Mitsuwa Marketplace, Arlington Heights, IL
My first bibimbap was from Mama House, located at Mitsuwa Marketplace.
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Doug & Naoko’s Holiday Party
December 31st, 2007 · No Comments
On Saturday we went to Doug, Naoko and Tommy’s house for their annual holiday party with friends & family. Even though Doug told us that Naoko would only be making appetizers, we all knew better than to eat anything before going. Naoko is kind of Martha Stewart. All of the food she makes is so delicious and beautiful. She’s a fantastic cook and baker. And every time you think there couldn’t possibly be more food, she’d pull out something entirely new and set it out beautifully on the table.
This is what I remember she made: Cheese fondue with vegetables and bread for dipping, meatballs, two different noodle dishes, three types of maki (one had hotdogs and egg in it and is a favorite of the kids!), croissant sandwiches, a cheese board, spinach dip, potstickers, and chicken wings. Oh, and Chex mix that a drunken Doug told us 100 times was a secret family recipe of his grandmothers’. Just when you thought you couldn’t eat any more, Naoko pulls out a cake plate and arranges mini tiramisu and strawberry shortcakes, banana custard on the side and 3 different ice creams for the kids. Heather also brought some clam dip and I made Laura’s Cranberry Shortcake Streusel Bars (everyone loved them, even Chris, who doesn’t like cranberries) but we were no competition for Naoko!
Along with the food, we enjoyed many sake pours. Others had brought sake as well, but I liked the one we brought best. Danny had driven us out to Doug & Naoko’s house and on the way we were instructed to pick up a couple bottles of sake at Mitsuwa. We’re never really sure what kind is good, so I took photos of a sake bottle I still had at home from my 30th birthday. Doug and Naoko, who know what sake is good, had gotten it for me and for some reason I never threw the bottle away. It’s Ozeki Karataqmba and runs about $30/bottle at Misuwa, which is not bad because the bottle is pretty gigantic.
Tags:chris·cookie party·cooking and baking·cranberry shortbread streusel bars·danny·doug·laura·mitsuwa·naoko·tommy
Making Wontons
September 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Kathy & Auntie Laura
Caroline
Kathy & Auntie Laura
Making Wontons
Uncooked Wontons
Danny Frying Wontons
Finished!
On Sunday all of Dallas’ family who were in town and who live in the suburbs came to our house for a (mostly) Korean dinner. Dallas’ parents, George & Kathy, & Auntie Laura came first. I was trying to finish up making some cookies when they arrived, but once Kathy & Auntie Laura got into the kitchen I pretty much had to surrender. I was fine with that, though. I knew the food they would be making was going to be fantastic and that they needed to do what they needed to do. Kathy was the ringleader and she gave everyone else jobs to do. In the end, Dallas’ whole immediate family, plus some Aunties and his sister’s friends and Danny all helped in making the meal. It was fun to have everyone involved.
Auntie Laura had taken George and Kathy to both a Korean market and Mitsuwa before coming to our house, so they brought all the ingredients they needed. For dinner we had oriental chicken salad, kalbi ribs, ahi sashimi, wontons, spinach namul, Hawaiian mac salad, and probably even more things that I’m not remembering right now.
I was the most excited about Dallas’ mom’s famous wontons. I’ve had a lot of the other foods we ate that day before, but not the wontons. Whenever Dallas visits his parents he always raves about them, but they don’t exactly travel well, so I’ve never had them. I special requested wontons and Dallas’ mom was nice enough to agree to make them at our house even though we had to make special arrangements to get the proper cooking gear here to do it. George and Danny ended up setting up an electric wok out on our porch so that our kitchen wouldn’t get full of oil. And extra thanks to Danny, who sat out there in the hot sun over a big wok of hot oil all day to cook the wontons. They were delicious.
Tags:ahi·bbq·caroline·Chicago·cooking and baking·danny·george·kalbi·kathy·korean·laura·mac salad·mitsuwa·namul·oriental chicken salad·roscoe village·salad·sashimi·wonton