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A Korean dish stirs doctor’s memories of medical school

The 30-minute recipe represents more than just a meal for Bermingham, who has practiced as an OB-GYN for 25 years and lived in Tiburon for 13.

FRANCISCO MARTINEZ / THE ARKTiburon resident Dr. Yamilee Bermingham, pictured May 7 at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library, is an OB-GYN who graduated from Yale University’s medical school who’s been dreaming of recreating japchae noodles.
Francisco Martinez
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ · 1 min read

A Korean noodle dish from her medical school days has Yamilee Bermingham eager to recreate those flavors in her Tiburon kitchen.

She recalls her first taste of japchae, a sweet-potato noodle dish with vegetables and sauce that she encountered while studying at Yale University School of Medicine.

What she enjoyed about the dish, Bermingham says during a May 7 visit to the Belvedere-Tiburon Library, was the blend of sweetness with the vegetables, as well as it being a new flavor, and “the care with which the person who had the food truck … made it available to us.”

The 30-minute recipe represents more than just a meal for Bermingham, who has practiced as an OB-GYN for 25 years and lived in Tiburon for 13.

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A version of this story appeared in the May 14, 2025, print edition of The Ark. See something wrong? Request a correction.
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