Gamja Tang (감자탕) - Spicy Pork Bone soup

Gamja tang (감자탕) is a food that I didn't eat when I was growing up because my mom never made it. Most people assume that the name means "potato soup" because gamja (감자) = potato and tang (탕)= soup. However, there are some who believe that the name is actually derived from the word "gamja bbyuh" (감자뼈), which apparently refers to the pork spine bone.

Marinated Potato Salad

I had some "extra" baby Yukon Gold potatoes that I needed to use up, and I decided to make potato salad.

Today I'm being assisted by the Iron Chef Duck. He has his own cooking blog too. You can find his blog here.

Zha Jiang Mian

I had previously experimented with making zha jiang mian (here).  Today was experiment #2.

Koreanized pulled pork

I really like pulled pork sandwiches and I decided to experiment to add some Korean flavors. The experiment was a tasty success, but I'm not quite ready to post an exact recipe.

Crispy tofu cakes with sweet chili sauce

These crispy tofu cakes were the result of some experimentation.  At dim sum today, I saw on the menu something called "salt & pepper pi-pa tofu" and I had no idea what it was (and we did not order it).  A web search revealed recipes for pi-pa tofu, but I decided to take this in a slightly different direction.