January 9, 2018
by admire02
December 20, 2017
by admire02
We chanced upon an interesting Korean drama called “Let’s Eat”. At first, we thought it’s a documentary show like the one in Arirang channel. We were drawn immediately as we saw the preview because the food looked savory. Since it’s about food, Mich became interested too. Any drama that shows food and pet, she’s in. It’s like egg and rice for her. 
We are fond of watching K-dramas, eating yummy Kfood, and hoping to visit South Korea again. Let’s Eat is entertaining especially the eating part wherein the actors would describe the food and show how to properly eat a specific dish and the reason behind. We always drool and dream about the food we see in the show and hope that when we go to Seoul we will be able to try the authentic ones. 
If eyes are windows to the soul, then food is the clear window into the culture. When in Seoul, we ate at this authentic looking restaurant with no chairs. The waiters don’t speak English, so based our orders on the pictures in the menu. That time, we were not yet familiar with Korean food. So we copied what the others were doing. They gave us a plate full of onions and we didn’t even know what to do with them. Haha. We enjoyed our yummy food anyway.
The above dinosaur looking pancakes with red beans are a must. Below, was the yummiest street bought grilled squid I’ve ever tasted. Sooo good!
Pancakes deserve to be eaten again and again…
Matcha green tea hot chocolate from Hello Kitty cafe tastes like the sea. That’s how Mich would describe her drink.
July 12, 2014
by admire02
A quick visit to Pier 39 includes people watching. We, or I in particular, love to see diverse people and observe what they do, what they buy, what they eat and many more. I love to see colors and life in every stores and things sold everywhere from souvenirs to candies at Pier 39.
I would encourage our kids to buy local fruits than candies. But kids are kids. They’re attracted to candies especially the weird ones.
Funny as it seems, the main reason why I want to go here was to see sea lions but we only saw one. A lazy looking sea lion. Looks like they all walked out. Maybe we missed the right time to see them here.
Anyway, to compensate the missing sea lions, here’s one of the best sunsets in the Bay Area. Dining to a very dramatic sunset was a treat!
Yummy food from Pier Market. It was a long wait because of too much people that time…
(2 years ago from the time of posting)
February 28, 2013
by admire02
It’s been a year since our visit to Seoul, Korea. We’ve watched a lot of Korean dramas that visiting Asia would not be complete without a tour of Seoul and a taste of their dishes.
My personal favorite Korean dish is tofu stew. I can skip any Korean dish except this one. When our family decided to abstain from eating out for forty days, I developed this craving for my favorite Korean food. Good thing about living in this part of the world is that Korean market is just around the corner, selling many ingredients. Thanks to recipes online, I can create my soup at home.
(Namdaemun Market: South Korea)
When we were on tour to different places in Seoul, we tried our best to try Korean food from streets, restaurants and malls. As much as possible we skipped McDonald’s and other common tourist food. We tried what looked appealing to us. We tried street food where you would just eat whatever you want and pay. One of them is Deokbokki, a rice cake shaped like a cylinder with hot and spicy sauce. The ahjummas (old ladies) are selling these from enclosed food stalls along the street. But most of the ahjummas don’t speak English. It’s good that when we ate deokbokki and other fish balls in skewers, there’s this young lady that helped us interpret what the ahjumma was saying.
(deokbokki I cooked at home)
We’re not crazy about deokbokki but I can’t help cooking when there are available ingredients and best of all, they’re on sale, nothing to lose. We tried it and it was good, spicy though. I got the recipe from Maangchi.
