Korean Thursdays!

My family loves loves loves Korean food! We love the heat, the dishes, the flavors...everything. The year after I graduated, so 2011~2012, we made it a family tradition to have Korean EVERY THURSDAY night. Thus, we dubbed this day of the week "Korean Thursday." While Korean cuisine encompasses a vast array of dishes, we are particularly fond of "Sundubu Jjigae."  

Sundubu Jigae is a soft tofu stew that is served in a piping hot stone bowl. It's generally quite spicy, although you can adjust the heat level to your own liking, and can include almost anything! I tend to get my with seafood, beef, and kimchi. Yum! Also, traditionally, this dish is served with a raw egg that you mix into the stew. The stew is so hot, that the egg cooks while you are stirring it in! 
a recent meal of sundubu jigae

I am also a great fan of dolsot bibimbap, which is rice/veggies/meat (optional) served in a hot stone bowl. (Are you seeing a pattern here?) This is also a favorite of mine! I like mine spicy, so I tend to add a lot of hot sauce. The best is while you eat the main contents, you let some of the rice cook on the bowl, so by the time you are done, you get this crunchy rice cracker. Yum yum yum! 

dolsot bimbimbap

For our Korean fix, whist there is a really good place in Fort Lee, NJ, that is a bit far from us. Luckily, there is a really fantastic and delicious soft tofu restaurant very close by in Ridgewood, NJ. It's called Organic Tofu House and its located in a little strip mall next to the Whole Foods. I highly highly highly recommend this restaurant! You will not be disappointed! 

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