Korean food Kraving!

I had to do it.  I couldn't resist.  It all started with a text msg from my sister last night when she asked me when the Korean market closed! 

Got an intense Kraving for a Korean rice cake in a sweet spicy sauce consisting of korean red pepper paste. It's called dokbokki (it has various spellings and here is a wiki link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tteokbokki).  I usually just have it with thinly sliced beef that they probably use for bulgogi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgogi).
And since I was at the Korean market I had! to buy kimchi!  I've tried making kimchi, and it is not easy at all!  So please! if you have a good kimchi recipe and tips, please share :)

So here is how I kraft my Korean meal.  (sorry to all my Korean friends if I am soooo unauthentic with my approach...again please share your recipes and tips if you have any for me :)):

Veggie Prep: The very first thing I do with every meal is wash and cut all my vegetables before I handle any raw meats.  Just to avoid any cross contamination.  I also use a different cutting board for my meat so there can never be a mistake of using a contaminated cutting board.  So the only veggies I"m using for this is some green onion to put in my dokbokki.

Dokbokki:
The instructions are in Korean on the package so I just make do lol. I just look at the numbers.
1) In a nonstick pan and on medium heat, add 200 mL of water and 350 g of the rice cake
2) When rice cakes are soft and some of the water has evaporated, add the red pepper paste sauce.
3) Simmer about 5-10 minutes depending on how thick you want it.
4) Add green onion and sesame seed (if you have any) and cook maybe 2 minutes

While the dokbokki is cooking, you can start cooking the beef.

Beef (I'm not going to call this bulgogi because I'm sure that is specific marinade):
1) Separate the slightly defrosted, thinly sliced beef from each other.
2) Marinate beef for no more than a few minutes in:

     a) 1/2 TBSP of Golden Mountain Soy Sauce

     b) a few drops of sesame oil

     c) a healthy shake of garlic powder

3) Cook slices of beef on a medium non stick pan.

And there you go, devour the rice cakes and beef as fast as you can as the rice cakes harden back up as it cools. Oh and of course have some kimchi.