21st

well finally i am 

21 YEARS OLD

What people said it's legal year, well i doesnt really care about legal, and in the end, ages are just numbers. I just felt grateful with this year birthday, i am far from home, alone in this K-Country but i still surronded by people whom loves me so much. And it became one of the best experience i've ever had. 

FIRST

when the time showed 00.04 on my phone, and i was on skype with my bubby and his mom, he asked her mom for holding the phone with her and he came back with a chocolate cake and candle on it :") i was overwhelmed, he just know me so much, then i blew up virrual candles AHAHAHA so funny. And he asked me to turn on my laptop and see youtube, suprisingly he made me a video with church friend, lisa and ivana my besties, and my family and also him inside, i couldnt hold my tears TT.TT i never expected suprises like this. I just very very grateful having you in my life, Mr.H ;)

SECOND

In Korea they have tradition, when someone has birthday, they have to eat 미역국 MIYEOKGUG, or seaweed soup, but because of i am not korean and i am half chinese, i prefer cooked myself noodle as the symbol of longevity as my mom also do on my birthday. But i didnt cook a fried noodle, yesterday i made my version of 비빔국수 BIBIMGUKSU, or spicy mix noodle

THIRD

my friend, HERLINA OENNI. My ex loxal guide, suddenly asked me to meet her in Hongdae and she craved for steak, and we met one restaurant called "BLACKSTONE" that serves steak on hotplate. Well it looks so expensive but it's not, for food it prices around ₩16000~₩25000 and for beverage they serve wine and beer around ₩5000~₩30000 not so expensive if compared with other steak restaurant.

Appetizer : SEAFOOD CARBONARA

super creamy sauce meet giant shrimp and aldente pasta

taste 9/10

See that glorious steak!

for me this steak is great, it all up to you, rare, medium, or well done, you are own your meat!

Taste 9.5/10

Her tenderloin steak

My wagyu steak

End up : SPARKLING WINE

It tastes more like greensand LOL 

taste7.5/10

We found this cute lil shop when we looked around the restaurant neighboorhood.

In the end, she told me long time ago she used comic for studying korean so she bought me some comics for improved my korean still. SO KYOTTT~

FOURTH 

after i went home, ci putri gave me surprise with a BASKIN ROBBINXKAKAOTALK's ice cream cake that i've seen few days ago. OMG ITS JUST TOO CUTE! Even the box ~

귀여워!

Im not so into kakao talk but the ice cake totally look the same with the character!!! 

It name, 무지무지행복해, or happiness of muji muji.

INSIDE :

yellow layer - banana taste

White layer - cheese cake with cake crumbs

I blessed more than I deserved 

-Happy 21st-

[KOREA] HOW TO MAKE KALGUKSU?

3rd recipe on my blog,

갈국수

KALGUKSU

korean cut noodle

What you need :

NOODLE

2 cup all purposes flour

1/2 cup corn starch

1/2 cup water

1/2 tsp salt

1tsp oil

CHICKEN TOPPING

50 grams chicken

2 garlic

1/4 onion

1 tsp oyster sauce

1 tsp soy sauce

1 tsp sesame oil

BROTH

3 cups water

1/4 onion

1tbsb of soy sauce

5 tbsp fish sauce

ADDITIONAL

beansprouts

Slices leek

Sesame oil

1. Mix all noodle ingredients, knead this until become a great smooth dough. Sadly i dont have a roller so i use my bottle HAHA make it nicely thin and long dough, then fold it and spread some flour between the dough so it doesnt stick each other and cut in size you like.

2. Put some flour again

3. Boiled noodle in water around 2-3 minutes and put it in serving bowl

4. Mix broth ingredient until well bubbled

5. Bleach beansprouts and put on the noodle

6. Cook chicken topping around 6 minutes and put chicken on bean sprouts

7. Pour broth into the bowl

8. Put some slices leek

9. And sprinkle it with sesame seeds

10. TAADAA!

great simple menu right ♡ if you like spicy you can also put some gochujang ( korean chilli paste) and gochugaro ( chilli powder ) inside the broth. Have a try!

P.s check my favorite kalguksu restaurant here

[KOREA] DONGDAEMUN FAMOUS CHICKEN SOUP

My friend, Zoey, always tell us about delicious Chicken soup in Dongdaemun. Personally I'm not into soup person, i always prefet junk food, oily, fried chicken. But there was one day, I finally followed here there because i was brainwashed by here. We passed small alley with all restaurants, i just WOW, and I thought I must be very sorry if I never listen to here, because it is HEAVEN BABY! 

I confused all restaurants were fullfilled by people having their dinner, and finally we stopped and entered a restaurant and it was crowded! let get some soup!!!

WHOLE CHICKEN SOUP

 ₩9500 / PAX

super big whole chicken for 3

the waiter cuts chicken into small pieces

wait until it well-boiled

eat it with onion, spring onion, and special brown liquidy sauce

put some chilli in if you love spicy

* for me it not as spicy as it look

After i'm done with this crazy chicken bowl, the waiter gave us big plate of noodle, it was so yummy but my tummy felt like gonna exploding!!!

Well, I concluded that I have to trust my friend more, because her eating flavour is incredible.

You can see the address here :

( P.S Google Maps totally helpful )

SOMUNNAN DAKHANMARI
Dakhanmari Alley

How to get there :

By TRAIN,  Dongdaemun MRT Station exit 9. 

Walk for about 200 meters and take a left after IBK bank. Walk for about 30 meters and take a right into the food alley. 

[KOREA] SAMGYEOPSAL MADNESS!

Dont say you go to korea if you dont try their PORK BBQ, piece of heaven on earth. And here in Hongdae, is one of the most popular place for you pork lover, you can easily find many BBQ restaurant everywhere, not only pork but also chicken and beef. 

On december, i came here and saw long long queue in a restaurant sith a pig logo, " Tung tung dwae ji bol sal" and now, i came here with mom, no need to queue! yesssss so happy ~

삼겹살 

₩12000/250gram

Its quite thick and fatty 

Taste 9/10

Pork, banchan, and doenjjangjjigae is totally made my day.

The restaurant is totally affordable.

If you order pork bbq, dont forget to order soju as the best companion but because i with my mom .... you know lah HAHAHAA

piggy always makes my day! 

Ciao ngok ngok!

You can see the address here :

( P.S Google Maps totally helpful )

통통돼지빨살

346-46 Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul

How to get there :

By TRAIN, Hongdae MRT Station exit 9.