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In further Korean television adventures, tonight we're making Korean food that we've seen people eating in dramas (because it makes us hungry). Specifically, spicy pork and Bulgogi (marinated beef barbeque wraps). Little Tree is also bringing a Korean melon for us to try.
We've located Soju (Korean vodka? I guess we'll find out), banana milk (Korea's answer to chocolate milk, I think), and a cool little double-sided grilling basket for the meat. Shopping at the local Korean market was amusing (in that I actually recognized some words when the clerk was on the phone) and easier than the Vietnamese market, in that the Korean packages had quite a lot of English on their labels (unlike the Vietnamese packages, where I just have to kind of guess what's in it or suck it up and ask the clerks). Also, educational, as in "What would sweet-and-spicy dried squid shreds be used for?" or "I wonder what black bean paste tastes like?"
Manly and I spent some time this morning watching a show called "The Kimchi Chronicles", about a woman of Korean descent who discovered her cuisine and did a cooking show about it with her chef husband and Hugh Jackman and his wife. (Idek. But the food looked tasty.)
ETA: HOLY COW I LOVE BULGOGI. It was soooo tasty, and I made side dishes of garlic spinach, ginger carrots, and quick-pickled sweet peppers. So damn good. Little Tree and her GF came over with two of their friends, and we all ate together - it was awesome. Soju smells like rubbing alcohol but is a little less harsh than vodka. Manly made mojitos with it. The boys drank banana milk and liked it. We'll make this much more often. :)
We've located Soju (Korean vodka? I guess we'll find out), banana milk (Korea's answer to chocolate milk, I think), and a cool little double-sided grilling basket for the meat. Shopping at the local Korean market was amusing (in that I actually recognized some words when the clerk was on the phone) and easier than the Vietnamese market, in that the Korean packages had quite a lot of English on their labels (unlike the Vietnamese packages, where I just have to kind of guess what's in it or suck it up and ask the clerks). Also, educational, as in "What would sweet-and-spicy dried squid shreds be used for?" or "I wonder what black bean paste tastes like?"
Manly and I spent some time this morning watching a show called "The Kimchi Chronicles", about a woman of Korean descent who discovered her cuisine and did a cooking show about it with her chef husband and Hugh Jackman and his wife. (Idek. But the food looked tasty.)
ETA: HOLY COW I LOVE BULGOGI. It was soooo tasty, and I made side dishes of garlic spinach, ginger carrots, and quick-pickled sweet peppers. So damn good. Little Tree and her GF came over with two of their friends, and we all ate together - it was awesome. Soju smells like rubbing alcohol but is a little less harsh than vodka. Manly made mojitos with it. The boys drank banana milk and liked it. We'll make this much more often. :)