Since almost everything made on this blog is a mix of East and West, the title of this post really doesn't tell you anything about the contents.
Tuesday's fusion dinner was a kimchi nabe accompanied by some Mexican beer and finished with American-style ice cream for dessert.
We've been meaning to make kimchi nabe for a few weeks, since it would be an excellent way to use up some of the mochi that is still hibernating in the freezer. We picked up a packet of soup at the grocery store, chopped up a bunch of vegetables and added several varieties of meat from the freezer (chicken meat balls, bulgogi, and sausages.) Put everything in a pot and cover.
When it's ready to serve, use a ladle and chopsticks to transfer desired ingredients to your
individual bowl and top with a bit of shredded cheese. Cut the spice with some Corona.
When most of the meat and veggies have been eaten, add the starches to leftover broth. On Tuesday, this included a long frozen pack of udon noodles and some mochi. Keizo and I both decided that this was our favorite way to eat mochi so far; its gooey texture worked much better in soup than as a pizza crust.
We continued to clean out the freezer after dinner with some left over Baskin-Robbins ice cream cake from Shinya's going away party. Shinya is one of Keizo's teammates who after spending most of the season injured, is retiring from rugby and moving to Australia to be with his French girlfriend. (And I thought Keizo and I had a complicated long distance relationship, but at least there are only two countries involved--so far!)
Mmmmmm chocolate! The cake kept us fueled while we completed a surprisingly challenging, 500 piece, underwater themed jigsaw puzzle. I bought it at the dollar store at home before I left, and we estimated it took six hours (over two days) to finish. Six hours of entertainment for $1? That is a pretty good deal!
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