How about some oden soup to warm your heart tonight? (:

It was drizzling all morning. 

The sky was so gloomy.

 Felt like staying in bed and read one of twenty something books I ordered last week.

As soon as I opened a book, 

I had a serious craving for pumpkin spice latte. 

Oh, the sweet aroma of cinnamon & pumpkin ... 

So I strolled down to Larchmont Street by my house 

and had one with extra whipped cream on top!!

It. was. good. 

Then, I went to my favorite grocery store in Koreatown.

Picked up some ingredients for oden soup, 

which is a very common street food in Korea during the winter time.

Remembered this oden soup recipe with rice cake from a magazine.

Bought some plain rice cake called "gah-rae-tuk"

BTW, oden is fishcake. 

Made the fish broth using dried anchovies, daikon radish, and seaweed.

You have to take out the anchovies after 20 minutes or so...

Add the oden on sticks into the boiling fish broth wait for 20 plus minutes.

Add the rice cakes on sticks to the soup.

Bring down the heat to low and simmer it for another 15 to 20 minutes.

While you're finishing the soup, you can make the sauce to dip these goodness...

Just mix soy sauce, sesame oil, crushed sesame seeds, and finely chopped scallions.

STOP if you have no tolerance with spicy food.

I personally like it with diced Jalapenos and Korean crushed red pepper.

Serve the soup with the sauce on the side. 

Tonight, I served kimchi, rice, and steamed broccoli on the side.

Hope some of you out there can enjoy this recipe~!!

Good night (: