the recipes
every midnight meal
tap a still for the full recipe — the real one.
scene 01 · tonight
baked mac & cheese
1 hour · MAC
scene 02
summer-night açaí bowl
5 min · ACAI
scene 03
café avocado toast
15 min · AVO
scene 04
beef pho with charred onion and toasted spice broth
3 hr 30 min · PHO
scene 05
birria ramen
3.5 hours (mostly the braise) · RAMEN
scene 06
birria tacos
4 hours (worth every one) · BIRRIA
scene 07
bulgogi with glass noodles
45 min · BULGOGI
scene 08
butter-basted pork chop
25 min · BUTTER
scene 09
cajun lobster boil
40 min · CAJUN
scene 10
gochujang chicken
1 hr · DAKGALBI
scene 11
midnight cheese ramyeon
8 min · CHEESE
scene 12
cheese stuffed hamburg steak
50 min · HAMBURG
scene 13
chicken curry rice
55 min · CURRY
scene 14
hand-pleated dumplings under a lacy golden skirt
1 hr 15 min · DUMPLINGS
scene 15
chinese sausage fried rice
20 min · LAPCHEONG
scene 16
ice-water shocked soba
20 min · SOBA
scene 17
not a cheese pull. one long curtain of cream
30 min · GNOCCHI
scene 18
crème brûlée
5 hr · mostly chilling · BRULEE
scene 19
crispy pepper beef
35 min · PEPPER
scene 20
crispy rice spicy salmon
40 minutes + chilling
scene 21
dakdoritang
about 1 hour · DAKDORI
scene 22
the stone bowl is still crackling when you fold it
50 min · DOLSOT
scene 23
dubai chocolate strawberries
35 min (10 of them are just waiting) · DUBAI
scene 24
midnight English breakfast
15 min · BREKKIE
scene 25
matcha frozen yogurt bark
15 min + 3 hr freeze · BARK
scene 26
fruit electrolyte cooler
10 min · no cook · COOLER
scene 27
galbijjim
about 2 hours · GALBI
scene 28
garlic butter cheese pasta
20 min · CHEESE
scene 29
gooey cinnamon rolls
3 hr · mostly rising · CINNAMON
scene 30
homemade kimchi
7 hr · mostly hands-off salting · KIMCHI
scene 31
hot honey garlic chicken tenders
35 min · TENDERS
scene 32
kimbap
45 min · KIMBAP
scene 33
korean corn dog
45 min + 1 hr chill · CORNDOG
scene 34
sticky gochujang fried chicken
45 min · CHICKEN
scene 35
mango bingsu
20 min + 6 hr freeze · BINGSU
scene 36
mapo tofu
30 min · MAPO
scene 37
marry me pasta
25 min · MARRY
scene 38
soy-marinated eggs
20 min plus overnight · MAYAK
scene 39
creamy milk-cheese ramyun
10 min · MILK
scene 40
molten chocolate lava cake
1 hr 45 min · mostly freezing · MOLTEN
scene 41
creamy mushroom risotto
35 min · RISOTTO
scene 42
peach burrata salad
15 min · no cook · BURRATA
scene 43
the midnight ramyun
6 min · RAMYUN
scene 44
caramelized kimchi samgyeopsal
25 minutes · SSAM
scene 45
crispy shrimp tempura
25 min · EBI
scene 46
smash burger
20 min · SMASH
scene 47
japanese soufflé pancakes
35 min · SOUFFLE
scene 48
soy-butter egg rice
20 min (+ a night in the fridge) · EGG
scene 49
soy-marinated salmon rice bowl
15 min + 20 min marinate · SALMON
scene 50
stir-fried udon
20 min · UDON
scene 51
strawberry matcha latte
10 min · MATCHA
scene 52
sugar butter crepes
1 hr 10 min · CREPE
scene 53
mentaiko ham rolled omelette
20 min · OMELET
scene 54
single serve tiramisu in a glass
30 min + 4 hr chilling · TIRAMISU
scene 55
truffle butter popcorn
15 min · TRUFFLE
scene 56
iced ube latte
10 min · UBE
scene 57
watermelon sorbet
8 hr · mostly freezing · WATERMELON
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jen cooks at midnight
midnight, a glass tower over the han river — namsan lit small across the water, a cherry-red pot on the marble, a silver cat asleep by the window. no talking, no rush. just one person, one quiet meal, and the whole city asleep below. you watch, then you cook it too.