Although I mostly cook western food at home there are times when I give Korean a try. Maybe making ramyeon doesn't count, so I thought it best to try something new. The above is a pre-packaged meal I found at the store near the cold noodle section. For those who don't know these ingredients basically what we have here is a rice-cake (ddukk), beef and vegetable stew like mix.

First off you should know that I am one of the few foreigners out there who does not like Ddeokbokki. When I first tried it I found the sauce incredibly unappealing and ever since shunned the street-food dish. But the ddeokk part is something that comes up in other dishes and I have since enjoyed them.

I took this package home and after a bit of translation from JH was able to make it. As you can see I added fresh mushrooms and bok choy to give it a fresh flavor.