Main Ingredients:
4 Slices White Bread (1 Tbsp Salted Butter)
2 Eggs
⅔ Cup Cabbage
½ Cup Cucumber
⅛ Cup Carrot
1 Tbsp Cooking Oil
¼ tsp Sugar
⅛ tsp Salt
Some Ketchup
Some Mayonnaise or Mustard (optional)
Directions:
Cut ⅔ cup worth of cabbage and ⅛ cup worth of a carrot into thin strips. Slice ½ cup worth of a cucumber thinly.
Break 2 eggs and mix them with ⅛ tsp of salt.
Add the cabbage and carrot to the egg mixture.
Mix it well.
Add 1 Tbsp of cooking oil in a headed pan. Put some of the cabbage and carrot from the egg mixture on the pan and shape the egg mixture into a shape like the bread. Make 2 of them.
Pour half of the remaining egg mixture on top of one cabbage and carrot in the pan. Then pour the rest of the egg mixture onto the other one. In this way, you will get a nicely shaped egg.
Cook the egg for about 4 to 5 minutes on medium. You can cook it about 2 to 2 1/2 minutes on each side.
Obtain 4 slices of white bread.
Melt ½ Tbsp of salted butter in a pan on medium.
Put 2 slices of the bread in the pan, flip the bread once to get the melted butter on both sides of the bread before they start to cook.
Cook the bread for about one and a half minutes each side, or until both sides become nicely golden brown on medium. It will take about 3 minutes to cook 2 slices of the bread. With the remaining butter (½ Tbsp), cook the other 2 slices of bread using the same process.
When the bread is still warm, place the bread on a plate and sprinkle some sugar (half of ⅛ tsp) on it. You will need ⅛ tsp of sugar for each sandwich.
If you want, you can cut the edge of the fried egg to make a nice and clean look. Put the egg on top of the bread.
Place half of the prepared cucumber (about ¼ cup worth) on the egg evenly.
Squeeze some ketchup and mayonnaise on top. Depending on your tastes, you can use mustard instead of mayonnaise or skip it.
Sprinkle the remaining sugar (from ⅛ tsp sugar for one sandwich) on top. The sugar is the secret ingredient for delicious Korean street toast.
This recipes makes 2 sandwiches, so follow the same process for the second sandwich. You can wrap the sandwich or cut it in half to serve.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Recipe: Garlic Chive Pancakes
Main Ingredients:
8 oz Garlic Chives
1 Onion
1 Hot Pepper
3 Cups Korean Pancake (Jeon) Flour
3 Cups Water
1 tsp Salt
Dipping Sauce Ingredients:
1½ Tbsp Soy Sauce
½ tsp Brown Rice Vinegar or Apple Vinegar
Directions:
Prepare about 8 oz of garlic chives by removing any bad parts from both ends, and rinsing them in water.
Chop the garlic chives into 2 inch pieces.
Slice 1 onion and 1 hot pepper thinly.
In a mixing bowl, combine 3 cups of flour, 3 cups of water, and 1 tsp of salt.
Mix it. The consistency will be a little more runny than American style pancake mix.
Add the vegetables into the batter and mix again.
In a generously oiled and heated pan, pour a scope of pancake batter.
Spreading it out thinly and evenly is a key to making delicious pancakes. :)
When the surface of the pancake is half dried, flip it over.
Fry it on medium-high until both sides of the pancake become golden brown.
To make the dipping sauce, combine 1½ Tbsp of soy sauce and ½ tsp of vinegar. Depending on your taste, you can add some red pepper powder, sesame seeds, chopped green onion, or chopped hot peppers.
8 oz Garlic Chives
1 Onion
1 Hot Pepper
3 Cups Korean Pancake (Jeon) Flour
3 Cups Water
1 tsp Salt
Dipping Sauce Ingredients:
1½ Tbsp Soy Sauce
½ tsp Brown Rice Vinegar or Apple Vinegar
Directions:
Prepare about 8 oz of garlic chives by removing any bad parts from both ends, and rinsing them in water.
Chop the garlic chives into 2 inch pieces.
Slice 1 onion and 1 hot pepper thinly.
In a mixing bowl, combine 3 cups of flour, 3 cups of water, and 1 tsp of salt.
Mix it. The consistency will be a little more runny than American style pancake mix.
Add the vegetables into the batter and mix again.
In a generously oiled and heated pan, pour a scope of pancake batter.
Spreading it out thinly and evenly is a key to making delicious pancakes. :)
When the surface of the pancake is half dried, flip it over.
Fry it on medium-high until both sides of the pancake become golden brown.
To make the dipping sauce, combine 1½ Tbsp of soy sauce and ½ tsp of vinegar. Depending on your taste, you can add some red pepper powder, sesame seeds, chopped green onion, or chopped hot peppers.
Recipe: Buckwheat Soba Noodle Soup
Main Ingredients:
1 Handful Buckwheat Noodles (and 6 Cups Water, ½ tsp Salt)
2 Eggs
2 Green Onions
2 Sheets Seaweed (3 in. by 4 in. each)
Broth Ingredients:
4 Cups Water
5 Tbsp Guksijangguk
1½ tsp Japanese Hondashi
½ tsp Salt
Directions:
Boil the noodles in 6 cups of water with ½ tsp of salt. Put the buckwheat noodles in the boiling water and cook for 5 minutes.
While the noodles are boiling, make the broth. In a pan, add 4 cups of water, 5 Tbsp of guksijangguk, 1½ tsp Japanese hondashi, and ½ tsp of salt.
Drain the water, rinse the noodles in cold water once, and then set them aside. Cut 2 green onions into ½ inch pieces.
Once the broth starts to boil, add the noodles to the broth, and cook for 2 minutes. Then add the green onions, and cook for one more minute before turning off the stove.
We need 2 toppings for this soup: a flat egg and dried seaweed. Use one pinch of salt per egg to make flat eggs. Since we need 2 eggs today, we will be adding 2 pinches of salt.
Pour a small amount of oil in the pan and wipe it with a paper towel. Then using medium heat, pour the blended egg into the pan and fry. Once the surface of the egg is almost cooked, flip it over. When you flip it over with your spatula, keep the spatula in the center of the egg to help prevent the egg from breaking.
Slice the cooked flat eggs thinly and cut the toasted seaweed sheets with scissors.
Mix the egg and seaweed with the soup just before eating.
1 Handful Buckwheat Noodles (and 6 Cups Water, ½ tsp Salt)
2 Eggs
2 Green Onions
2 Sheets Seaweed (3 in. by 4 in. each)
Broth Ingredients:
4 Cups Water
5 Tbsp Guksijangguk
1½ tsp Japanese Hondashi
½ tsp Salt
Directions:
Boil the noodles in 6 cups of water with ½ tsp of salt. Put the buckwheat noodles in the boiling water and cook for 5 minutes.
While the noodles are boiling, make the broth. In a pan, add 4 cups of water, 5 Tbsp of guksijangguk, 1½ tsp Japanese hondashi, and ½ tsp of salt.
Drain the water, rinse the noodles in cold water once, and then set them aside. Cut 2 green onions into ½ inch pieces.
Once the broth starts to boil, add the noodles to the broth, and cook for 2 minutes. Then add the green onions, and cook for one more minute before turning off the stove.
We need 2 toppings for this soup: a flat egg and dried seaweed. Use one pinch of salt per egg to make flat eggs. Since we need 2 eggs today, we will be adding 2 pinches of salt.
Pour a small amount of oil in the pan and wipe it with a paper towel. Then using medium heat, pour the blended egg into the pan and fry. Once the surface of the egg is almost cooked, flip it over. When you flip it over with your spatula, keep the spatula in the center of the egg to help prevent the egg from breaking.
Slice the cooked flat eggs thinly and cut the toasted seaweed sheets with scissors.
Mix the egg and seaweed with the soup just before eating.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Elizabeth Arden Prevage Anti-Aging Treatment Review
My relationship with Prevage began 4 years ago. I was wandering through Sephora for a skin treatment that could erase discolorations left by acne and the salesperson who was helping me introduced me to Prevage. She described it as a 'magic' anti aging treatment that fades acne spots miraculously. She couldn't stop raving about it! Supposedly she suffered from a very bad scar that covered a fourth of her face and this stuff healed her. I'm not sure if I believe her story as her skin looked very clear, but I was curious and excited at the same time. And then I saw the price ... $150!!! I was stunned. I've never spent more then $75 on a night cream in my life, let alone a treatment! With a treatment like Prevage, I would still need to wear a night cream over it, so $150 + $75 = $225!!!!! Whoa! But I bought into the sales lady's hype and purchased it regardless and what can I say... I'm in love! I'm not addicted, but I'm definitely in love!
Quick note, if any of you are thinking about buying this, DO NOT buy it from Sephora. Instead, buy it from Costco for only $99.99 or find this treasure for even less on EBAY. You'll save at least $50!!!
As for the treatment itself, it is very light and in a sort of caramel color. The product lasts about 6 months to a year because you only need to use a pea size for the entire face. I concentrate the treatment on my acne spots, any wrinkles, and then moisturize as usual with my normal night cream. I'm not convinced that I look much younger (I'm 29 and luckily have my mom's awesome skin), but I have definitely seen a "HUGE" improvement in fading my acne spots and I feel that it "plumps" my skin a bit. Overall, the treatment seems to work very well with my skin. Most of my acne spots have pretty much disappeared.
As for the packaging, the treatment comes in a smooth and slick looking silver bottle with pump dispenser and clear lid as you can see from the photo. It looks classy and expensive with the product name embossed up the side.
The bottle contains 1.7 fl oz so you don't get a lot for the price. The active ingredient is something called "Idebenone". I read somewhere that Idebenone is the most effective antioxidance for addressing the visible signs of aging when compared to other anti aging ingredients like alpha lipoic acid, kinetin, vitamin C, vitamin E, and coenzyme Q10. Idebenone supposedly helps maintain collagen levels in skin so skin looks firmer and resilient, and it serves to scavenge free radicals and binds to them in order to prevent degenerative cellular damage. In my experience using this treatment, I have not seen much reduction in wrinkles as I don't have many to begin with, but it has improved the appearance of skin roughness and dryness, and it definitely reduced the appearance of discolorations caused by acne!
Please keep in mind that this product has received very MIXED reviews online. From my research, it seems most either HATE IT OR LOVE IT!!!! I happen to be a lover of this product, but I have read awful reviews from some who have developed allergies from using this product. So I would suggest testing a sample (if you are able to get your hands on one) from one of your beauty counters before paying the $100+ for a full bottle.
I will try to find a "BEFORE" photo and post a "BEFORE" and "AFTER".
Saturday, August 1, 2009
2009 Orange County Fair
Yesterday evening, my friend and I visited the Orange County Fair. The fair is held every summer at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. This year's event is being held from July 10 - August 9. The first few weekends are usually the busiest, so with that in mind, I waited a while before attending. :-)
Here are some things you can expect at this county fair: entertaining shows, carnival rides, street artists, games, giant stuffed animal prizes and lots of fattening food. Some of my favorites are below:
For more information, visit www.ocfair.com.
Overall, we’re glad to have gone to the Fair. I'm looking forward to visiting again next year.
Here are some things you can expect at this county fair: entertaining shows, carnival rides, street artists, games, giant stuffed animal prizes and lots of fattening food. Some of my favorites are below:
- Peking Acrobat Show is a MUST SEE in my opinion! This show is free with admission and it is worth so much more than the admission cost of $10. A team of acrobats, called the Peking Acrobats, boggled our minds with their gravity-defying feats. My favorite stunt was one that involved an acrobat stacking chairs 50 feet in the air on top of four Champagne bottles before climbing over the chairs to balance herself at the top in a one-armed handstand. My heart was pounding!!!! Here are some photos.
- The Sky Ride Gondola is a relaxing and neat ride. The cable car took us from the front to the back of the entrance of the fairgrounds. It's especially nice to ride it at night for the sky view. We could see the brightly lit fairground from end to end.
- When we entered the fair, we first headed to the Main Mall to visit “Weird Al’s Brain," a 3-D comedy show featuring Weird Al Yankovic. Before entering the show, we were provided with a pair of 3-D glasses and a wet napkin to clean the glasses before putting them on. The show is educational. Al gives insightful facts about the brain like the length of the brain when it's stretched out. I think he said it was more than 2 street blocks long (I forgot) :-) Also, during the show, random people and celebrities ask Al questions about how the brain works. The best question was from Fabio, who asks Al, “Is it true that I use only 10 percent of my brain?” Al replied "YES! YOU only use 10 percent of your brain, BUT THE REST OF US use all of it!" haha. Al also sings in a fancy 3-D music video teaching kids about the brain at the end of the show. I don't have any children, but if I did, I would defintely want to take them to see this show.
For more information, visit www.ocfair.com.
Overall, we’re glad to have gone to the Fair. I'm looking forward to visiting again next year.
Friday, July 31, 2009
The Muse - The 2009 Pageant of the Masters (Laguna Beach, CA)
On my day off from work yesterday, I went to watch an amazing show at Laguna Beach - "The Muse, the 2009 Pageant of the Masters". The show was 1 hour and 30 minutes long with an intermission of 15 minutes after the first hour. It showed a series of "living pictures" - incredible art re-creations of classical and contemporary works like the "Last Supper" by Leonardo Da'Vinci with real people posing to look exactly like their counterparts in the original pieces. The show took place at an outdoor amphitheater, there was a professional orchestra, live narration, sophisticated lighting, it was just awesome! One thing I loved about the show was the narration. With the display of every painting/sculpture, the narrator told interesting stories of the artist, their models, some of the stories were about love and friendships. These stories offered fascinating insights into the creative process and made the show very entertaining. The first few minutes really blew me away especially when they showed Monet's piece! I could not believe that the subjects in the paintings were live people! The paintings looked so flat and SO REAL! But, my favorite pieces were the ones by Camille Claudel. They were so beautiful. I was surprised I've never heard of Camille until this show. You have to see her work to believe me.
You should definitely check out this show if you are in the Southern California area. The tickets were very inexpensive. We paid $22 for two tickets... buy one get one free from the show web-site (http://foapom.com). I don't know if they still have that special, but $22 per person is still not a bad price for this show. Oh, and sorry for not having any photos. They did not allow cameras during the show.
Here is a link to the web-site and program: http://foapom.com/site/pageant_program.asp. I also copied and pasted the program below. If you end up going or have seen it, please leave a comment on your thoughts for others to view.
Have a great day everyone!!!! XOXO!!!
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You should definitely check out this show if you are in the Southern California area. The tickets were very inexpensive. We paid $22 for two tickets... buy one get one free from the show web-site (http://foapom.com). I don't know if they still have that special, but $22 per person is still not a bad price for this show. Oh, and sorry for not having any photos. They did not allow cameras during the show.
Here is a link to the web-site and program: http://foapom.com/site/pageant_program.asp. I also copied and pasted the program below. If you end up going or have seen it, please leave a comment on your thoughts for others to view.
Have a great day everyone!!!! XOXO!!!
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Act One
| 1. | Sarcophagus of the Muses | Unknown | Marble | 2nd cent. AD | Roman | |
| 2. | Venus Victorious | Antonio Canova | Marble | 1805-08 | Italian | |
| 3. | Divine Inspiration | |||||
| a. Allegory of Faith | Johannes Vermeer | Oil | c. 1670 | Dutch | ||
| b. Madonna of Port Lligat | Salvador Dali | Oil | 1950 | Spanish | ||
| c. Mahana No Atua | Paul Gauguin | Oil | 1894 | French | ||
| 4. | Palau de Musica Catalana | E. Arnau & Lluis Bru | Ceramic | 1905-08 | Spanish | |
| 5. | Objets d'Art | |||||
| a. Dragonfly Brooch | Rene Lalique | Gold/Gems | c. 1898 | French | ||
| b. Art Nouveau Lamps | C. Jonchery / L. Chandon | Gilt Bronze | c. 1900 | French | ||
| c. Mermaids with Seashells | Raoul Larche | Gilt Bronze | 1900 | French | ||
| 6. | Le Dejeuner sur L'Herbe | Claude Monet | Oil | 1866 | French | |
| 7. | The Land of Make Believe | |||||
| a. Morning | Maxfield Parrish | Oil | 1922 | American | ||
| b. Land of Make Believe | Maxfield Parrish | Oil | 1905 | American | ||
| c. Garden of Allah | Maxfield Parrish | Oil | 1918 | American | ||
| 8. | The Angel of Death... | Daniel Chester French | Marble | 1926 | American | |
| 9. | Questioner of the Sphinx | Elihu Vedder | Oil | 1863 | American | |
| 10. | Roger Delivering Angelica | Jean Ingres | Oil | 1819 | French | |
| 11. | Beauty vs. Beast | |||||
| a. Creature of the Black Lagoon | Universal | Lithograph | 1954 | American | ||
| b. Tarzan and His Mate | Warner Bros. | Lithograph | 1934 | American | ||
| c. The Mummy | Universal | Lithograph | 1932 | American | ||
| d. King Kong | RKO Warner Bros. | Lithograph | 1933 | American | ||
Act Two
| 12. | Frida and Diego | |||||
| a. The Making of a Fresco | Diego Rivera | Mural | 1931 | Mexican | ||
| b. On the Borderline | Frida Kahlo | Oil | 1940 | Mexican | ||
| Tree of Hope | Frida Kahlo | Oil | 1946 | Mexican | ||
| c. Dreams of a Sunday Afternoon | Diego Rivera | Mural | 1948 | Mexican | ||
| 13. | The Book of the City of Ladies | Unknown | Illustration | 1405 | French | |
| 14. | a. Joan of Arc | Anna Hyatt Huntington | Gilt Bronze | c. 1914 | American | |
| b. El Cid Campeador | Anna Hyatt Huntington | Bronze | 1927-1943 | American | ||
| 15. | Royal Portraits | |||||
| a. Mme. Victoire | Adelaide Labille-Guiard | Oil | 1788 | French | ||
| b. Mme Adelaide de France | Adelaide Labille-Guiard | Oil | 1787 | French | ||
| c. Mme. Louise-Elizabeth | Adelaide Labille-Guiard | Oil | 1788 | French | ||
| 16. | The Hunt | Harriet Frishmuth | Bronze | 1921 | American | |
| 17. | Bacchanale | Malvina Hoffman | Plaster | 1925 | American | |
| 18. | The Horse Fair | Rosa Bonheur | Oil | 1853-1855 | French | |
| 19. | In Praise of Camille | |||||
| a. L'Age Mur | Camille Claudel | Bronze | 1894-1903 | French | ||
| b. La Valse | Camille Claudel | Plaster | 1893 | French | ||
| c. La Fortune | Camille Claudel | Plaster | pre-1904 | French | ||
| 20. | The Last Supper | Leonardo da Vinci | Fresco | 1495-1498 | Italian | |
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