.: evil jungle prince :.

Well, I guess I was hungry tonight. :)

My main dish was clams in a miso-mustard-sake sauce with green onions. My side dishes included homemade cabbage kimchi, bellflower root, Korean style potatoes, Peking cucumber, and boiled mung bean sprouts with a soy/sesame oil/garlic seasoning.

The miso-mustard-sake combination turned out particularly well, even if I overcooked my green onions a bit.

This was also the first time I felt that my mung bean sprout banchan dish turned out just the way I like it -- on the salty side and not too crispy, heavy on the sesame oil taste.

Armed with some great ingredients I normally can't buy locally, I also gave this bellflower root banchan a try. My first attempt turned out a little too vinegary but I still enjoyed it. The slightly crunchy texture was particularly lovely.

Next time I will remove my green onions before they get too soft.

Stuffed beyond belief, a simple tea sounded good to me so I tried making a jujube-ginger-honey brew with fresh ingredients. To my great surprise, the result was excellent.

Mmmm. Life is good.