{"id":652,"date":"2010-04-27T19:27:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T09:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/najin.x10.mx\/journal\/?p=652"},"modified":"2010-05-01T22:02:47","modified_gmt":"2010-05-01T12:02:47","slug":"652","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.najin.ca\/journal\/652\/","title":{"rendered":"cold soba on a hot rainy day."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Top: beads of rain on my screen & the view from my desk.
\nBottom: mum-inspired crab and cucumber cha soba.<\/em><\/p>\n


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Due to the deadly combo of midterms and assigments, my daily life has been literally confined to my house (more specifically my desk, but ‘house’ sounds less pathetic).<\/div>\n

As painstaking as it’s been, I’ve been able to dedicate some time to domestication, which I must say has its perks. One of these ‘perks’ (which may actually just be code for ‘procrastination’) has been cooking.<\/p>\n

Brisbane is humid most of the year, so I’ve found great comfort in exploring cold dishes. One that came to mind today was my mum’s champion Korean-style soba. Back in Vancouver, she’d always whip some up on a sweltering afternoon–and bless her for it! A cold noodle dish on a hot day has to be the equivalent of a cozy cuppa joe away from a frigid one. Comforting.<\/div>\n

Soba is type of Japanese noodle (made from buckwheat). There are tons of different varieties, and the one I used here is flavored with a hint of green tea (cha).<\/p>\n

There are tons of recipes you can search for online, so I won’t bother posting up proportions on here. The reason I consider this dish more Korean-style is because along with the typical ingredients of rice wine vinegar, soy sauce and sugar, I tossed in some chilli powder (what’s a Korean dish without a spicy kick?), a small amount of sesame oil (typical of many Korean dishes) and served it with a side of kimchi. I also deviated from the traditionally plain Japanese soba by mixing in some crab meat and sesame seeds.<\/p>\n

Anyway, just wanted to share the idea of Soba in case someone wanted an alternative to jumping in the pool to beat the heat.<\/p>\n

In the meantime…wish me luck–it’s crunch time (at school)!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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