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!

친구 & Vietnamese cusine~

Pho Mein Restaurant~ 포메인                                  

HI~~**안녕~

During a very very hot Korean day, my friend (언니) and I decided to go to play together ~ we went shopping, hanging around the city, cafe etc...after that..since it was really so hot and we were a bit hungry~ ^^ We decided to try something different from the Korean food: ......Vietnam cusine....

{actually I was a bit skeptick about that kind of food, since I have never tried that kind of cusine, but it was not as bad as it seemed}

We got to the franchise restaurant called: Pho Mein ~ 포메인.

The interior looks very cosy and elegant, made by the black furnitures.

After checking the menu we went for the so called ~ Pho mein's Pho~포메인 쌀국수, even if they have a wide range of noodles soup.

As soon as we sit the staff brought us water *in Korea water is free* and even green tea in a small cup~ but very tasty~

FINALLY WE GOT OUR NOODLES!

홍두깨

Various of Boiled Beef Pho = 10.000won ~7 Euros

The broth was really hot ㅋㅋㅋㅋand the meat was well cooked, not spicy thankfully and the onion that was inside did not was too much strong. The thing that I did not like so much was ..the noodles..their texture was totally different from the Korean or Japanese ones. This kind of noodles were very thick and not so tasty.

Moreover, they also bring you some side dishes like, vegetables, soy, sauces etc...

It was good day~^^&^^

See u to the next post!!!

Haru~하루

해피 할로윈~~! Happy Halloween~^^

안녕하세요!!~

오늘은 할로윈 or 호박~`

Today is Halloween..and as u may know, in Korea Halloween is not considered as a real celebration,

but as time goes by it became a consumistic celebration~ usually for kids.

 In this post u can find some tips where to spend Halloween while u are in Korea, since there are tons

of events that u may join xD

Firstly, at Lotte World u can find some special dance party during

this day, and usually even for

other celebrations Lotte offers a wide range of leisure activities xD

Secondly, but not least important is spending 호박 at Everland in Yongin, around 1hour far from

Seoul, but it-s bigger than Lotte and u can surely have more fun.

Another creepy activity u can do is *not for Halloween night though* join to the Seoul Zombie Walk

that is held on 26th October, it starts from Boraemae Park...and all people can dress up or make up as

much scary as possible ㅎㅎㅎㅎ

Or even clubs in Korea offer some Halloween nights~


Here some of the link that u can check!~

www.lotteworld.com

www.everland.com/




Have nice & scary Halloween night!



See u~


Haru

DDP ~동대문 디자인플라자

DongDaemun Design Plaza

안녕하세요~~^8^

잘 지내?~

Today I will write about the Dongdaemun Design Plaza...I visited there after a long walk 

along the Han River...in the middle of the walk...suddently...started to rain very hard. So,me 

and 친구 took subway to rush in Dongdaemun.

The typical traditional market appears ...and you can-t imagine how crowded it was >><<

Eventually, as soon as I reached the building, I could see a huge spaceship ㅋㅋㅋㅋ of a 

circular shape, from outside I could hear some classic music coming from inside. Soon I 

realized that music came from the undeground storey of the buiding.

It really makes people speachless....~~It was created in March 2014 by the architect Zaha 

Hadid and its aim is that of meeting hall, seminar hall, design exibithions etc...

Actually, I like it so much..but the only thing that I disliked is that amount of *grey*, all the 

plaza and the buildings around are too many in small place.. ㅠ*ㅠ

After visiting the inside of the DDP where there was a furniture exibithion, we went 

dinner~~

~~all photos have my copyright, to use ask please.

안녕 to the next post~

Haru ~하루

고기구이 or Korean BBQ

Let's talk about the Korean BBQ, or 고기구이^^

I find it extremely tasty and it's the prefect way to share it with friends while

talking and laughing or drinking.

For dinner I went in a typical BBQ restaurant in Gangnam with my friend, I

wanted to eat  Mul-naengmyeon (Cold noodles with chilled broth and ice)

and my friend wanted to eat BBQ..so we chose to go to this restaurant, which

cook both BBQ and Naengmyon.

The served us lots of 고기 (meat) such as: 갈비살 ( galbisal= beef), 삼겹살

(samgyupsal = pork belly)

etc...together with the typical and usual side dishes (반찬)..such as : 밥,

(cooked rice), guk (soup), gochujang , kimchi, mushrooms, shrimps,

soy,  and finally the Noodles

we ordered.

This is how the restaurant looks for inside, it's Always full so we had to wait a

bit before sitting inside. Those kind of "seats" have a special use hahah guess

what??

They are made for putting bags inside.

Almost all korean restaurants that serve grilled meat has a grill place at the

center of the table.

And...after the meat is cooked.. you will need to use a scissor for cutting it into

small pieces, prepare your chopsticks and...

 

 

 

 

voilà...ready to eat^^

Haru

Beginning ^^

 

 

Hello I'm back!^^

 

 

 

....since I didn't have enough time to write I will do it now. ^^

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually..it's really time to take plane and fly to Korea ^^))


From one side I'm so glad and excited to go there...but from the other hand

also a bit worried about that. And I will miss my family a LOT! ^^

By the way, let's talk about the preparations!!

Packing up is Always a mess for me...it stressed me so badly, bcos afraid of

forgetting something.

*even though I Always forget something at home*

I tried to bring not so many clothes as I always did but I limited my will to put

clothes infinitely

kkkkkk this is also bcos I know I will buy in there xDxD

I did the first stop-over in Munich and from there I took the plane to Incheon,

from there if you already know your way, you can take the Limo Bus that, can

be found right outside

of the airport or a taxi. It's up to you if u want to pay 60$ taxi or just 10$

bus :P

Time is running out^^시간이 달려있다!^^

시간이 달려있다!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello!^^))

 

 

 

in just a week I will go to my favourite place...South Korea, isn't it cool??

 

I hope this will a very nice trip that can make my future situation become

 

clearer.

 

Aww..in some days I will start packing up, taking a plane and stay for long time

 

in a country from the other part of the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last time I was Flying with KOREAN AIR, in my opinion it's the best one, the

 

food they serve of course is Korean, you can eat whatever you want, or watch

 

the brand new movies. Furthermore....seats are so comfortable for such long

 

trip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's all for now..I will try to write as much as possible...when I will be in

 

    there.

 

Byeee byeee

 

*Haru*

 

 

 

 

서울의 굉장 하루 ^^ Aesome Day in Seoul^^

안녕!! Hi Everyone((^=^))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Seoul, I met wonderful friends that as time goes by become closer and

 

closer. Most of people think that bcos of "different mentality and culture" can be

 

hard establish lasting relationships with foreigners. Well..in my case it's wrong!

 

Actually, in my case, I realised that Koreans aren't so different from us. Some

 

are shy, others are so lively and talkative kkk even more than me kkkk

 

So I was surprised but also happy!

 

I spent an amazing day with my friend that I call 언니 ^^ (in Korean it means

 

older sister, since she's elder than me :P) and she calls me 동생 (younger sis)

 

 

I really can't wait to meet her **

 

 

 

 

SELCA TOGETHER

 

 

 

 

 

 

When we meet, there was one of her friend that was also kind, so firstly we

 

went to Starbucks  (스타 벅스)  awww I love this place^^)) we chat chat chat a

 

lot, after 2 years without meeting we had so many things to tell each other^^

 

After that we went to visit the biggest and crowdest market ever, it's called

 

DDM (동대문시장 - Dongdaemun Market)

 

 

 

 

 

*But..I will talk about DDM another time ...*

 

 

 

 

 

Then, since we were hungry,  we deceided to eat supper at "ASHLEY

 

AMERICAN RESTAURANT" which is a well-known family restaurant in where u

 

can eat both Korean cusine and American cusine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After dinner I was soooo full, that I could explode kkkkk

 

 

*너무 많이 먹었다*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We returned went to cafe and then...since we didn't know what to do after...it

 

was almost 10pm...we decided to play PocketPoll - kind or billiard. I never

 

played to billiard kkkk it was so fun Yayyy

 

but this wasn't the only time I played pocket pool. ^^

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aww spent such great night!

 

 

감사!((^^))

 

 

 

 

 

Byeeee Haru**