The first two pictures are basically Korean style fried rice made with chicken. There is a restaurant we frequent where they cook it up in front of you with hot sauce. Though I have a preference for drier Chinese rice when it comes to fried rice, this one restaurant does it right. Also, you have the option of adding mozzarella cheese to it. However odd this may seem, it actually goes really well; kinda makes it into a spicy pizza. A very satisfying dish indeed.
Rating: ****
This sucker has peanuts... so I ended up unable to finish it. This is a very famous chicken soup made with ginseng, and is one of those super-healthy makes-you-live-10-more-years type foods. Woori took me to eat it at a restaurant where the president goes to eat it and, I'd say (before my mouth started swelling) that was some really good chicken soup. On top you see pine nuts, peanuts were actually so few that I had a delayed reaction. This is a bit of an expensive dish though, averaging at about 14,000W (about 13$) but if it weren't for the peanuts, well worth it.
Rating ****
Rating: *
I featured 떡볶이 in my last food post, however that one was with red hot sauce:
This one above is fusion food. Not quite my style but it's alright. Koreans are fond of mixing cheese with all of their dishes and once you manage to warm up to the bizarre idea, it can be quite good. I mean if you think about it, almost everything is good with some cheese (and bacon) but if this dish sold for the same price as the normal 떡볶이 I would eat it. But it sells for about triple the price so SCREW THAT. Tried it once, and moved on.
Rating: ***
Sushi Knockoff Rating: **
This is like the Korean version of "Chok" (or however you write the name). Boiled rice coming in varieties from seafood to beef and mushrooms flavors. Great dish for winter and reputably healthy but too expensive to eat on a regular basis (average 9-10,000W). For some reason though, they always seem to make it with no salt and we always request it because if not it's flavorless. Of course, doesn't compare to grandma's home made but it's the next best thing.
Rating: ****
Balut
Remember those eggs on my daily blog? Okay, lets get crackin'!
These here are chicks fermented in their eggs. I bet I'm making Lourdes's stomach turn again, but I LOVE these things. With some spicy vinegar, the first time I tried these I had 4. They also happen to be a natural aphrodisiac (though I didn't feel it). However eat too many and you cold end up like this:
Rating: ************* (:
It's odd that I feature this in winter, since it's shaved ice, but this isn't exactly a recent picture. This is a VERY popular desert that every coffee shop and dessert house will sell during summer. Underneath the shaved ice you have sweet red beans and it's usually topped with fruit though you can also get it with green tea flavoring. Well, there are tons of varieties and every place makes it different. This one is from a coffee shop locally known for it. A little expensive but you see 4 people at a time here sharing one because they're pretty big. (By Korean standards at least.)
Rating:***1/2
And finally just some photos of the all-you-can-eat sushi bar near here, to make you all jealous!
Stomachs rumbling? Because I could eat a cow and a half right now!
So what's the difference between Korean Sushi and Kim pa? The size of the roll? BTW, we are going to have a Sushi marathon for New Years at the house, hehe, wish you were here....
ReplyDeleteI thought the eggs were some of them fertilized eggs, I should find out how to make them here and horrify the masses. Ask Yvonne if she can get me the tips on how farmers/growers do it. I know Ben and Nadia for sure would want to try them. HOw are they different from the Vietnamese eggs? The rest of the pics, whilst good, did not make me hungry nor want to try, as much as your first edition of the food blog. Perhaps not enough pig fat or fire cooking showing. Continue your quest my son...