I was tempted to just grab a fresh Chinese lumpia at Landmark Supermarket in Trinoma last night but the price (70 pesos!) hindered me. So I racked my brain instead for possible things to cook with the leftover ingredients in the fridge. My eyes wandered to the noodles aisle so I thought kimchi soup it is!
I use to live with two of the coolest Temperate Asian dudes in a co-ed boarding house run by a notorious white Canadian guy. One was a talented Japanese b-boy who showed me how to make okonomiyaki (a savory pancake usually eaten as a snack) and the other was an opinionated aspiring Korean diplomat who taught me the recipe for kimchi soup. Now, I didn't make notes back then, but all I can remember was adding kimchi and Lucky Me Pancit Canton noodles (without the sauce and powder) into a pot of boiling water, then dumping Spam Hot & Spicy slices.
Since I don't eat Spam, I sliced and re-fried instead the leftover tofu I had for Day 11 (which had been marinated overnight in soy sauce, vinegar, and garlic before they were fried), then added it to the boiling soup of kimchi and noodles. I added a bit of chili soybean paste since the hotness of the kimchi had been diluted by the water.
The PLUS part: I was about to enjoy my soup when I remembered that I bought nori some two months ago and it was just chilling in the fridge, unopened. So I took two sheets out, tore them to pieces, and added them to the steaming spicy bowl of noodles.
Last Day 14
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