Cafe Julia at YWCA - Korean Inspired Menu

Aloha~

Today, I'd like to introduce you a quaint lunch spot in down town, Honolulu.

When I heard it's located inside of  YWCA, I couldn't excited more.

As they named the restaurant "Cafe Julia", 

the famous Julia Morgan was the architecture of that beautiful building.

I think a female architecture built YWCA is such a meaningful fact.

Needless to say that the result is stunning.

Cafe Julia @YWCA Laniakea

Even before I visit, I've decided to order this Korean style grilled beef.

I have no idea what's the nationality of the chef 

but I know kimchee and steak are match made from the heaven.

We had to wait for 10 minutes on the bench which was ok.

They have quite enough seats to handle many customers.

You can either seat inside of this classic building, 

or seat outside to enjoy the sun.

Hello, menu!

Do I need to read you?

I've memorized already!!!! Bahahahaha!

I found that all the menus are kind of Asian fusion.

I'd like to try Loco Moco and Vietnamese or Filipino inspired menu next time.

They have daily special too.

We picked salad and pasta from them.

 Our drinks!!!

I tried lilikoi cooler which was really nice and tart.

Bit sweet for me but was very awakening :)

Grilled Korean-style marinated beef

This was really good.

Of course the kimchee was Hawaiian local style but was still good.

The kalbi meat cooked nicely and I liked that there was a lot of local vegetables.

I only can enjoy meat when I have salad or kimchee...

hehe this menu was just right for me!

Big Island made smoke pork spicy tomato penne pasta

 The smoked pork was similar to the dried pork which

you can buy from Tamura's poke stand.

This pasta was ok. Not outstanding but worked great with our other dishes.

Korean inspired tofu salad

 This salad, really cracked us up.

(Us means two Korean and one Chinese who used to live in Korea)

The chef used pepper sauce marinated dried fish on the top...

It's really common pupu in Korea. 

Seriously nobody can charge for that in Korea since it's on the free pupu list :)

And dakuan? really? 

However, the interesting part was the bottom.

It had sweet soymilk panna cotta bed under it. 

All together it tasted quite nice.

After I've tried this menu, I wanted to meet the chef.

He must be super creative and not scared of trying new things.

And I'd like to hear other non Korean people's review for this salad~

This beef comes with one bowl of white/brown rice.
Their brown rice is really undercooked. Please go for white rice.

 Nom nom nom nom nom!!!

Finding a refreshing new place in downtown?

This place is a must try.

Thank you for reading.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend :)

Cafe Julia

1040 Richards St.

Honolulu, HI 96813

(808)533-3334

http://cafejuliahawaii.com

Oh So Easy Bread Recipe(초간단 발효빵)

Aloha!

As a super lazy baker, 

I've been looking for a perfect quick artisan bread recipe for a long time.

It is ironic that I don't like waiting and kneading but love homemade bread.

Especially, I really avoid artisan bread made from bleached flour.

However, unless I go to far far away(for me) Whole Food everyday,

I can't find any organic bakery around my neighborhood.

In fact, I tried many <no knead bread> recipes.

Those are nice but it has two down sides.

1. Have to wait for 4~6 hours in room temperature and 12 hours in the refrigerator.

2. Dealing with the super sticky moist dough is not easy.

I'm a person who's too excited about cooking who can't just wait, 'forget about the bread' and wait. I check the dough's consistently and imagine 

'how it's going to look like?' for every minute which is the reason I stopped making 'no knead bread'.

Oh so easy!!!!

But...voila!!! 

I found the perfect recipe today.

Only 8minutes knead, total time is 75min.

I assume this recipe is from US but I found it from Korean blogger.

Forgive me for not knowing the origin of the recipe and

can't giving the credit to the inventor of the recipe.

I've sent to the person aloha from my heart if it's enough for her :)

<ingredients>

Flour:3cup

Warm water:1cup

Sugar and dry yeast:1Tbs each

Salt:1/2Tbs

Make three holes on your flour and add yeast, salt, sugar.

Wait,,, Isn't this reminds you of the art???

Hmmmm....very similar ;) 

Mix them well cause we don't like that face.

Add warm water. 

Knead for 8min.

Cover with a hot steam towel and put it in some place warm.

I put it inside of a microwave.But don't start the microwave. You will burn your whole kitchen :(

You don't need to preheat oven.

Just place a big bowl of hot water on the bottom layer.

after 15min, the dough still doesn't look risen enough, but it's ok.

Shape the dough and scratch with sharp knife.

Put it in the oven, bake it in 400F for 30~40 min.

Tada!!!

What do you think?

Making a loaf of bread is that easy!!

I haven't found any recipe easier than this.

Do you agree?

The outside is super crunch, inside is moist.

When it's hot, you might feel it's too moist.(Which I like)

But after a few hours, you can even make a sandwich with this. 

It's great with jam

or butter of course.

I will make more breads soon with nuts or olives~

Stay tuned for more fun recipes.

Mahalo for reading my blog.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend.