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K-popped! Kitchen: Doenjang Jjigae

While Orchid has been giving you health and beauty tips in May, I figured we could round off her posts with a healthy dish! Today’s recipe is a very nourishing stew made with Doenjang. Doenjang is fermented soybean and is very similar the Japanese miso. It is said that doenjang is so good for you [...]

K-popped! Kitchen: What to do with Gochujang

Ah, it has been too long since I did a cooking post. Well, I just haven’t been cooking much lately with the holiday season in the air. But now that’s over, it’s back to the stove. Gochujang – the sweet and spicy bean paste that flavour many of our favourite Korean dishes. Unless we’re Korean, [...]

K-popped!’s 1st Anniversary

Hello K-popped! readers, We celebrate our 1st anniversary today! *breaks out the champagne* Boy, have we seen the site grow – from getting less than 10 readers a day to one that attracts some 6,000 readers (and we hope the number continues to grow). It’s all thanks to all of you who have shared your [...]

Big Bang having fun in Thailand

안녕하세요 여러분, (Hello Everyone) Yeah it’s me again, Orchid. Three entries in a row now as Liz is too busy fiddling with her computer, downloading Keanu wallpaper and trying desperately to make him appear larger than life right in front of her. Rooster? Well, she’s probably whipping up something for the next K-popped! Kitchen project. [...]