A Korean Taste Near Me

Korea is a thousand miles away from me. I'm longing to go in this country because Korea inspired me a lot. It was my first reason that I started this blog site because of Korea.

Outside or inside South Korea has a lot to offer. They have many beautiful tourists spot to visit and many Korean cuisines to taste. Being far away into this country is not a reason or stopping me to taste their food delicacies. Yes, I found them in grocery stores and in convenient stores.

Here are some of the food and snacks that I spotted.

A 한국 떡볶이 or a Korean sticky rice cake that was cooked in spicy sauce. Maybe someday I will cook this but I need to learn first the steps on how to cook this. You can find this food in many Korean streets.

This is very well known not only in Korea but also in many different countries across Korea. KIMCHI 김치 represent any Korean table.

Korean Noodles (라면) they are becoming popular especially kimchi flavors.

This is very special delicacy from Jeju, the Jeju Dried Radish Slices Kimchi

Well I enjoyed a lot of this Korean products. I can't wait to go in Korea to taste the real Korean cuisines.. I'm hoping it next year...

You might also like my other post:

•   How to make Kimchi
•   Easy steps on how to cook Korean noodles

Review: Nongshim Onion Ring 양파 링 for My Midnight Snack

Annyeong Haseyo!!! It's been a long while since my last post. And now, I'm back and here is my first post for this year..it was just something to eat^^

Actually I'm planning to post this last year but due to my hectic schedule I just managed to draft some part of it. My sister bought this snack while we are doing a last minute of Christmas shopping. My sister said this onion ring taste good but I did not look for it because I was more interested looking at beauty products that time. I just heard her whispering this is delicious..

At night, while I'm in front of my lop top and getting bored I started looking for something and there I found this junk food. While opening I just then realized it was a product of Korea. I paused for awhile to read the package. It was Onion Rings Hot Flavor with Net Wt. of 70g (2.47oz). Nongshim is a Korean brand and probably they are known for manufacturing noodles as well as snack food including this Onion Ring. Nongshim was a member of Snack Food Association (SFA), An International Trade Association.

The ingredients of this product was wheat flour, wheat starch, tapioca starch, potato powder, sugar,salt, dextrin riboflavin,onion powder,palm oil, bran oil, powder and chili flavor. But sorry to tell you guys I can't post the Nutrition Facts because I can't read the characters..really sorry for that. But honestly this onion ring was taste better than those I tasted before because this is not too salty and it has sweetness though it was hot flavor. It was just it suit to my taste buds..hehe, I ate it accompanied by milk tea with sago. 

Well, I know guys you have this habit while you are in front of your television or computers especially when you were with your bunch of friends..Crunching snack anytime..hehe..

For more information visit this website : NONGSHIM 

How To Make Korean Kimchi

What is the most famous food known in your country?That food makes your country famous,right? What about when you heard the word KIMCHI? What is the first thing that comes into your mind?

Me, when I heard it..I can already smell Korea, the land of Kimchi,hehe...

About KIMCHI?

KIMCHI 김치 is a traditional fermented Korean side dish made of vegetables with different variety of seasoning. In traditional preparation, Kimchi was fermented into jars for months at a time. Kimchi is the national dish of Korea and there are hundreds of varieties made in with a main vegetables ingredients such as nappa cabbage, radish, scallion and cucumbers. Kimchi was also the main ingredients of many Korean dishes such as kimchi stew(김치찌개 ; kimchi jjigae ), kimchi pancake (김치부침게  kimchijeon), kimchi soup (김칫국; kimchiguk), and kimchi fried rice (김치볶음밥; kimchi bokkeumbap).

It was documented that there are 187 historic and current varieties of kimchi.

List of common seasonings of Kimchi :

• brine
• scallions
• spices, ginger
• chopped radish
• garlic
• saeujeot / 새우젓, shrimp sauce
• aekjeot / 액젓, fish sauce

The most common kimchi variations are:

• baechu kimchi / 배추김치, napa cabbage kimchi
• baechu geotjeori / 배추겉절이, unfermented napa cabbage kimchi 
• bossam kimchi / 보쌈김치
• baek kimchi / 백김치, white kimchi
• dongchimi / 동치미, water-based kimchi
• chonggak kimchi / 총각김치, young radish kimchi
• kkakdugi / 깍두기, daikon kimchi
• oisobagi / 오이소박이, cucumber kimchi
• pa kimchi / 파김치, green onion kimchi

How to make KIMCHI.

1. Prepare the ingredients. nappa cabbage, bay salt, radish, chives, mustard leaves, parsley, kimchi seasoning-pickled shrimps, hot pepper powder, pickled shrimp sauce or yellow corvina fich sauce, garlic, ginger
2. Cutting of cabbage. Peel away the outer layer of the cabbage. Split them by your hand after cutting the roots in half.
3. Salting of cabbage. Soak the cabbage in salted water and sprinkle the uncovered areas with salt. Preserve for 5 hours, turning cabbage over every so often to ensure the cabbage was soaked thoroughly. Afterwards rinse off the salted water and drain the remaining water by placing the cabbage into draining basket.
4. Cutting other vegetables. Wash and cut the radish in Julienne- style into 2cm wide strips. Wash and cut chives, mustard leaves and parsley into 4cm wide strips.
5. Prepare KIMCHI seasoning. Minced the pickled shrimp and leave the broth in the side. After marinating the hot pepper powder in warm water, add pickled shrimp sauce or pickled yellow corvina fish sauce. Then mixed the shredded radish and season with salt.
6. Mixing of vegetables and seasoning.  Mixed crushed garlic, crushed ginger, and pickled shrimp sauce. Then add the water parsley, mustard leaves and chives and then season with salt and sugar. You may oyster or shrimp according to your preference to complete the seasoning sauce for cabbage.
7. Mix cabbage with kimchi seasoning. : Put kimchi seasoning in between each of the cabbage leaves and wrap the whole cabbage with the outer leaves.
8. Wrap up. Place finished kimchi into the pot with the exposed, cut side facing upwards. Cover Kimchi with salted leaves.

For more information about Kimchi just click this links:

• History of Kimchi
• How Kimchi made by Regions in Korea
• What Kimchi that can be made by seasons
• Nutrition Facts

Try making your own kimchi and feel the taste of Korea. I want to try too, just stay tune on my blog and I will surely post here in my blog if I already make a homemade kimchi.

Annyeong....

Photo Credit : Wikipedia

Credit Info : Wikipedia and ibuzzkorea.com

Learning Standard Name for Korean Food | All about "bap"

밥 bap

흰 쌀에 물을 넣고 지은 음식

으로, 맛이 담백하며 다양한
반찬과 함께 먹는다

▣ 영문표기명 : bap
▣ 메뉴설명

Cooked White Rice
Steamed short-grain rice

비빔밥 bibimbap

밥 위에 당근과 버섯, 소고기,

달걀 등을 올리고 고추장과
함께 비벼서 먹는 음식

▣ 영문표기명 : bibimbap
▣ 메뉴설명

Rice Mixed with Vegetables and Beef
Rice topped with various cooked vegetables such as
zucchini, mushrooms, and bean sprouts, plus beef and
a fried egg. Served with gochujang (red chili paste),
which should be mixed in thoroughly.

김밥 gimbap

소금과 참기름으로 맛을 낸

밥에 시금치, 단무지, 당근,
달걀 등을 넣고 김으로 말아
서 한입 크기로 썰어 낸 음식
▣ 영문표기명 : gimbap

▣ 메뉴설명

Dried Seaweed Rolls(Korean Rolls)

Vegetables and cooked egg are placed on seasoned
rice. The ingredients are then rolled in dried seaweed
and sliced into bite-sized pieces.

김치볶음밥 kimchibokkeumbap

잘게 썬 김치와 밥을 볶은 음

식으로, 소고기나 돼지고기
등을 넣고 달걀을 곁들일 수
있다
▣ 영문표기명 : kimchi-bokkeumbap
▣ 메뉴설명
Kimchi Fried Rice
A spicy dish consisting of fried rice and chopped
kimchi. Beef or pork may also be added.

돌솥비빔밥 dolsotbibimbap

뜨거운 돌솥에 밥과 당근, 버
섯, 소고기 등을 올리고 고추
장으로 비벼 먹는 음식

▣ 영문표기명 : dolsot-bibimbap
▣ 메뉴설명

Sizzling Stone Pot Bibimbap
This meal is served piping hot in an earthenware pot,
consisting of rice, cooked vegetables and beef, mixed
with gochujang(red chili paste). The rice is deliciously
crispy at the bottom. It is the one of the most popular
variations of bibimbap.

불고기덮밥 bulgogideopbap

간장 양념장에 재웠다가 익힌 불고기를 밥 위에 얹은 음식

▣ 영문표기명 : bulgogi-deopbap
▣ 메뉴설명

Bulgogi with Rice
Stir-fried bulgogi(beef in a soy sauce marinade) served
on a bed of rice.

Spicy Korean Noodles....SUPERHOTLICIOUS!!

One of my addiction is eating different variety and different flavored instant noodles, because it easy to prepare and cook. When your late at work and there's no much time to prepare breakfast just grab this things, add water and you can fill your stomach.

This time I want to try noodles that something different to what I usually eat. But before that, I want to share how I found it. Every month there are fliers delivered in our house. Then I'm looking it one by one because that time, I have nothing to do. And from the fliers, I saw this Korean Noodle. The only word came to my mouth was OH...as if I was really surprised about the noodles. The noodle named in Hangul characters so I already guessed that it was from Korea. And me who was addicted to noodles, I suddenly feel hungry and I want to taste this kind of noodle. So I decided to go and went straight from the grocery store and buy this noodle. Just try for a change..hehehe

ramyun anytime anywhere...

By seeing the package, you can already feel how spicy it was. But nonetheless you must try if how it  really taste. This noodle was spicy kimchi flavored. I already tasted many kind of noodles but actually my favorite was seafood and beef flavored noodles. Seafood flavor makes me satisfied and feel good while beef flavor makes my stomach full but of course they are still the same in purpose, they filled my hungry stomach...hehehe.

Here is the easy steps on how to cook this noodle according to it's package.

1. In the boiling water of 550cc, put the noodles or ramen, seasoning and condiments for 4 minutes and you can now enjoy the orthodox and delicious Korean spicy noodles.
2. Can be added with eggs, green onions, vegetables etc. to make it more delicious.

That's how easy to cook this spicy Korean Noodle. Well let see if it will satisfied me...

The taste is OMG superhotlicious... I feel my ears are burning...hahaha, the taste is good but it was really spicy. I need water... For those who are good eating spicy foods you can try this noodle. I'm sure you will like the spiciness of this noodle just add vegetables to make it more delicious. I don't know if I can try this again. Maybe I will try and find another Korean noodles because I'm not good in spicy foods.

This instant noodle was imported from Korea. It was product by OTTOGI Co. LTD.  We thanks for them because we have the chance to taste Korean products without going in their country. 

Craving for KIMCHI RAMEN?

Are you craving for something? If yes... why don"t you try this KIMCHI RAMEN. Sounds good, right? Winter is approaching and it feels good to eat and gulp some soup.

Kimchi Ramen in a pack is just easy to cook. Can't wait to eat? Grab this Kimchi Ramen and enjoy the taste from Korea.

How to cook:

1. In the boiling water of 550cc, put the noodles or ramen, seasoning and condiments for 4 minutes and you can now enjoy the orthodox and delicious Korean spicy noodles.
2. Can be added with eggs, green onions, vegetables etc. to make it more delicious.

Presenting the Kimchi Ramen....,come and join me guys!

I'm full and satisfied. burppp!!!.. I like the spicy taste because it was perfect.

The above picture is a KIMCHI RAMEN imported from Korea. To be exactly it was manufactured by Ottogi Ramyon Co., LTD in 123-12, Yongsung-Ri, Anjung-Eub, Pyongteak, Kyeonggi-do, Korea.

FYI(for your information):

Kimchi is a traditional fermented Korean side dish made of vegetables with a variety of seasoning. Kimchi was known to be the national dish of Korea. And Kimchi was also the main ingredient for many Korean dishes.

My BFF went to KOREANA BBQ

Eating together with family, love one's and with friends are priceless things compare to the price of what you are eating, right? In one table, people are reuniting and that was the best thing because people are gathered as one family and shared the tastes of joy and happiness in one's life.

This time, I want to share of some moments shared by my best friend. I'm happy for my best friend for what life she have now. I know each of us are blessed together with our circles of friends. Though we are miles away to each other we find ways to keep in touch. And that was one thing that makes our friendships going strong.

Here, let's see her what she has been eating at KOREANA BBQ and whom she was with...hehehe

... i can feel the taste just by looking at it... whoa, this soup is great

Hey!Best friend(the first lady in front with dark blue color shirt) take a look here....

Guys take it easy...hehehe

KOREANA BBQ front view....Let's take a picture... 1,2,3 smile....^_^

Spend some of your time with your love ones to make it more valuable and precious moments.

Here's a link on how to visit KOREANA BBQ.

http://koreanabbq.com/?q=en/frontpanel

They provide Korean cuisine at vibrant city in Western City in Canada.

Photo Credit: Marina Yao Baytoc via Facebook

KOREAN Dishes | YUMMYlicious

One of the best experience going in Korea was digging your mouth with their dishes.
My friend shared some of her snapshots of a Korean food she ate during her stayed in this country. And by just looking at it...OMO...making me so much hungry.

Here let's fill our stomach with this pictures...

Looks delicious isn't it? I'm craving... kimchi ramyun with vegetables everywhere at anytime.

What about this one... boiled korean meat with kimchi and fresh veggies to wrap up and eat it in one mouthful,,,ahhhhhh.,,nom..nom...

Who want chicken?mmm....superlicious!! KFC KFC...(Korean Fried Chicken) plain and with sauce in sprinled sesame seeds...

Healthy...healthy...healthy foods...makes my life completely ^^

Fresh Seafoods...abalones..love love it!!!

Let's gulp the soup it up!

Craving...craving... Bibimbap

Heat it...I hear the sizzling...

Lastly...Crabs,,,OMG my favorite.

Satisfied?mmm.... Korean dishes are one of the best food. 

Credit Photos : Yu Cheng Chen @ facebook