June 2010

Time Travels

June 29, 2010 eating out

Time flies. It really does, especially when you least expect it. I really didn’t think I’d enjoy my stay here in Korea much. After all, my parents are already in the States, and I’m all alone in an empty house for most of the day. My cousin is in school from morning till night, and [...]

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Plastic Beauty on the Wall…Who Is the Fakest of Them All?

June 27, 2010 eating out

When you walk down the streets of Korea, you’re not just going to the grocery store, or to the bank. You’re making a fashion statement. Or more precisely, you’re joining the fashion statement of the season. My mother confiscated my flip-flops. Apparently it’s a social disgrace to walk around in “2 for $5” Old Navy [...]

Tagged as: cheese, crab, cream cheese, kabocha, pizza, salad, salsa, sweet potatoes, yogurt

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My Grandfather’s Grave

June 25, 2010 eating out

I went to my paternal grandfather’s grave yesterday morning with my parents and my uncle (father’s younger brother). I don’t remember if I ever shared the story about my grandfather. I only briefly mentioned him a year ago, but there has been so much more drama between him and my family, all of which I [...]

Tagged as: buckwheat, dumplings, Korean, noodles, pork

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My Parents’ Hometown

June 23, 2010 eating disorders

GARRGH!!! The internet at where I’m living right now is driving me CRAZY! Who would have thought it’ll be so hard to find internet access here in tech-savvy Korea? I’m about to go crazy, because there is nothing to do here and I’m just stuck at home with no Internet and bad TV. Other than [...]

Tagged as: cake, corn, deep-fried, dessert, fish, fried, ice-cream, kimchi, Korean, lunch, mochi, mushrooms, noodles, pan-fried, pancake, potatoes, rice, seafood, snack, soup, spicy, steamed, stew, sweet potatoes, zucchini

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Luckiest Brat in the World

June 21, 2010 dinner event

Hello, hello! Guess where I am now? I’m in my Mother Country, Korea! I left Singapore last night and took an overnight flight with my parents to Incheon, and now we are spending a day here to recuperate before meeting my grandmother in Seoul, then traveling 4 hours down south to my “hometown” in Jeon-Ju. [...]

Tagged as: beef, bread, cake, cheese, chicken, chinese, deep-fried, dessert, fish, fried, fruits, garlic, kimchi, Korean, noodles, pickles, pork, rice, roasted, seafood, shrimp, spicy, tofu

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The Good Conflict

June 18, 2010 eating out

“I don’t care what you think of me. I am who I am. And you better accept me for who I am.” I’ve heard this sentence. A lot. From everywhere. And most of the times, it’s spoken with a sort of pride, with an air of righteousness, as though the speaker said some profound and [...]

Tagged as: anchovies, baked good, bonito, bread, chicken, chinese, cookies, corn, cream, dessert, dumplings, fast food, ice-cream, kimchi, mayonnaise, mushrooms, nori, oatmeal, pasta, peanuts, pork, soup

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