onion pancakes (파전).
• Eating & Living - Hyosun shares her recipe of glazed Korean meatballs (고기완자조림 ).
• Fukuoka Dreaming - The author claims to know where you can find the best takoyaki (たこ焼き) in Fukuoka.
• Humble Bean - Azusa cooks up some kofuki imo (粉吹芋), or potatoes in shoyu butter.
• Japanese Cuisine - Yukari shares a recipe for simmered hijiki and Satsuma-age (薩摩揚げ) fish cakes.
• Little Corner of Mine - The author serves up some Korean sweet sesame chicken.
• Lovely Lanvin - Shirley fries up some Japanese-style beef and potato croquettes.
• My Asian Kitchen - The author tries her hand at making some home-made cha xiao bao (叉燒包).
• Nanoomi - Tammy talks about five seemingly ancient yet modern Korean dishes.
• Out to Lunch - Carolyn shares her recipe for Taiwanese-style deep fried calamari.
• Taiwan Duck - J.J. Lym makes some tasty chicken with cashew nuts (腰果雞丁).
• Tofugu - Hashi compiles a list of fruit you won’t find outside of Japan.
• TsukuBlog - Avi writes about the tasty sweets eaten in Ibaraki during the plum blossom season.
• Webs of Significance - YTSL talks about razor clams and two of her favourite Hong Kong eateries.
• You’re Not From Around Here, Are You? - Steve talks about his three days of gluttony in Chengdu.
• Zonjineko - The author shares some gyuudon (牛丼) related vocabulary.

Takoyako たこ焼き (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

That’s all for this week. The next batch of Tasty Links will be posted on Wednesday 4th April 2012.

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East Asia Blog Round-Up : 27/11/2011

It’s been a year since my last blog round-up! How time flies when you’re not blogging regularly..

Here is this week’s edition of the Eye on East Asia Blog Round-Up :

• Aeri’s Kitchen - Aeri shares a delicious recipe for soybean sprout rice, or kongnamul bap (콩나물밥).
• China Hope Live - Joel talks about the issue of China’s “leftover women”(剩女).
• Contemporary Japanese Literature - Kathryn reviews the novel Schoolgirl (女生徒) by Dazai Osamu.
• Hiroyuki’s Blog - Hiroyuki creates two daikon dishes : daikon gyoza and daikon hasami yaki (大根餃子と大根のはさみ焼き).
• Japan Navigator - Ad reviews Ozu’s classic movie Tokyo Story (東京物語).
• Japan Newbie - Harvey joins his family on a road trip from Osaka to Shirakawagou and Takayama.
• Laowai Chinese - Albert explains the meaning and usage of the internet slang term mù yǒu (木有).
• Mandarin Segments - Greg talks about some of the little discoveries he’s made while reading Chinese.
• Notes from Xi’an - Richard shares some Chinese proverbs and words of wisdom for Chinese learners.
• Sake, Kimono & Tabi - Ichibay indulges in some warmed sake at Okutama Lake.
• Sinoglot - Kellen writes a short post about Tibetan braille.
• Speaking of China – Jocelyn compiles a handy guide for buying gifts for Chinese friends and family.
• The Japanese Food Report - Harris shows you how to make a classic Japanese winter miso soup, tonjiru (豚汁).
• Tsukublog - Avi starts reading through his copy of Useful Trees of Japan : A Colour Guide (カラー版日本有用樹木誌).
• Webs of Significance - YTSL goes birdwatching in Hong Kong.

That’s all for this week. The next blog round-up will be posted on Sunday 4th December 2011.

PS. I will seeking out new blogs to add to the Eye on East Asia blogroll. If you know any blogs that you feel should be added to the blogroll, please let me know.

East Asia Blog Round-Up : 24/10/2010

Here is this week’s edition of the Eye on East Asia Blog Round-Up :

• Aeri’s Kitchen - Aeri shares her recipe for a Korean spicy squid and watercress side dish (오징어 미나리 초무침).
• Carl Gene - Carl talks about Mandarin body language terms and expressions.
• Just Bento - Maki shares her recipe for okara and crab salad.
• The Blog Side of Life – The author lists her favourite places to visit in the Kansai region (関西地方).
• The China Beat - Ken reviews Jia Zhangke’s new documentary film I Wish I Knew.
• The View from Over Here - The author samples some Jeonju-style makkoli (막걸리) and local street food in Sincheon.
• Webs of Significance - The author talks about a recent visit to Macau.

That’s all for this edition of the East Asia Blog Round-Up. The next edition will be posted on Wednesday 27 October 2010.

The Friday Video – The Japanese Tradition : Sushi

This week’s video is a humorous take on sushi etiquette by the Japanese comedy duo The Rahmens (ラーメンズ).

This should be taken with a pinch of salt. Or a drop of soy sauce, if you prefer.

East Asia Blog Roundup : 6/6/2010

Here is this week’s East Asia blog roundup :

• Aeri’s Kitchen – Aeri shares her recipe for Korean-style egg fried rice, or gaeran bokkeumbap.
• David on Formosa – David reviews the Taiwanese film Pinoy Sunday, a drama which follows the lives of two Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan.
• For the Love of Languages – Aaron takes his first steps in Korean.
• Just Another Day in Japan – Paul takes part in a school sports day in Saga, Japan.
• Konnichiwa – Bartman shares some of the photos he took at the Hanazono Shrine Grand Festival.
• Korean Cuisine - The author shares her recipe for cucumber banchan, a popular side dish for the hot summer months.
• Korean Modern Literature in Translation - The author talks about Amazon’s plans to create a publishing house which will translate foreign literature into English.
• Maangchi – Maangchi’s latest video recipe shows you how to make dried pollock soup, or bugeoguk.
• On the Fringe – Global Gal moves to Beijing.
• Rainbowhill Language Lab – Lauren shares some tips for using pop music in your Japanese language learning.
• Sake, Kimono and Tabi – Ichibay visits the Matsuo and Umenomiya Shrines in Kyoto to pay his respects to the gods of sake.
• The View from Over Here – The author reviews the Korean films Hanyo and Antique Bakery.
• 四海为家 – Maria visits the Tibetan town of Songpan in northern Sichuan.

That’s all for this week. The next East Asia blog roundup will be on June 13, 2010.

East Asia Blog Roundup : 30/5/2010

Here is this week’s East Asia blog roundup :

• Aeri’s Kitchen – Aeri posts her recipe for spinach and soybean paste soup, or sigeumchi doenjangguk.
• Ben Ross’ Blog – Ben shares his case study of migrant workers working in the hairstyling industry, which is based on his own and migrants’ experiences of working in a barbershop in Fuzhou.
• Danwei - The Danwei staff interview author Jean Kwok and ask her about her novel Girl in Translation and her thoughts on the Asian American emigration experience.
• Fukuoka Dreaming – Asawa teaches readers how to make delicious sake-steamed clams, or asari no sakamushi.
• Korean Modern Literature in Translation - The author talks about the impact that foreign bloggers living in South Korea have made within the blogosphere.
• Mandarin Segments – Greg celebrates his blog’s first birthday.
• Red Cook – Kian shares an authentic recipe for moo goo gai pan, a Cantonese dish consisting of chicken and mushroom.
• Roboseyo – Rob talks about the factors which have led to cultural change in South Korea.
• Shizuoka Gourmet – Dragonlife posts a compilation of tofu-based recipes.
• Sinosplice – John posts some images he found online of creative Chinese character art.
• Speaking of China – Jocelyn gives some advice to a reader who is trying to cope with a premature baby and overbearing Chinese parents-in-law.
• Sweet Persimmon - The author talks about the concept of “imperfect beauty”, or fukanzen no bi.
• The View from Over Here - The author shares her recipe for deep-fried squid, or ojingae twigim.
• Wandering Taiwan – Micki and Kristen visit the Ju Ming Museum in Jinshan, Taiwan.
• Xinjiang : Far West China – Josh shares five more little-known facts about China’s Xinjiang Province.

That’s all for this week. The next blog roundup will be on June 6, 2010.