Kimchi Hambagu - 泡菜肉餅

Burrrrrrr!

The weather's getting cold!

Ok, maybe I don't have the right to complain about the dropping temperature,

What do I know about winter time?

I live in California, all Californians are not allowed to complain about cold weather!

I can try to keep my mouth shut, but my body is shaking,

Getting out the house is getting rougher and tougher each day (am I being too dramatic here?)

I ought to figure something to feed on that will warm up my stomach.

Kimchi it is.

Ingredients? (for 8)

1 lb of ground pork
1/2 medium size onion (finely chopped)
2 stalks of scallion (finely chopped)
1 1/3 cup of kimchi (finely chopped)
1 tablespoon of roasted sesame
1 egg
1/2 cup of all purpose flour
Extra virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon of soy sauce
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper

How?

Have a big bowl ready,
Please pay attention here, I mean BIG bowl.
I was running out of clean big container while making this dish,
Mysteriously, I managed a way to convince myself that this medium sized bowl will still be a good candidate for me to stir in the ingredients,
................
And yes,...I know I can simply head to another direction and wash the dishes,
But somehow that thought didn't even come across my mind,Or maybe I was just being lazy,
I Ended up having bits of kimchi..ground pork..and scallion flying everywhere..
Lesson learned.

So let's have a big bowl here,

Mix in the scallion, onion, ground pork, kimchi, all purpose flour, roasted sesame, soy sauce, small pinch of salt, some black pepper, and one egg.

Combine all the ingredients till well blended.

This is our main ingredient that makes this dish spicy. Perfect snack during this cold weather!-

Turn on your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Use your palm and form the mixture into oval shaped patties,

You might want to "slap" them around,

I mean by tossing the meat patties back and forth between your palms,

This helps to get rid of the air inside the patties.

Prepare a skillet and drizzle some olive oil,

Turn to high heat and sear both sides of burger patties till slightly brown,

About 2 minutes each side.

Have a baking dish ready,

Drizzle some olive oil and transfer the patties onto the baking dish.

In to the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or till the top turns slightly brown color.

After taking the backing dish out from the oven,

Remember to let it sit for 10 minutes before serving.

Final product!-

Those burger patties have a slightly sourish hint from the kimchi,

And they sure are pretty SPICY!

Cindy's Rating: 7

West Hollywood Halloween Carnival 2008

Booooo!
How was your Halloween night?
Trick or treat? Clubbing? House party?
I went to West Hollywood for its annual Halloween parade.

It wasn't an easy task to get there,
First, we had to deal with the infamous California traffic,
Second, there were tons of people heading to Los Angeles for their Halloween parties.
So after driving for more than 3 hours and walking for more than 15 blocks,
We're finally there,
Santa Monica Boulevard!
Walking next to us were thousands and thousands of...
Monsters..cartoon characters..politicians..cheer leaders..entertainers..anything you can think of!

Here we were,
Ash, one friendly stranger, and Pikachu-


And let's look at some PG-13 pictures of the night,

Uma Thurman from Kill Bill-


2 Pac-


Keanu Reeves from Matrix-


Michael Phelp-


Since it's a food blog,
Of course we need to see some food related costumes.

Our all time favorite fast food icons-


Sashimi couple-


Tacos-


Frylock and Master Shake-


Let me know if you guys wanna see the whole album for this Halloween parade,
However, one condition must be met,
You have to be 18 years or older!
(Shoot me an email for the album)