Korean Food

So my awesome Hubby went to the Korean shop before he started work yesterday. It's located near Sveavägen in Stockholm and it is TINY compared to the shops in NYC. They have all the basic ingredients, which keeps me happy. I do, however, have to learn how to cook the dishes I crave to eat. This requires me to call my mother and ask on the phone for the recipes.

If you are korean, you know that cooking Korean food is not like cooking Western food, due to the fact that we do not take real measurements when we cook. It is all about tasting, and building the right flavor. Now remember, I am on the phone when trying to figure this out. I get the same basic ingredients, soy sauce, garlic, and either sesame oil or hot red pepper paste...and the rest is "just taste it until it is right."

So it takes me months to get anything to resemble my mother's cooking. The sad part is, my evaluation is when Kim says "this is good, tastes like your mom's."

I finally got my Kimchi to taste better. Took me 6 years to get it right. I can't use oysters since Kim is allergic, so I found a good substitute, fish sauce. Otherwise we ate vegan Kimchi which was delicious, yet didn't have the rounded flavor that I wanted.