Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Pot Luck (Share lunch)


Japchae




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Recipes: Japchae (stir fried noodles with vegetables) Stir fried noodles with vegetables / 잡채 / Japchae (or jabchae, chapchae, jobchae) japchae Categories: appetizer, beef, main dish, non spicy, noodle, snack Made with: beef, black ground pepper, carrot, garlic, green onion, onion, sesame oil, sesame seeds, shiitake mushrooms, soy sauce, spinach, starch noodles, sugar, white oyster mushrooms, Watch on YouTube - 300,613 views and rated 5 stars out of 5 based on 855 ratings Read the Wikipedia entry for this recipe Download the podcast episode or subscribe to Maangchi in iTunes Music: 'Kodo -Inside the Sun Remix' by the Yoshida Brothers Originally posted on July 15, 2007 at 8:42 pm by Maangchi and published in Cooking Korean Food with Maangchi - Book 1 832 people on YouTube like this Since I started my cooking video, lots of people have requested a video for Jobchae.This dish is one of Korean’s favorite traditional dishes. Ingredients: Starch noodles (“dangmyun”) 150 grams of beef 1 bunch of spinach 1 medium size carrot 1 medium size onion mushrooms (5 dried shiitake and 1 package of white mushrooms) 3 cloves of garlic 7-8 green onions soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, pepper, and sesame seeds Makes 4 servings.

 How to prepare your ingredients before stir frying:
Soak 5 dried shitake mushrooms in warm water for a few hours until they become soft. Squeeze the water out of them and slice thinly. Slice a package of white mushrooms (2 cups’ worth). Cut a carrot into thin matchstick-shaped pieces 5 cm long. Cut 7 -8 green onions into 7 cm long pieces. Slice one onion thinly. Slice 150 grams of beef into thin strips.

Now let’s start!
1.Boil 2 bunches of noodles in boiling water in a big pot for about 3 minutes. When the noodles are soft, drain them and put in a large bowl.
2.Cut the noodles several times by using scissors and add 1 tbs of soy sauce and 1 tbs of sesame oil. Mix it up and set aside. *tip: Take one sample and taste it to see whether or not it’s cooked properly. If it feels soft, it’s finished.
3.In the boiling water, add a bunch of spinach and stir it gently for 1 minute. Then take it out and rinse it in cold water 3 times. Remove any grit or dead leaves thoroughly while rinsing. Squeeze it gently to get the water out, then cut it into 5 cm pieces.
 4.Add ½ tbs soy sauce and ½ tbs sesame oil and mix it and place it onto the large bowl. *tip: When you drain the hot water from the pot, don’t discard the hot water. Put it back into the pot so you can cook your spinach quickly.
5.On a heated pan, put a few drops of olive oil and your carrot strips and stir it with a spatula for 30 seconds. Put it into the large bowl (don’t burn it!).
6.Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add your sliced onion. Stir it until the onion looks translucent. Put it into the large bowl with your carrots.
7.Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add the sliced white mushrooms. Stir it for a bit and then put it in the large bowl.
8.Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add your green onions. Stir for 1 minute and put it into the large bowl.
9.Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add your beef strips and your sliced shitake mushrooms. Stir it until it’s cooked well, then add 3 cloves of minced garlic, ½ tbs soy sauce and ½ tbs sugar. Stir for another 30 seconds and then put it into the large bowl.
10. Add 2 tbs of soy sauce, 3 tbs of sugar, 2 tbs of sesame oil, and 1 ts of ground pepper to the large bowl. Mix all ingredients, then sprinkle 1 tbs of toasted sesame seeds on the top.
11.Serve with rice and Kimchi, or as a side dish.

This is my japchae which I shared with my classmats.

Thursday, 3 May 2012

Korean traditiona Hanbok

Caiden's digital story 


Commoner style of  Hanbok


Peer style of  Hanbok 

                   
Famous Korean drama  Dae-jang-geum 


Nki hilton wore our Hanbok


New York Fashion show


My digitalstory is about traditional Korean clothing which is Hanbok. Long ago ourancestors wore them in their everyday life. Nowadays we wear them for specialoccasions, such as Korean’s New-year, Korean Thanksgiving day and a child’s 1stbirthday, also Weddings and funerals.
60 years agoin Korea there weren’t many sewing machines to make their clothes. Most peopleonly used needle and thread to make clothes. Even the fabric was weaved by aloom. Imagine, how hard it was to make clothes.
Women’sHanbok is basically formed with Jeogori and Chima. The Jeogori is worn for atop and the Chima is a skirt. The feature of Jeogori is it only covers arms andthe breast part. The Jeogori’s sleeves are long and wide. Both men and womenwear Jeogori but a man’s body is covered longer than a woman’s down to the hipline. The Chima is made wide. Under theChima they wear an underskirt like a petticoat, also under the underskirt, theywear pants as well, because it stands for purity and innocence.
Compared to awoman’s Hanbok, man, simply were pants which we call Baggy. There was sexism in Korea long ago. There was discrimination against socialorigin as well. Peers wore luxurious and gracious colors and commoners werewhite, except special occasions. Today,everybody wears peer style, because there is no gap between peer and commoner.
Why did I choose thistopic, Hanbok? Because I am always interested in all kind of fashion, and I thought I should learn more about our Korean traditional dress Hanbok, so I can introduce you to our Koreantraditional dress Hanbok.
The other reason isthat r ecently, manyforeigners have become interested in Hanbok, because some famous Korean dramasuch as a Dae-jang-geum was a big hit in many countries. It was even on NewZealand triangle channel as well. Also Modern Hanbok fashion designerspresented a big fashion show in Paris and New York. Even some celebrities woreHanbok.
Therefore I am very proud of our traditional Korean dress Hanbok.

Monday, 16 April 2012

Lorenzo's birthday party

Happy birthday Lorenzo!!! ^^

Last Saturday we went Claudia's friend Lorenzo's birthday party!!


It was big birthday party for 4years old boy.



  Lorenzo's parents well organized for the party.