Hoddeok 호떡

yup, a korean recipe.. :) i've been stuck with everything korean for the past month, hahaha. not that this was a new thing for me, i always been a fan of it since the first time Song Hye Kyo came out to the TV until now it's Song Ji Hyo's turn or when it was Won Bin and now Woo Bin (if you know what i mean). well, long story short, the craze goes on and now i'm trying to make many korean dishes at home. i found it rather hard to gather the ingredients because all of them are very rare, i had to go to a special korean groceries to buy some of them, or even asked my friend who's going to korea next month to buy me some. hahaha. but this hoddeok (read: hot-tok) is the simplest one i could find and make.

this almost pancake-like cakes is a very famous street food there in Korea. it is best served hot so the gooey syrupy filling on the inside still puts on its justice. the dough is a simple bread dough and the filling consists of cinnamon, brown sugar, and walnuts.

i got this recipe from Maangchi, a korean food-blog which i found ultimately interesting and helpful. the blog contains of mostly korean food with clear and elaborative recipe (also video!). so, all of you who is also under the same symptoms as me, i bet you'll find it 'daebak' as well. ;)

kimbap (korean style sushi)

tee-hee, my exams have all done! and today i made Kimbap (Korean Style Sushi) and i guess i'll talk a little longer today..

before the exams i had some moments to watch Korean mini series called My Fair Lady and i don't know why but all Korean movies can make me crave for the food they're eating or showing on the show. i browsed quite a lot about korean food lately, starting from teobokki, beebimbap, bulgogi, etc etc, and so on and so forth.. haha. hey it's really nice to see them plus they're actually simple.. i am interested in making teobokki, beebimbap, bulgogi, but ended up on this kimbap since it was the simplest one.

making this kimbap is not hard, just prepare wide nori sheets, crabstick, chikuwa, or whatever ingredients available in your house, thinly sliced cucumber and carrots, one thing left: egg. the recipe itself i got from Korean-Cuisine, there are more than lots of korean food to look at. i modified this recipe a little, bf told me so, as the result of that i add some black pepper soft-shell crab and cashew (those were available in my house's dining table), can you guess which one is the black pepper, cashew, crabstick, chikuwa, or even the mix up? hehe. for the recipe and how to make them i simply just follow the original recipe. please take a look at it.. :)

i am really satisfied with this kimbap. what i quite regret was that daddy are going out of town and took our dslr with him, so i was left with little sony dsc which was pretty cool though (it has gourmet mode, by the way). i used it to take pictures of kimbap today, is it better or no? i know that i'm still lacking my food photography skill, but i really wish i could be better everytime i take another new pictures. hehe.

well, i guess enough for the talk today.. see you later readers! thanks for reading..

Good Day! :D