Feeling thrifty and feeling lazy, my husband and I agreed to have ramyun for Saturday dinner in spite of its definite killing of Saturday's romantic mood. Cooking ramyun is extremely simple with very minimum requirements. Yes, water, heat, and ramyun are all you need! Yet, I believe many people are willing to pay a little more attention to it, i.e. adding more vegetables to it. That will make a big difference in nutrients as well as taste. I usually add some vegetables such as spring onions, Korean peppers, mushrooms and seaweed mix at the end. I sometimes add eggs or mandu (Korean ...

The delicious mandu (Korean dumplings) that I had a week ago in Myung Dong Kyoja in Korea Town, Los Angeles triggered me to do more research about it. =) Mandu, one of the most favored Korean snack dishes, refers to crescent-shape (or less commonly round-shape) food of meat (usually pork) and vegetable mix wrapped with a thin piece of flour dough. Usually, it's served either fried (usually pan-fry, not deep fry) or steamed. The most similar food in non-Korea culture is Chinese dumpling, jiaozi or baozi. The name itself originates from Chinese food 'mantou', steamed flour buns, but mantou doesn't have fillings. ...