dubu chigae with hobak (tofu zucchini stew)

i've had several talks with my mom about this dish--i think it's more like a soup (gook) than a stew (chigae) because of the broth.  i tried to explain to her why it should be called dubu gook and she laughed.  i should have known better.  i can't argue with her, it is what it is.  i posted the recipe on openfoodsource.com and will try to add more in the future, if anyone's interested.

dukboki and fried green tomatoes

i LOVE dukboki and have fond memories of eating it when we lived in korea.  besides my grandmother's cooking, this was one of the first dishes i remember trying and absolutely loved.  it's rice cake simmered in chili pepper paste (kochujang).  i used to joke with my family that i could eat this, or anything with tofu in it for the rest of my life.  can't say that about fried green tomatoes though.  i had an obsession with them for a while but now they're more like an occasional treat.

salad

this salad was very refreshing and i really need to have it more often.  looking back at some of the foods i've eaten over the last few weeks, i see i haven't been doing a good job of eating a variety of colorful foods.  i have these spurts where i crave sweets and starchy foods but after i've had too much, i crave lots of vegetables.  i need to find a balance.

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tomatoes

i can't believe my dad's side of the family is from the south and i had never tried fried green tomatoes until earlier this year.  my first taste was at gladys & ron's chicken and waffles.  it was so good and that's all i had talked about and wanted for days. 

since then, i've tried it a few times but only at a place called folks.  it's a  small chain of restaurants and they serve pretty good southern food.  i can't complain.  oh, there was one experience that did leave me speechless and shaking my head as we left.  i had gone to the bathroom and i thought my eyes were playing tricks on me from the poor lighting--it sure as hell looked like someone threw barbecue sauce all over the toilet AND the floor in one of the stalls.  i hate to say this but at the time, i thought i had walked into the men's bathroom because there was no way a woman could have done that.  i even looked around for urinals.  nope.  i thought it was a joke but no, that wasn't bbq sauce i smelled when i first walked in.  the gagging commenced and it was too late to make a run for the door.  i had started to but realized i couldn't leave without washing my hands.  thank god for paper towels because i don't know how else i would've opened the door to get out.  we haven't gone back to that location since!

mick's in atlanta

sorry...i should be talking about fried green tomatoes.  so last night a bunch of us (my brother and a few friends) got together for dinner at a  "cleaner" place called mick's.  this was my first time there and it looked like an upscale diner.  after we sat down, the casual atmosphere started to sink in and everyone's food looked and smelled wonderful.  apparently the peach cobbler is one of the the best in the area but they weren't serving any last night (or the last two weeks for that matter).  it was pretty obvious how disappointed we were since we started talking about where we could go for dessert--all before ordering anything to drink!  typical of us to think about dessert before the actual meal.  finally looked at the menu and no one had told me about mick's fried green tomatoes.  umm, hello!

mick's fried green tomatoes and dream rolls

so we had started with an order of dream rolls and fried green tomatoes.  the dream rolls dipped in curry sauce were very good.  but yet again, all i talked about were the fried green tomatoes since the rest of the meal was...eh.  i had the creole pasta, but all i could think about were the fried green tomatoes.  it came topped with a special russian dressing, sprinkled with goat cheese.  definitely the best i've tasted so far and our friend K helped describe it as "crackalicious."  that also described the heath bar ice cream pie, three layer chocolate cake and deep dish apple pie we all shared.  yep, we caved and stayed for dessert.  i'm already planning my next fix. 

i found some southern comfort at mick's but now i feel like it's my mission to find, and try, every place in atlanta that serves fried green tomatoes.  i'm sure this is just a temporary obsession until i can find a good recipe :)

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