김밥~~~ Kimbap!

Hello~

As you know Kimbap (김밥>김 is the dried seaweed, and 밥 is rice),

is the traditional Korean food..and is a well~known food even abroad. Basically, it is made following the sushi style but, there is one difference!
Sushi rolls are filled with raw fish...Kimbap is filled with meat or veggies. Kimbap is like the Korean version of a sandwich- you can change the filling to fit any diet, palate, or occasion.

I tried to eat it in a Korean restaurant in Seoul, and it was sooo good and tasty. There are so many kind of kimbap u can choose not just *meat* and usually they serve even side dishes..etc..

Don-t they look tasty???~~
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Here is a little basic recipe that explain how to make kimbap~   around 80minutes for the preparation.

• Dried seaweed (nori)- 4 sheets                      4fogli di alga nori
• 2 cups cooked rice                                        2tazze di riso bollito
• 2 tsp sesame oil                                           2cucchiaini di olio di sesamo
• 2 tsp salt                                                      2cucchiaini di sale

For the filling~                                                      Per il ripieno   

• 1 carrot, julienned                                         1carota a julienne
• cucumber, cut into long strips                         1cetriolo a julienne
• 2 eggs                                                           2uova
• beef (bulgogi)                                                carne di manzo

In alternative u can also do the filling with other ingredients such as...

*smoked salmon,

*ham

*tuna

*veggies

PREPARATION.

1. When rice is almost cooled, mix with sesame oil and salt.

Far raffreddare il riso, dopodichè aggiungere olio di sesamo e sale
 

1. Stir fry carrots briefly with a dash of salt.

saltare in padella le carote con un pizzico di sale
 

1. Stir fry cucumber with a dash of salt.
   saltare in padella il cetriolo
2. Whisk eggs until evenly yellow and fry into flat omelet.
    sbattere le uova e creare una frittata.
3. Cut cooked egg into long strips.
   Tagliare a listarelle le uova.
4. Cook bulgogi according to recipe directions.
   Cuocere il bulgogi (manzo)
5. Using a bamboo sushi roller or a piece of tin foil, lay the dried seaweed shiny side down.
    Appoggiare l'alga sulla carta alluminio.
6. Spread about ½ cup of rice onto 2/3 of the seaweed, leaving the top 1/3 bare 
    Stendere 1/2 tazza di riso su 2/3 dell'alga, lasciando 1/3 libero.
7. Lay down the ingredients and roll.
   Appoggiare man mano gli ingredienti e arrotolare l'alga.
8. Cut each roll into 7-8 pieces.

Tagliare in 7-8 pezzi.

Awwwwww...배고파!!배고파!!배고파!!!

I'm hungry..

see u to next post^^))

Haru!

빼빼로 데이 ~ Pepero Day~

11月11日
11월 11일
11th November

빼빼로 데이!!!

Today, if u didn't understand it yet....is Pepero Day!^^

I finally got my Pepero too yay~ my Korean friend sent it before the time so that It could arrive on time |^6^|

Isn't it sweet and kind???
Well..for those who don't have idea of what I'm talking about Pepero is the Japanese Pocky...cookie stick covered simply with chocolate, or with nuts etc..and available in different flavoured: 

• White choco,
• strawberry
• coconut
• Oreo 
• almond chocolate
• cheese (???) well those I don't really like this taste!

and can be easily found at Lotte.

I'm so happy to have received them *^* and it's my favourite event~

YAYYYYYY!!!

Here is the picture of my own Pepero~ aren't they yummy? xD

Here is the picture of my own Pepero~ aren't they yummy? xD

@copyright haru

Here u can check if u want to create ur own Pepero~

Byeee^^ to next post xD

HARU^^

Shin Ramyun

Hello^^ Let's talk about food ^=^

 

The most common Korean students food and ...not only is the ramyun!

They eat is wether they are in office, in University, or at home during nightime if

they feel hungry.

Although it's not the healthiest food, and though is very kaloric (140kcal) I

decided to buy

a cup of this kind of Ramyun for trying and even because after some time spent

in there I begun starting to behave like them kkkk



Btw...I tried the Shin Ramyun, very famous, but also so spicy! In the cup you

can find some wooden chopsticks, dehydrated veggies, beef chips, togheter with

a red powder,  all in a small wrap.

 

Be careful if you can't stand spicy food..just add some not add the whole powder!! U may regret!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are the steps for the preparation:

 

 

-open the cup without removing the label totally,

 

-boil the water,

 

 

-pour the water inside the cup and try to close it with its label again,

 

 

- wait 3minutes

 

 

 

 

 

Ready to eat ^^))

All that glitters ain't gold ^^ Seoul bad point.

Hello^^ 안녕^^


As it said : " all that glitters ain't gold"  Seoul don't have only positive points. All

countries don't have

just positive aspects, but also bad ones. There are some cities which have lots

of cons, and those with lots of pros. According to my experience, Seoul have

little cons...and one of that is in my

opinion.... ITAEWON  (이태원)

Have a look! Doesn' t it look like a mosque???
 

Itawon is the real meltin pot of culture, full of nightlife, foreign restaurants, but

in my opinion is the

most dangerous place in Seoul, the main causa can be of course the presence of

the U.S. soldiers.

At night they go out, get drunk and then they can cause messes around.

And from what my Korean friends told me, it also has a red light district (Hooker

Hill :Grand Ole Oprey  - one of club in there) tons of clubs  attended buy 100%

foreigners ...so...well..like Amesterdam..maybe...

First time I went to Itaewon, I was in there with a Korean friend, and just

outside the subway I felt a

strange atmosphere...not good impression! I didn't feel safe. Acutally I would p

refer hangin' out in

Hongdae than in here,U will see lots lots of foreigners: Muslims, Indians,

American, Chinese, Japanese all put together xD 

 

 

 

When I was in there we took the chance to eat lunch at a French restaurant,

called "Le Saint Ex" in Yongsan.

Not bad cusine though, and if you want to see their website just go to :

http://www.lesaintex.kr/

Byeeeee see ya to the next post! ^^

롯데월드 테마파크!^^ Lotte Themepark^^

"Come where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things and ur heart will fly on wings forever, in Never Land" - Peter Pan

I'm not talking about  Never-Land, but about the biggest indoor themepark in

Seoul, which is Lotte World - 롯데월드 테마파크.



Doesn't it look like Disneyland??



and near u can find even huge Dpt. Store, Hotels ext...

I've been there twice, and I will go there again in some days kkkkk

Usually I'm bit skeptik about indoor theme park, bcos they are smaller and there are not

enough attractions, but!! This is different..yes it's a bit small, but full full of attractions ^^

everytime I go there is something new,  such as: AQUARIUM, ADVENTURE PARK, ICE

RINK ( just paying around 10,000won - 10$ u can skate as much as u want)

When we went there, we paid for doing all kind of games...but then, time wasn't our friend

so we had to come back before trying everything ç__ç

Here some of games we tried ^^



 

 

Gyro



 

 

And ..it couldn't miss the Carousel..I like it so much^==^

Almost at the end of the day there were some parades through the park,

different each time.

 

Here is the Eye Trick Museum that can be found in a storey of the building, basically are

paintings that focuses on the optical illusion.

 

 

 

 

And...the ice-rink^^ I went there on summer but not on December when I went

there^^

In case someone wanna go there..use Subway LINE 2! and..Have Fun!^0^

I wait for ur comment , see ya! ^^

Haru**

Oppa Oppa Magazine - the first meeting

Lo so, sono di parte, ma non potevo non utilizzare questa cover !  (=^w^=)/

On September 9th there was the first metting organized by Oppa Oppa Magazine. What is it? You don't know? It's the first Italian webzine exclusively dedicated to Kpop, Korean and Japan. It's pretty well-known in Italy and it gives a great support to all the fans that cannot speak well English moreover the famous website Korea.com (where you can find all the latest news about Kpop artists and Korean actors) has dedicated to it an article! (ARTICLE here)

But, ehy, let's jump back in time... the first time I had read the magazine I was immediately attracted by the beauty of the graphics (it has a strong effect on the reader moreover photos and articles are organized in a perfect way) and the novelty of the magazine. 

Che sarà mai questo “Oppa Oppa Magazine”? Il nome parla chiaro, è la prima webzine italiana interamente dedicata al Kpop e ad altre curiosità su Corea e Giappone. È un magazine ideato proprio per i fans italiani, per permettere anche a loro di leggere le notizie sui loro idols in Italiano e per questo è anche piuttosto famoso in Italia tanto che pure il sito Korea.com (sito web in inglese di informazioni sul Kpop e gli attori coreani) gli dedicò un articolo! (ARTICOLO qui)

La prima volta che lessi la rivista fui subito colpita dalla bellezza della grafica, ha un forte impatto sul lettore, per non parlare delle foto e degli articoli che sono disposti in modo più che azzeccato!

The group at Duomo square!

Coming back to us, the staff had decided to organize this meeting in Milan. We met at the Duomo square and then we set off for the Sforzesco castle. There we found a place in the shadow of some huge trees and we started eating.

The girls of the magazine team immediately gave us a little present (thanks also to the collaboration of Kaido Italia): a random idol's picture and a Kpop phone charming. I have to say that my phone charming was perfect: Taecyeon from 2PM Baby whereas the photo represented Yesung from SuJu and, after  some time I was able to change him for Dongwoon from B2ST ~ In my attept to change Yesung I really looked like a pusher LOL

Il 9 settembre lo staff organizzò un raduno a Milano per tutti gli amanti di Kpop, della Corea ma anche Giappone o semplici curiosi!
Ci incontrammo tutti davanti a piazza Duomo per poi dirigerci verso il Castello Sforzesco, dove trovammo un posto all'ombra e ci sedemmo. Le organizzatrici ci diedero subito un regalino fatto apposta per i partecipanti (grazie anche alla collaborazione di Kaido Italia) : una foto di un idol a caso (non si poteva scegliere e questo generò un enorme via vai di persone desiderose di scambiare la propria foto con un'altra, e la sottoscritta non fu da meno!) e un pendente da attaccare al cellulare. Per quest'ultimo non mi lamentai, trovai subito Taecyeon dei 2PM (e chi si lamenterebbe?! XD) mentre il cantante della foto era Yesung dei SuJu e tra i vari giri e scambi in cui mi immischia (sembro una spacciatrice!), lo cedetti per Dongwoon dei B2ST ~

- Drawings game -

After this little moment of craziness (yeah we were a bit crazy, busy to change our photos or phonechains with the one's of other artists XD) the games started! We were divided into groups and mine was composed by my two sisters, my two friends and other 3 guys. Each group's leader had to draw one bracelet and... WOOT WOOT our leader drawed the BIG BANG's one *___* so we were the BIG BANG group ~ thanks Nov, good choice!

Unluckly for me the game finished at the first round for this reason I started helping a bit my teammates and Oppa Oppa Magazine's staff.

Bursting the balloons ~

Dopo pranzo iniziarono i giochi a gruppi, nel mio c'erano le mie sorelle, due mie amiche e altri tre ragazzi; il leader di ogni gruppo doveva pescare un bracciale, il quale recava il nome di un gruppo... Grazie tanto Nov per aver pescato il bracciale dei BIG BANG <3 BIG BANG group HWAITING! (*^*)9

Purtroppo per me al primo giro fui subito eliminata perciò mi misi ad aiutare, per quello che potei, le mie compagne di squadra.

I giochi mano a mano eliminavano componenti da ogni gruppo e sfociarono in una lotta all'ultimo sangue per il potere individuale, no, non è vero XD ma alla fine una decina di ragazzi “combatterono” individualmente per ottenere i primi premi.

The leaders of the event and the lottery's numbers!

My trrrrreeeeasures ^c^

As the games endet it was the time for the lottery ~ I had chosen previously a number, the one that let me won the ticket for the Music Bank in Paris and *drums' rolls* I won a poster of my leader, G-Dragon ~ the Good Luck decided to be nice to me that time *-*

Terminati questi giochi arrivò il momento della lotteria, precedentemente ognuno scelse un numero e io decisi di puntare su quello che mi permise di andare a Parigi al Music Bank e * rullo di tamburi * la fortuna decise di essere gentile con me e vinsi il poster di GD - per mio sommo piacere :D - .

On the right one of the Magazine's staff... are you enjoying  torturing people with your questions?XD

The organizers of the event had had a great fantasy to create or recreate the games (some of them in fact were taken from Korean programs) and I would like to thank them for the amazing day spent all together! Gurls, you are so nice and friendly! Thanks for your hard work with the magazine :D

Le organizzatrici del raduno hanno avuto davvero tanta fantasia per ideare questi giochi (alcuni ispirati da programmi televisivi coreani) e le vorrei proprio ringraziare per la stupenda giornata! Ho avuto l'occasione di conoscervi di persona e devo dire che siete davvero gentili e simpatiche, con anche un pizzico di pazzia ;)

The last group pic!

Do not forget to download the magazine (completely for free) from this link: Magazine downloads

and to follow them on FB: 오빠오빠 Magazine

Credits : tutte le foto dell'evento e la cover del primo numero sono di proprietà di Oppa Oppa Magazine ~