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I previously wrote about Gwangjang Market here. We knew Grammy would love this place when she came to visit! (She visited back in October.) Here we go Gwangjang Market with Grammy: Shopping in the market: These are Korean Wedding Ducks. Wedding ducks are a pair of duck carvings, traditionally Mandarin ducks. They are used in Korean wedding ceremonies and often giving as marriage gifts. Mandarin ducks are used because it is believed that unlike any other types of ducks Mandarins mate for life and if one of them dies the other will mourn. I'm not sure for how long, but they mourn. :) Korean believe the Mandarin ducks represent peace, fidelity and lots of kids. Female ducks are red, males are green or blue. The craziness of the market. Motorcycles in the aisle, no rhyme or reason. Blanket stall right next to a food stall. I'm not sure if this is plastic food molded to look like fish or rice cakes molded to look like fish. A common site all over Korea. The nucleus of the market - the FOOD STALLS! Where Koreans from all over come to eat some of the best and oldest style of street food available in Korea! Hubby made sure his momma had food... I made sure she had makkoli! She had no desire to eat some of the cuisine here: But she did enjoy the mung bean pancakes! All in all a great trip to the Gwangjang Market!
To get there: Jongno-3-ga Station Exit 12. Walk straight for a few blocks, you will come to a bigger intersection, look to your right and you will see the entrance to the Gwangjang Market. Enter and walk down the alley for quite a while...you will start seeing food stalls, but don't stop until you hit the mother load and start seeing places to sit and eat. You will know when you have arrived. Good luck and happy eating!! :) LAUGHING OUT LOUD.... Sometimes I write blog post that don't make the cut. This was one of them. I don't even know when I wrote this - maybe a year or so ago. However I just cracked up reading it. I woke up this morning CRAVING steel cut oats and I was so mad at myself when I realized I didn't have a crock pot of them going! Then I realized that crock pot cooking steel cut oats is not the ONLY way to cook them. So I read the directions on the back of the packaged and decided to just go for it. Now you are more than welcome to make these as directed on the package with no goodness in them - you know, if you are into that sort of things. Bland, total good for you nastiness. Did I just type that out loud? Oops. OR, you could mix it up and have a little fun!
Let's get started.... 1 cup steel cut oats 2 cups water 1 cup almond milk 4 TBL brown sugar 1 TBL flax seed 12 oz frozen cherries STOP.....DON'T do it. STOVE TOP STEEL CUT OATS SUCK! They NEVER soften like they do in the crockpot. After 45 minutes of cooking (like the directions say) they have a serious crunch to them. So I kept cooking, adding a little more liquid at a time when needed - every time I tried them still crunchy.... And still after 2 hours of cooking they STILL have a crunch to them! Grrrrr.... Stupid steel cut oats. I didn't want to eat them anyway.... Haha! Cleaning out my blog drafts I found this....
If you think you can't do anything with white walls and cafeteria floors, I beg to differ. Blackhawk Housing area, Yongsan, South Korea. How many times have I blogged about this place? FOUR. This makes five. This means you should go. If I write about a place 5 times, you know it is good. Consistently good. To get there: From post Go out the Itaewon Gate Cross into Itaewon Walk on the left side of the street Pass the Hamilton Hotel The very next alley turn LEFT Right past my Thai This is what it looks like: As I have said before, this place is a bit pricy, but totally worth it - especially for Korea! Chicken & avocado salad with toast Poached chicken breast mixed with nuts, dried fruit and sour cream 17,000 won Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon, sauteed spinach and potatoes Around 18,000 won (I don't remember the exact price) Sweet potato, fig & bacon sandwich Sweet potatoes, cinnamon caramelized fig, bacon, mixed cheese It also comes with a small side salad I'm drooling writing about it - I LOVED every little bite of this sandwich 15,000 won And we can't forget the caramel macchiato Oh how I LOVE their caramel macchiato... Around 6,000 won It was a heavenly dessert and we should have stopped there..... But we didn't. Next up: Blueberry crepes ...and then we dove fork first into the banana bread. This bread doesn't look like much, but I have to tell you somehow they mastered the homemade banana bread - yes, in Korea. I would have never ordered it, but they put 3 loaves at the end of our table to cool and I just couldn't get over the smell. I had to have some. And boy was it worth it. My mouth is watering just thinking about it, and we ate here months ago. It's obvious by these plates that we thought dessert was well worth it.... ...and this was before someone licked the plates clean. Not really. OK, maybe. A great lunch with great friends.
It is true. I'm back on the Whole 30. After 2 weeks in the Philippines, consuming WAY too much MSG and not having a great selection of fresh veggies (and really, let's be honest, I just wanted to eat whatever I wanted to eat) I'm back on the Whole 30. I need to clean out my insides and get back on track. That's right. 30 days of REAL FOOD Meat, seafood, eggs, tons of vegetables, some fruit, and plenty of good fats from fruits, oils, nuts and seeds. Foods with very few ingredients, all pronounceable ingredients, or better yet, no ingredients listed at all because they’re totally natural and unprocessed. That's what I'm doing in a nutshell. Some think I'm crazy others think I'm awesome. Either way, they are right. ;) So, if you are drooling, here is the recipe:
3 -5 pound Chuck Roast HERBS --- I just sprinkle...I'll guesstimate for you on how much I used. Feel free to use more or less depending on how you feel about that spice. 2 tsp Garlic powder 1 TBL thyme 1 TBL fennel 1 tsp dill weed 2 TBL oregano 1 TBL kosher salt 1-2 TBL fresh crushed pepper Sprinkle all those herbs all over your roast. Toss that bad boy in a crock pot. Then throw in: 1 bag of baby carrots and 1 diced onion Along with 1/2 a cup of beef broth - homemade is best, if you don't have homemade, toss in 1/2 a cup of water. That's right. PLAIN ol' water. Oh and then toss 2 sprigs of rosemary on top of everything. Put the lid on an cook on low for 7-8 hours. Your roast will fall apart. Your people will love it. Then they will tell you how much better it would be with potatoes. So, if you are not on the Whole 30 toss in some potatoes to make them happy. Serve with a yummy green salad. Go to bed happy. |
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you
did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou AuthorHi, I'm Trish, the writer, creator and photographer of this blog. I started this blog for 2 reasons, 1 - When I found out we were moving to Korea back in 2008 I was a little freaked out and started scouring the internet for information on Korea. At that time there wasn't much out there so I am doing my part in helping families across the world not be so freaked out when it comes time to move to Korea. The 2nd reason I started this blog was to help stay connected to family members back in the states. Today it is so much more that. Are you moving to Korea? Do you have questions, concerns? Are you freaking out? Freak out no further - click the button to ask a question. I'll do my best to answer open and honestly.
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