Asian Food Night

My friend Sara served her mission in Korea and we talk about the wonders of Asian culture and the food all the time. Recently while at my house she noticed that I had some Kimchi in the fridge, she asked if it was any good. I answered that it was but that is was going bad. She got really excited about this and stated that in a few weeks when it was really fermented she would make me Kimchi Soup. M'oh boy.

So the day came and we decided to make it at her house since it apparently sinks the house up a lot and her place is bigger than mine(more space to disperse the stink). I brought my "bad" kimchi and some sticky rice and Sara made the soup along with some egg fried squash and giyoza.

To make kimchi soup you do very little...you put the kimchi in a pot, add water, onion, garlic and then some type of protein if you wish...something like tofu, beef, shrimp...we added canned tuna. Then you just let it cook down until a lot of the water is gone.

Sara was right, it did have a very distinct smell, and since I'm not used to eating so much kimchi all at once, at first the taste took some getting used to as well. But in the end I really liked it. I think prehaps I would like it better with tofu though...I've never been a huge canned tuna fan.

In the end we had a lot of fun and decided to make "Asain food night" a monthly thing, since neither of us ever make Asian food anymore. Next time will be my turn...umm I wonder what I should make? Fuji rice, okonomiaki, mabodofu...etc.