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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Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links : 21/3/2012

Welcome to this week’s edition of Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links! Here are some more mouth-watering blog posts for you to feast on.

• Aeri’s Kitchen - Aeri shares her recipe for seafood soybean pasta guk (해물 된장국)
• Appetite For China - Diana shares her recipe for stir-fried tomatoes and eggs.
• Easy Korean Food - Luna’s take on a classic Korean dish, chapsal bulgogi (찹쌀불고기).
• Fili’s World - Fili seeks out some Korean street food at Seoul’s Namdaemun Market (남대문 시장).
• Haikugirl’s Japan - Ali tries out Reiko Hashimoto’s recipe for broccoli with miso and sesame sauce.
• I’ll Make it Myself - The author talks about her obsession with sweet potatoes and shares a delicious and easy-to-follow recipe for oven-roasted vegetables.
• Japanese Cuisine - Yukari shares her recipe for simmered squid and daikon (いか大根の煮物).
• Life on Nanchang Lu - Fiona talks about Shanghai’s popular sesame breakfast pastries.
• Lily’s Wai Sek Hong - Lily tries her hand at making home-made udon noodles.
• Messy Witchen - Che-cheh prepares a delicious dish of fried tofu, minced pork and mushrooms.
• My Asian Kitchen - The author serves up some braised tofu with enoki mushrooms, shrimp and chicken.
• Out to Lunch - Carolyn shows readers how to prepare squid with minimal fuss.
• Shizuoka Gourmet - Dragonlife explains how to make your own soba noodles.
• Smoky Wok - Jenny makes a popular Chinese delicacy, stir-fried Chinese leeks with waxed duck.
• You’re Not From Around Here, Are You? - Steve talks about the unusual foods he’s eaten around the world.
• YoWangdu - Lobsang finds out how chef Tsering Tamding makes sepen, traditional Tibetan hot sauce.

Soba noodles (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

That’s all for this week. More delicious recipes and food tips will be served on Wednesday 28th March 2012.

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Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links : 14/3/2012

Welcome to the first edition of a new weekly series, Eye on East Asia’s Tasty Links!

Every Wednesday I will post links to recipes, food tips and other food-related blog posts. But I must warn you: do not attempt to read these on an empty stomach.

• Chinaful - Courtney shows you how to make a delicious tomato and egg stir fry in her first cooking video.
• Eating & Living – Hyosun celebrates the change of seasons with a simple but tasty Korean tofu salad.
• Kimchi Mom - Amy shares her video recipe for making kimchi jjigae (김치찌개).
• Little Corner of Mine - Jane cooks up a hearty Korean chicken vegetable stew (찜닭).
• Maangchi - Maangchi shares her tasty recipe for Korean squid soup (오징어국).
• Out to Lunch - Carolyn makes kiwi, wolfberry and snow ear compote (糖煮奇異果枸杞雪耳).
• Shizuoka Gourmet - The author shares his recipe for home-made yuzu koshio.
• Smoky Wok - Jenny serves up some vegetarian soy sauce udon noodles with pumpkin.
• Tess’s Japanese Kitchen - Tess shares her simple recipe for salmon miso soup.

That’s all for this week. More tasty links will be posted on Wednesday 21st March 2012.

Image via Wikipedia

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East Asia Blog Round-Up : 11/3/2012

It’s Sunday and therefore it’s time for another edition of the Eye on East Asia Blog Round-up.

• Aeri’s Kitchen - Aeri shares her recipe for fried fish cake and egg guk (어묵 계란국).
• An American in North Korea - Joseph shares some stunning photos of a mass gymnastics performance at the Arirang Mass Games (아리랑 축제).
• Appetite for China - Diana prepares some tasty kale and sesame soba noodles.
• Asia Pundits -  Migukin shows you how to properly enjoy the noraebang (노래방) experience.
• Beyond Kimchee - Holly shares her recipe for Korean-style braised tofu and radish.
• Big Sushi, Little Fishes - Aaron writes about his memories of the March 11th earthquake.
• Borrowed Culture - Fabrizio hikes along the Jinshanling (金山岭) section of the Great Wall.
• Contemporary Japanese Literature - Kathryn reviews the book March Was Made of Yarn : Reflections on the Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Meltdown.
• Dale’s Korean Temple Adventures - Dale explores Sinbulsa Temple (신불사) in Ulsan.
• Expat Hell - The Expat writes about the Korean Costco experience.
• Fifty Storms in Japan - Elizabeth talks about the impact the March 11th earthquake made on her life.
• From Our Ger - Susie has a fun-filled day out with some Kazakh eagle hunters.
• Haikugirl’s Japan - Ali shares her thoughts on this year’s Hyper Japan convention.
• Hoops & Homonyms - Ian and Jenny list the things they will and won’t miss about living in China.
• Japan Navigator - Ad writes a biography on the author Matsumoto Seicho (松本清張).
• Jay Dee in Japan - Jay shows off his family’s beautiful hina doll (雛人形) set.
• Just Another Day in Japan - Joe wonders whether it’s still worth learning how to write Japanese by hand.
• Korean Modern Literature in Translation - Charles talks about North Korean diasporic literature.
• Life Behind the Wall - Jo lists some of the customs surrounding pregnancy and childbirth in China.
• Life on Nanchang Lu - Fiona enjoys some farm-style home cooking with the Xu family.
• Nanoomi - Shin Kim writes about her day trip to Chuncheon (춘천).
• Ogijima - David explores Kurashiki’s (倉敷) Edo-era merchant neighbourhood, Bikan (美観).
• Out to Lunch - Carolyn shares her recipe for a cooling sweet and sour jicama salad (糖醋地瓜).
• Patrice in Matsusaka - Patrice learns how to become the ideal Japanese woman, or nadeshiko (大和撫子).
• PRC & Me - Matthew explains why Mandarin is not as tough to learn as many people think.
• Rurosha - The author pays his respects at the Tokyo Metropolitan Memorial Hall (東京都慰霊堂).
• Seoul Sub-urban - Charlie and Liz explore Seoul’s tiny Chinatown in Myeongdong (명동).
• Shinpai Deshou - Katie visits the Japan Cat Network’s shelter in Inawashiro (猪苗代).
• Shizuoka Gourmet - The author shares his recipe for chawanmushi (茶碗蒸し).
• Surviving in Japan - Ashley looks back on that fateful day of the March 11th earthquake.
• Sydney to Seoul - The author compiles a list of useful resources for learning Korean.
• Taiwan Duck - JJ Lymm shares her recipe for the popular Taiwanese dish braised pork on rice (滷肉飯).
• The China Beat – Jeffrey interviews Michelle Dammon Loyalka, author of the book Eating Bitterness : Stories From the Frontlines of China’s Great Urban Migration.
• The Lobster Dance - Leah takes a stroll through the scenic Rikugien Park (六義園).
• Tokidoki Tokyo - Tom tries to find his feet in Manila.
• TsukuBlog - Avi learns how to make homemade miso (味噌) paste.
• Unbrave Girl - Sally speaks about her love of glutinous rice balls (汤圆).
• Webs of Significance - YTSL continues her trek along the Wilson Trail (衛奕信徑).
• Writer. Traveller. Tea Drinker - Becky talks about the positive aspects of travelling solo in China.
• YoWangdu - Lobsang writes a short visitor’s guide for the Potala Palace (པོ་ཏ་ལ) in Lhasa.

That’s all for this week. The next blog round-up will be posted on Sunday 18th March 2012.

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East Asia Blog Round-Up : 4/3/2012

Here is this week’s Eye on East Asia Blog Round-up.

• Ajumma’s Journal - The author creates an itinerary for night owls celebrating the Great Full Moon, or Daeboreum (대보름), festival.
• An American in North Korea - Joseph gives some advice on what to pack for a trip to North Korea.
• Annyeong from Anyang - Lana writes about her recent trip to Cambodia.
• Appetite for China - Diana shares a delicious recipe for spicy Hunan beef with cumin.
• Carl Gene - Carl compiles a list of Chinese nouns ending with de (的).
• Chinaful - Courtney talks about her adventures in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia.
• Dale’s Korean Temple Adventures - Dale visits Hwaeomsa Temple (화엄사) in Yangsan.
• East Asian Student - Hugh explains the difference between passive and active vocabulary.
• Good & Bad Japan - The author explains why Japanese really isn’t as difficult as the Japanese insist it is.
• Hacking Chinese - Olle talks about the “10,000-hour rule” in language learning.
• I’ll Make it Myself - The author talks about Japanese street food and the 2012 Foodpia Land food fair.
• Josephine McDermott -  Josephine bemoans the lack of good value massage parlours in London.
• Life of a Foreign Hachikin - Indi lists her top five Japanese movies.
• Life on Nanchang Lu - Fiona learns about allotment farming in China.
• Lingomi - Steven calls on readers to rate his spoken Mandarin.
• Mark’s  China Blog - Mark reviews the late Nien Cheng’s memoir Life and Death in Shanghai.
• Mountain Phoenix Over Tibet - The author talks about Tibet’s mythical King Gesar of Ling.
• Mutantfrog Travelogue - Adam explains why he feels his Japanese sucks and always will.
• My Mid-Twenties in Mongolia - Liz shows you how to celebrate the New Year Mongolian style.
• Out to Lunch - Carolyn shares her recipe for Shanghainese salt-and-pepper chicken (椒鹽雞).
• Seeing Red in China - Tom reviews Liao Yiwu’s book about Christianity in Communist China, God is Red.
• Shenzhen Noted - Mary Ann shares her thoughts on the sorry state of Shenzhen’s print media.
• Shizuoka Gourmet - The author posts a simple recipe for Okinawan chilli oil (食べるラー油).
• Space for Grace - Grace wonders what the future holds for her and her career and family.
• Taiwan Duck - JJ Lym shows readers how to make Taiwanese oyster omelettes (蚵仔煎) at home.
• The Wild East - Trista reviews Nick Kembel’s bilingual book Taiwan From the Eyes of a Foreigner.
• To Shuo - Mark talks about an interesting character in his life, the Chinese Character Enthusiast.
• Tofugu - Hashi responds to Adam’s post and considers what it means to be fluent in Japanese.
• TsukuBlog - Avi talks about the legacy of ancient Japan’s frontier guards, the sakimori (防人).
• Writer. Traveller. Tea Drinker - Becky talks about a slight mishap at McDonalds.
• You’re Not From Around Here, Are You? - Steve writes about his visit to the Dai homeland of Xishuangbanna (西双版纳) in Yunnan Province.

That’s all for this week. The next blog round-up will be posted on Sunday 11th March 2012.

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East Asia Blog Round-Up : 26/2/2012

Another week, another Eye on East Asia Blog Round-up.

Here is this week’s selection :

• A Curmudgeon Abroad - Kaminoge tries to appease the gods with a visit to Guangfu Temple (廣福宮).
• A Man with Tea - Toranosuka writes about the sights and sounds of Japan’s Sakishima islands.
• Appetite for China - Diana compiles a list of kosher Chinese cooking ingredients.
• Bamboo Butterfly - Rhonda shares some tips for teaching English in Taiwan.
• Chinesense - Anton posts a short photo diary about foreign domestic workers living in Hong Kong.
• Chinese Quest - The author reconsiders his research topic after falling in love with Chinese palaeography.
• Dale’s Korean Temple Adventures - Dale visits Geumsansa Temple (금산사) in Gijang.
• Hiroyuki’s Blog - Hiroyuki posts a recipe for a Niigata speciality, mame-ten (豆天) or soybean tempura.
• Hokkaido Kanpai - The author visits the Snow Festival (雪まつり) in Sapporo.
• Hoops & Homonyms - Jenny and Ian decide to leave China and explore South-East Asia.
• Japan Navigator - Ad talks about the regional sake of Yamagata Prefecture.
• Life in Kawagoe - The author shows off her family’s collection of hina dolls (雛人形).
• Life on Nanchang Lu - Fiona has a delicious meal out at the Old Place Noodle restaurant (老地方面馆).
• Living a Dream in China - Sara posts some of the beautiful photos she took on her visit to the Dapeng Fortress (大鹏城) in Shenzhen.
• My Kafkaesque Life - The author pays a visit to the Big Buddha on Bagua Mountain (八卦山) in Changhua.
• Rory in Beijing - Rory is back in Beijing after two months of travelling across China.
• Shizuoka Gourmet - Robert explains how to make professional-looking tempura at home.
• Taiwan Duck - JJ.Lymm shares her recipe for octopus in tomato sauce (茄汁章魚).
• Tales from Hebei - Kelly produces a short guide on the latest fashion trends in small-town Hebei.
• Tigers & Magpies - Eddie explores the Gangseo Marsh Ecological Park in Seoul.
• Tofugu - Hashi delights in the beauty of Japan’s customized manhole covers.
• TravelWire Asia - Chris posts a handy guide for decoding Korean nutritional labels.

That’s all for this week.

The next Eye on East Asia Blog Round-up will be posted on Sunday 4th March 2012.