Sunday, October 28, 2012
Miss Panda and Hedgehog or called 판다양과 고슴도치 ( Pan Da Yang Gwa GoSeum Doji ) in Korean is a recent drama. It was aired on A Channel Korea several months ago. From the title itself, you maybe can't find any interesting points of this drama. But if you see who starred this drama, maybe you'll take a quick step to know more about it. Lee Dong Hae ( 이동해 ), who starred as a cool patisserie in this drama, is well-known as a Super Junior member. This drama wasn't his first debut, but he got a really important role which he needed to have the experience and a lot of practices. Besides that, the main actress was handed in to Yoon Seung Ah ( 윤승아 ). I had recognized Yoon Seung Ah when she appeared in a popular drama Mischievous Kiss ( 장난스런 키스 ) as Dok Go Min Ah ( 독고민아 ), Oh Ha Ni's best friend. She's one of a popular and talented actress that South Korean has. The main supporting actor of this drama, Choi Jin Hyuk ( 죄진혁 ) maybe has more experiences of acting than his two fellas. He acts for many titles of drama and he's quite popular in South Korea.
Miss Panda and Hedgehog tells about a talented patisserie named Go Seung Ji who became an ex-prisoner. He has no family but he has his grandfather, but not for real grandfather. The grandfather is a bake shop owner named ' Mozart '. Seung Ji or Do Ji ( Seung Ji's nickname - Do Ji = hedgehog / porcupine ) learned everything about producing cakes from his grandfather. After been released from the jail, Seung Ji preferably willed to work at Saint Honore, the best bake shop in town. But he was crudely treated by the head of Saint Honore, Choi Jae Kyeom ( 죄제겸 ). He promised to himself to take a revenge of Choi Jae Kyeom and Saint Honore as well. One day, Seung Ji gets a job at Cafe Panda, a cafe which is led by Pan Da Yang ( 판다양 ), a food journalist. This cafe has no customers since the patisserie of this cafe, Gil Dong Goo ( 길동구 ) isn't qualified enough. Pan Da just recruited her for a pity reason. As the time goes by, Pan Da and Seung Ji have fallen in love each other. They get into a love triangle with Choi Won Il ( 죄원일 ), who is noted as Pan Da's childhood friend and the manager of Saint Honore. But finally Seung Ji gets Pan Da and Won Il becomes their mate. Problems doesn't stop there. Seung Ji finally needs to throw his will to take a revenge to Saint Honore away to help Won Il rebuild Saint Honore as the head of Saint Honore leaves out.
Why should I name this post as ' A Sincere Love Does Exist ' ? Because making a cake is the same as love each other. You can't make a good cake if you don't make it with a sincere heart and love. It does happen to Seung Ji who makes a cake with his fully heart and loves Pan Da sincerely. Love is something that you can't buy or bargain. Everybody has love inside of their hearts, but they have their own thoughts how to express their love. Pan Da makes Seung Ji facing her because of her fully sincere heart. Actually Pan Da is a girl who has never dated before and Seung Ji is someone who always put a wall in his heart if it's talking about relationship. But everything turns out into a good one if we do what we want with our love and heart. A sincere love does involve a friendship of these 3 people. They need and take care of each other. It's such a sweet thing that I have seen. In fact, love and friendship still take their parts to color this world.
I'd like to recommend you to watch this drama. It's all not because the stars are in this drama, but it's all about what messages you can get from this drama. If everybody can do something with their fully hearts like Seung Ji makes a cake and Pan Da loves Seung Ji from the deep of her heart, many happy things can happen to this world.
Enjoy the drama! :)
Thursday, March 29, 2012
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
[TOUCH KOREA EVENT] Korean Food Isn't Just Bulgogi, Try These 3 Delicious Korean Foods
8 comments Posted by Aka Kobo at 10:25 PM[ TOUCH KOREA EVENT ]
Hallyu wave is really spreading to all over the world. Not only for K-pop and K-drama, but also the culture, foods, fashion, until in trading. Who don't know about Korea now ? Many Korean companies, restaurants, cultural centers are spreading in almost every country in this world, include of Indonesia.
Now also, Korean food is becoming a trend for culinary lovers in Indonesia. We can find many restaurants or food stalls at the mall which serve Korean foods. But you know what, mostly Indonesian just knows about bulgogi, bibimbab, kimbab, and tteokbokki. Yeah I know because not many Korean restaurant serve many kind of Korean foods. Korean food is not only Bulgogi and the others that I mentioned above. If you have a chance to visit Korea, why don't you try to try those 3 delicious Korean foods ? Or if you want, you can try to make this at home.
Let's sort what Korean foods that I choose !
1. Sinseollo ( 신설러 / 열구자탕 )
Have you ever watched ' Boys Over Flower ' or 꽃보다 남자 , a Korean drama which was so popular in 2009 ? One of the scene there appeared Mr. Lee Jung Gil , who became Yoon Seok Young ( Yoon Ji Hoo's grandfather ) ate Sinseollo.
Sinseollo is actually a Korean royal court cuisine. Usually it is served for the King / President or for the royal family in Korea. Sinseollo is such a casserole which contain various of meats, vegetables, mushrooms and broth soup. Then it's served in a large silver vessel with the hole in the middle. The hole in the middle is for putting the broth soup. Then the ingredients are placed in around the pot.
You can share this sinseollo with your friends since the portion is so big. By sharing, you can enjoy to eat Sinseollo. You know what, sinseollo / yeolgujathang means to make your mouth happy. Because it's so delicious, so your mouth will be happy if you eat this. And I think not only your mouth which will be happy, but also your heart and body will be so happy.
Many restaurants in Seoul served Sinseollo now. So you can try to eat it if you go to Seoul. In Indonesia, I think there's no Korean restaurant serving it yet now. But later on, maybe they will serve it and let us try this royal cuisine. Because it's a royal cuisine, so it's rather pricey. The average price is about 35,000 - 70.000 Korean Won or it can be more than that, depend on the restaurant and the location of the restaurant.
Or if you want to try to make it, you can try this recipe :
Ingredients
- broth 200 g beef (brisket , shank)
100 g radish
1.6 ㎏ (8 cups) water
- seasoning sauce ① 6 g (1 tsp) clear soy sauce
2.3 g (½ tsp) minced green onion
1.4 g (¼ tsp) minced garlic
- 3 g (1 tsp) clear soy sauce
- 6 g (½ tbsp) salt
- 100 g beef (top round)
- for dumplings 50 g minced beef(top round)
20 g tofu
- seasoning sauce ②
g (½ tsp) clear soy sauce
2.3 g (½ tsp) minced green onion 1.4 g (¼ tsp) minced garlic
1 g (½ tsp) sesame salt
0.1 g ground black pepper
4 g (1 tsp) sesame oil
- 30 g tripe 4 g (1 tsp) salt
21 g (3 tbsp) wheat flour
- 간 30g 100 g (½ cups) milk
- 50 g spinal cord
- 50 g white flesh fish
- seasoning tripe·liver·spinal cord·white flesh fish 4 g (1 tsp) salt 1.3 g (⅛ tsp) ground black pepper
- 30 g soaked sea slug
- 10 g (2 sheets) brown oak mushrooms
- 30 g carrot 400 g (2 cups) water
4 g (1 tsp) salt
- 240 g (4 ea) egg
- 20 g watercress 50 g (½ cup) wheat flour
- 65 g (5 tbsp) edible oil
- 10 g (2 ea) walnut
- 8 g (4 ea) gingko
- 3.5 g (1 tsp) pine nuts
100 g radish
1.6 ㎏ (8 cups) water
- seasoning sauce ① 6 g (1 tsp) clear soy sauce
2.3 g (½ tsp) minced green onion
1.4 g (¼ tsp) minced garlic
- 3 g (1 tsp) clear soy sauce
- 6 g (½ tbsp) salt
- 100 g beef (top round)
- for dumplings 50 g minced beef(top round)
20 g tofu
- seasoning sauce ②
g (½ tsp) clear soy sauce
2.3 g (½ tsp) minced green onion 1.4 g (¼ tsp) minced garlic
1 g (½ tsp) sesame salt
0.1 g ground black pepper
4 g (1 tsp) sesame oil
- 30 g tripe 4 g (1 tsp) salt
21 g (3 tbsp) wheat flour
- 간 30g 100 g (½ cups) milk
- 50 g spinal cord
- 50 g white flesh fish
- seasoning tripe·liver·spinal cord·white flesh fish 4 g (1 tsp) salt 1.3 g (⅛ tsp) ground black pepper
- 30 g soaked sea slug
- 10 g (2 sheets) brown oak mushrooms
- 30 g carrot 400 g (2 cups) water
4 g (1 tsp) salt
- 240 g (4 ea) egg
- 20 g watercress 50 g (½ cup) wheat flour
- 65 g (5 tbsp) edible oil
- 10 g (2 ea) walnut
- 8 g (4 ea) gingko
- 3.5 g (1 tsp) pine nuts
| AMT after cook | AMT per 1 | Temp. | Heat time | Cook time | Cooker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2㎏(4 portions) | 500g | 65~80℃ | 1 Hour 15 min | 3 Hour | 18㎝ Sinsun Pot |
Preparation 
1. Clean blood of broth beef with cotton cloths. Put the beef and water into the pot, heat it up for 9 min. on high heat. Lower the heat to medium, simmer it for 20 min. Add radish and continue to simmer for 20 min. Take out the beef and radish, cut them into 2 cm-wide, 3 cm-long and 0.5 cm-thick. Season with seasoning sauce ① (radish 80 g, beef 130 g). Filter the broth through cotton cloths and season with clear soy sauce and salt (1.2 kg).
1. Clean blood of broth beef with cotton cloths. Put the beef and water into the pot, heat it up for 9 min. on high heat. Lower the heat to medium, simmer it for 20 min. Add radish and continue to simmer for 20 min. Take out the beef and radish, cut them into 2 cm-wide, 3 cm-long and 0.5 cm-thick. Season with seasoning sauce ① (radish 80 g, beef 130 g). Filter the broth through cotton cloths and season with clear soy sauce and salt (1.2 kg).
2. Clean blood of beef with cotton cloths, shred it into 5 cm-long and 0.3 cm-wide/thick, season with 2/3 of seasoning ②.
3. Clean blood of minced beef. Wrap the tofu with cotton cloths and mash by squeezing. Season the beef and tofu together with remained 1/3 of seasoning sauce ②, knead it, shape dumplings into 1.5 cm-diameter. Add salt and wheat flour to the tripe, clean it by fumbling, put some knife slits on it. Peel thin skin of the liver, slice it into 5 cm-wide, 6 cm-long and 0.3 cm-thick, marinate in the milk for 10 min. Uncoil the spinal cord and cut into 15 cm-long. Slice the white flesh of the fish into 5 cm-wide, 6 cm-long and 0.3 cm-thick. 【Photo 1】
4. Season the tripe, liver, spinal cord and fish flesh with salt and ground black pepper.
5. Cut the soaked sea slug into 2 cm-wide and 6 cm-long.
6. Soak the dried brown oak mushrooms in water for 1 hour. remove stems, wipe water off with cotton cloths. Shred them into same size of sea slug. Trim and wash carrot, cut into 2 cm-wide, 6 cm-long and 0.4 cm-thick.
7. Panfry egg for garnish, and panfry watercress after coating with wheat flour and beaten egg. Cut them into 2 cm-wide and 6 cm-long. Soak the walnut in hot water, and skin. Preheat the frying pan and oil. Stir-fry gingko for 2 min. on medium heat, then skin. Remove tops of the pine nuts and wipe the nuts with dry cotton cloths.【Photo 2】
Recipe
1. Coat the dumplings with wheat flour and beaten egg. Preheat the frying pan and oil, panfry the dumplings for 2 min. on medium heat with rolling over.
1. Coat the dumplings with wheat flour and beaten egg. Preheat the frying pan and oil, panfry the dumplings for 2 min. on medium heat with rolling over.
2. Coat the tripe, liver, spinal cord and fish flesh with wheat flour and beaten egg. Preheat the frying pan, oil, panfry them on medium heat for 2 min. for each side. Cut them into 2 cm-wide and 6 cm-long. 【Photo 3】
3. Pour water into the pot, heat it up for 2 min. on high heat. When it boils, put the carrot and salt, scald for 20 sec.
4. Place the seasoned beef, shred radish and beef on the bottom of the Sinseollo pot. Decorate with prepared stuffs on the pot, and put the dumplings, walnuts, gingko and pine nuts on it. 【Photo 4】
5. Pour the broth into the Sinseollo pot, cover the lid. Place blazing charcoal under the funnel, boil it for 3 min.
| Time | Process | Hear Control |
|---|---|---|
| Preparation | Preparing beef. Shaping dumplings. Preparing frying stuffs, Preparing garnish | |
| 0 min | Simmering broth | H-heat 9 min. M-heat 40 min. |
| 40 min | Seasoning beef and radish. Seasoning broth Pan-frying dumplings | M-heat 2 min. M-heat 16 min |
| 60 min | Pan-frying stuffs. Scalding carrot Placing in the Sinseollo pot and boiling | H-heat 2 min. and 20 sec. H-heat 3 min. |
*Tip
1. Adjust the length of the stuffs to the diameter of the pot.
2. It is an another choice to place the excess fried stuffs on the bottom of the pot.
3. Solidified alcohol can be substitute for charcoal.
2. It is an another choice to place the excess fried stuffs on the bottom of the pot.
3. Solidified alcohol can be substitute for charcoal.
Is that difficult ? Yeah I think so, but maybe you can modify the recipe so you won't face any difficulties to make it at home. Or invite your friends to make it together. This recipe is for 4 people and it is taken from http://www.koreataste.org/lang/en/en/food-en/recipes-en/food_type5-en/sinseollo/
Ready for being a part of Korean royal family ?
2. Dalkjuk ( 닭죽 )
Feel bored with Indonesian chicken porridge ? So let's try Dalkjuk now ! Dalkjuk is a Korean chicken porridge but seems it's like samgyetang. Actually I just thought about that because the whole chicken is boiled like samgyetang, but the difference is no ginseng on it. For neutralizing your tongue from spicy Korean food, Dalkjuk is the best choice for you. Because it's not spicy ( but yeah, still if you want it to be spicy, you can spread chili powder then ), hot, delicious, and easily to digest. It's also healthy because it contains a lot of nutrition which is good for your body, such as carbohydrate from the rice, protein from the chicken and the chicken broth, also vitamin and mineral from the vegetables that you put into. It's also suitable to eat it when the weather is cold, like winter in Korea. But you can eat it when the weather is hot to return your energy back.
The basic recipe of dalkjuk is so easy. But you can improve it by yourself. Usually I add more vegetables on it because I love vegetables and make the dalkjuk appearance become nicer. Ok, you can try to make dalkjuk from this basic recipe below :
1. Wash and soak the rice in water for 2 - 3 hours ( usually they use sushi rice, but you can change it into the regular rice )
2. Drain it by a colander
3. Wash the whole chicken then boil it with chopped garlic and chopped spring onion. Don't forget to spread a little bit salt and pepper.
4. After it is boiled well, take the chicken and move it into another bowl.
5. Put the drained rice into the boiled chicken broth. Boil them until the rice become a porridge.
6. While waiting your porridge, take the chicken meat off from the bones and shred it into small pieces.
7. Chop spring onions and big red chili as garnishes.
8. After the porridge is well-done cooked, place the porridge into the bowl and don't forget the soup from the chicken broth.
9. Garnish it with chopped spring onions and chopped big red chili
10. DONE !
How is that ?? Easy right ??? You can make it by yourself at home and you can add your favorite ingredients into your dalkjuk :D
But if you go to Korea, of course you can find lots of restaurant which sell dalkjuk, especially in winter. Since I never taste dalkjuk in Korea, so I don't know about its price. But I think it's not too expensive. So from now just try to make it at home and I guarantee you that Dalkjuk is one of the Must-Try Korean Food ! ^^
3. Jajangmyeon ( 자장면 )
Jajangmyeon ( 자장면 ) is one of Korean noodle cuisine which is so popular in Korea. Even nowadays, Jajangmyeon is so famous in all over the world. Actually, Jajangmyeon is a cuisine wasderived from China. The original name of jajangmyeon is zha jiang mian .
Jajangmyeon is wheat noodles which is spread with salty black soybean paste. This black soybean paste is usually called as chunjang ( 준장 ) . Usually we can add sliced meat, vegetables or seafood. It's kinda spaghetti, but with more Asian taste.
In 2006, Jajangmyeon was included into the Top 100 Korean Cultural Symbols and in 2009, Jajangmyeon was chosen as The Best Selling Item in All Chinese Restaurant in Korea and also The Most Ordered Food By Delivery in Korea.
You can find many kinds of Jajangmyeon, such as ganjajangmyeon (간자장면), which is jajangmyeon served with the jajang sauce without the starch, with the sauce and noodles being served separately in different bowls, and samseon jajangmyeon (삼선자장면; 三鮮炸醬麵), jajangmyeon with seafood filling, such as Squid, shrimp, sea cucumber, etc. Samseon ganjajangmyeon (삼선간자장면; 三鮮간炸醬麵) consists of noodles served with sauce, which contains seafood on the side. You can also taste Jajangbap is essentially the same dish as jajangmyeon, but made with rice instead of noodles.
Instant jajangmyeon is also popular in South Korea. Dried noodles are boiled in the same manner as instant ramen with dried vegetable bits, drained, and mixed with jajang powder and a small amount of water and oil.
In Indonesia, Nongsim ( Korean Noodles Company ) distributes instant jajangmyeon. Its selling is quite good, since Korean culture is well-known nowadays.
As I said, if you go to Korea, you can find many restaurants or even street food stalls sell Jajangmyeon. So you don't need to be worry. And jajangmyeon is quite cheap, it costs only 2000 Won - 5000 Won ( US$ 2 - US$ 5 ) or maybe you can find cheaper than that. If I win Touch Korea event, I will search for the cheapest jajangmyeon price there. Hahahahaha
So guys, Korean food isn't just recognized with bulgogi, kimbab, or kimchi. There are many main dishes, appetizers, snacks, and desserts which can make your tongue happy. If I win this Touch Korea event, I would love to try those foods. I want the original taste one !
Thank you for all sources to make this post and I hope you guys like my post and kindly post a comment for me to make a better review next time.
감사합니다 !
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Geez, it's been like a year I've never wrote about my life. Here I come tadaaaaaa !!! ^^
It's all now about my recent job. Job that I really love, even it's not my major anyway. I graduated from University of Indonesia in majoring Communication - Broadcasting. Several months after thesis' revision and before the graduation ceremony, I had already got a job. But it was as a kindergarten teacher. I didn't know what was in my mind until I thought to be a kindergarten teacher. Once got an interview chance, but I refused it cause of salary problem which was not compatible. The second, I got an interview chance in a kindergarten near my house. I love the kids and they also love me. Buuuuttt, the big problem was the working situation and the teamwork which didn't make me comfort at all. I was like a stranger who didn't know anything then suddenly appeared at that place. I know, not all people thought like that, but my own team DID think like that ( although they said ' we never thought like that ', still face expression and eyes contact told me ).
I didn't feel comfortable so I shared a story to my best friend who was also my TOEFL teacher WHO was also one of my student' parent. I told him about everything that I felt and everything that I didn't agree with. One day, he complained the things that I had told him to the principal. Suddenly, they were shocked. Actually, it must be me to tell the principal, but I think that was the way to go out.
I had a plan to resign from that place soon, so with that way, I can resign and never come back to that school. I really thanked to him, although he felt so bad when I told him that I resigned from my job. After that he offered me to apply as an English Teacher in my institution which I got TOEFL preparation course. And thankfully they accepted me as an English Teacher.
I really felt all of teachers here accepted me warmly. In my first day working here, I didn't feel like a stranger. They embraced me and taught me everything. Now I have worked for 4 months. I enjoy teaching! Yeah, I remember, my childhood ideal was being a teacher. And the dream came true!
Now I really try my best to work hard and learn everything that I don't know yet. I also try to be responsible in everything that I've done. Thank God, my job is now my passion. You gave me more than enough. Great job, great friends, great principal, and of course great experience !
