The Julie/Julia/Gisela Project

Ciclo de Cine Coreano

2012-01-25T18:39:00.002-06:00

En 1962 nuestros contactos adquirieron su actual dimensión institucional con el establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas y la apertura de la embajada coreana en México. Posteriormente en1978, México abriría su embajada en Corea.

Los contactos de alto nivel iniciaron con la visita del presidente Roh Taewoo a México en 1991, que por otra parte fue la primera visita de un jefe de Estado coreano a América Latina. Cinco años después (1996), el presidente Ernesto Zedillo realizó la primera visita de un jefe de Estado mexicano a Corea.

Durante el pasado gobierno, y en uno de sus primeros viajes al exterior, el ex presidente Vicente Fox efectuó una visita de Estado a Corea en junio de 2001 (se entrevistó con su homólogo Kim Daejung). En noviembre de 2003, el entonces primer ministro Goh Kun, vino a México para participar en el “Cuarto foro global sobre reinvención del gobierno”

Por esto mismo, este 2012 esperamos varios eventos para festejar 50 años de relaciones entre Mexico y Corea.


01 de julio del 2010. Alcázar del Castillo de Chapultepéc.- Cena de Estado en honor del Excmo. Sr. Lee Myung-Bak, Presidente de la República de Corea y su Esposa, la Sra. Kim Yoon-Ok.

Con motivo de los 50 años de relaciones Diplomaticas Mexico - Corea, a partir de el 31 de Enero se celebrará el Ciclo de Cine Coreano en la Ciudad de Mexico

                                                        CICLO DE CINE COREANO
                                                           CINETECA NACIONAL
                                                FEBRERO 2 - FEBRERO 16 2012

Aqui les dejo el calendario de la 1a semana del Ciclo

Gracias a la Embajada de Corea en Mexico por la información brindada.

P.D. Si tienen dudas del calendario o necesitan el calendario, no duden en mandarme un mail o dejar un calendario
P.D.2. Cada semana actualizare el calendario con las peliculas correspondientes.

English Version:

In 1962 our contacts acquired its current institutional dimension with the establishment of diplomatic relations and opening of the Korean embassy in Mexico. Later in 1978, Mexico will open its embassy in Korea.

The high-level contacts began with the visit of President Roh Taewoo to Mexico in 1991, it was the first visit by a Korean head of state in Latin America. Five years later (1996), President Ernesto Zedillo made the first visit by a Mexican head of state in Korea.

Former President Vicente Fox made a state visit to Korea in June 2001 (he met with President Kim Dae-jung). In November 2003, then Prime Minister Goh Kun, came to Mexico to participate in the "Fourth Global Forum on Reinventing Government"

For this reason, this 2012 we expect several events to celebrate 50 years of relations between Mexico and Korea.


July 1, 2010. Chapultepec Castle Alcazar .- State Dinner in honor of Hon. Mr. Lee Myung-Bak, President of the Republic of Korea and his wife, Mrs. Kim Yoon-Ok with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa and his wife Margarita Zavala Gomez del Campo.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations Mexico - Korea, from January 31 will be held on Korean Film Series in Mexico City.
                                                         KOREAN MOVIES CYCLE
                                                           CINETECA NACIONAL
                                                     From February 2nd to February 16th 2012

Here's the the timing of the 1st week of the cycle

-Gisela V.

Korean Movie Review: 말아톤

2012-01-22T15:26:00.000-06:00

Marathon is a 2005 SK Movie based on Bae Hyeong-jin, a runner with Autism.
According to Wikipedia this film popularized the Term for Autism: 자폐증, japyejeung or "self-closed syndrome.".

I got this movie in Seoul for just 1,000₩ (About 1USD/11Pesos), at the moment I didn't know what the movie was about but a friend told me it was good and I'm glad I got it because it is indeed a good movie (Made me cry a little)

The Movie is about a young man (Cho-Won) who finds running very liberating. Cho-Won is very into Zebras an Chocopie (Korean Snack) and at the beggining of the movie you can see him at his house eating lots of Chocopies.
His mother never gave up on him and was determined to prove to the world that her child can be normal, as Cho-Won grows older he and his mom find a former Marathon Champion who is now an old man with Alcohol problems, he is doing community service by Teaching Physics at a school, when Cho-Wons met him they ask him to Traing Cho-Won and he accept, at the begging he just takes advantaje from Cho-Wons by sleeping while Cho-Wons run non stop under the sun, eats Cho-Wons snacks or just by taking him to a Steam House to relax, when the Training starts seeing Cho-Won's determination is when the real training begins. Cho-Won gets a 3rd place in a 10K marathon and his mom starts setting bigger goals for him.

There's a part on the movie where his mom tells Cho-Won he has Million Dollar Legs and apparently
Bae Hyeong-jin (22), autistic person of the film, has his legs insured for $1 million (or one billion won).

SK Telecom, which had a commercial contract with Bae, gave Bae accident insurance certificates of $1 million for his legs and general accident insurance for him on June 7. If Bae injures his legs, he will collect the
insurance money, which may be $1 million maximum. (This touching scene of the film actually happened in reality.)

“Chowon’s legs are?” (Mother)
“Million dollar leg!” (Cho-Won)

All in all, its a good movie, with enough Drama and some comedy ^^

Runtime: 117 min
Language: Korean (available with English subtitles)

-Gisela V.

Happy 설날 !!

2012-01-22T14:50:00.000-06:00

Picture Source: http://english.visitkorea.or.kr

I wanted to write about Seollal, but I know everyone is writing about it so I don't want to overwhelm you with that :)

You can find great information about Lunar's New Year at the Official Site of Korean Tourism here or you can check this post written by Maria Margareta one of the WKB.

-Gisela V.

삼각김밥 (Samgak Kimbap)

2012-01-17T18:40:00.001-06:00

Samgak Kimbap or Triangle Kimbap is a popular food sold in almost any convenience store ir Korea.
Is really like your regular Kimbap but with a Triangle shape :)

I would recommend this for the kids, somehow kids always find "different" shaped food more fun to eat.

I didn't have any recipes for this, so I was only able to do it with what I remember they had when I tried them, so here's my recipe!

-Tuna
-Kimchi
-Steamed Rice
-Seaweed
-Mayo (I didn't use any, but I should have)
(Note is not complicated to make, but I would recomend to have a Triangle shaped mold if you don't wanna suffer like I did hehe)

You just need to follow the next steps:

Triangle shaped rice (This is where you'll use the mold)

Add the chopped Kimchi and the Tuna (w/mayo)

Shape the Seaweed and it's ready!

As you can see. is quite simple to make and fun to eat for kids :)

-Gisela V.

My 12 reasons to visit Korea

2012-01-11T06:24:00.002-06:00

1- Food

I want to eat more Korean food, street food, drink Makgeolli, go to lots of restaurants, visit a Mexican food restaurant (I'm intrigued). Go to all thos mini marts and buy crazy snacks!


2- Busan / Incheon - Travel Around

I want to go to Seoul first and then travel around S. Korea. I would like to visit North Korea but that's going to be way to complicated for a little while.

3- Visit people I met on my 1st visit

I want to meet with the people I met last year (In Seoul and Mexico) and would also like to meet some of my fav K-Bloggers (stalker much?? Lol)

4- Noryangjin

On my 1st visit to Seoul I went to the 63 building and I could see the Noryangjin market from there but I didn't have time to go that day since I had to meet a friend and I still regret I didn't go back :(

5- Take my mom/sister

I want to show them why I fell in love with Korea :)


6- Do a Temple stay

Again I didn't have enough time to do this the 1st time but the 2 temples I visited felt so peaceful...I need to do this next time.

7- Do a Korea Home stay

You can read more about it here:

8- Go to the Kimchi museum

What else can I say? I love Kimchi ^^

9- Take cooking lessons

You know I love my Korean Food!!!


10- Speak more Korean

This is a MUST... Meaning I also have to study more

11- House of Sharing

Would like to do some volunteer work at the House of sharing


12- Take a tour through some of the "My name is Kim Sam soon" locations.... I have to!! This show got me to love Korea!!!


-Gisela V.

된장찌개 and Crunchy 떡

2012-01-06T14:03:00.003-06:00

Hello everyone!

I'm excited!, this is the 1st post of the year and the first post as a WKB!

As some of you know I LOVE Korean food and since it is now quite difficult to go out to a Korean Restaurant I decided to cook it at home. I just have to make a quick stop to Korea Town on my way home from work and I can get my ingredients, I know it's not the original but you've gotta do what you've gotta do, right?

Anyway, so last week I went to my 2 favorite stores at K-Town to get some Gochuanj paste, homemade Tofu And Bibimbap (hehe).

I 1st had 된장찌개 when I visited Seoul a year ago, it was made by Sanghyun Ahn he made this after a long day out...this was the perfect comfort food for a cold day, when I came back to Mexico I asked Sanghyun Ahn for the recipe and he was kind enough to give it to me, so here's the recipe, it's easy and quick to prepare, most of the ingredients are easy to find.

1 medium size potato/zucchini or a squash (Cut into small cubes)
1 medium size onion (choped)
2-3 cloves of garlic (choped)

1 green chili pepper
100/150 grams of Beef/Pork meat
1 green onion
100-150 grams of tofu (Cut into small cubes)
soy bean paste (doen jang)
** Gochuanj paste (chilli paste)
** Gochugaru (chilli flakes)
** 떡 or Ddeok (rice cakes)

** The original recipe does not call for this ingredients, I just happen to like a more spicy stew and I really like Ddeok (plus I had lots of Ddeok)

~In a medium pot add some Vegetables stock or Beef stuck (Like I did), Add the Onions, Garlic, Potat, the zucchini, 1-2 Chillis and the meat.

~When the potatos are cooked (soft), add the doejang paste and if you want it to be spicy it's time to add the Gocugaru and Gochuanj paste, finally add Tofu and sprinkle spring onions.

Once finished you can eat it with Kimchi and some steamed rice like we did!!!

Dessert time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The recipe of the Crunchy 떡 was found in a Korean Magazine, and decided to try it since I love sweet food plus is super easy to make. If you like Ddeok (rice cakes) you will absolutely love this as a snack.

Ingredients:
떡 (ddeok) - I bought a big package of Ddeok at my fav Korean Store, the package was only $50 pesos (about 4-5USD/Won) and it was a bit more than 1/2kgrs
Sugar
Cooking Oil
Water

Ddeok

In a small anti-adherent pan put oil in a medium heat, when hot add the Ddeok (cut into a bite size) and cook it until golden.

In a different pan add sugar and water until caramelized, add the rice cakes (ddeok) and add a little bit of the previously heated oil.

Mix all the ingredients in a medium heat until golden brown.

Be careful and don't eat them right away because they are super hot.
They are hot and crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside....... Enjoy!

Hope you like it as much as I did :)

-Gisela V.

Special thanks to Diana Verdin for taking such pretty pictures.

Hard times

2012-01-04T23:56:00.001-06:00

I would like to ask my readers for a prayer for my mom, it's a difficult time for my family (Specially y sister and me) and I'd appreciate a lot a Prayer for her.

-Mom I love you so freaking much-

-Gisela V.

Happy New Year

2011-12-31T22:01:00.001-06:00

How to start?

Well... 1st of all I want to thank the (few) readers I have, you guys are the best!, thank you for bearing with me through this hard year, you made my days easier :)

2ndly I would like to wish all of you an excellent 2012, may this new year bring you many many blessings and happy times.

2011 has been a life changing year for me, as some of you know my mom has the big C and I'm thankfull she is still among us, I make sure I hug her and kiss her at least once a day so don't wait until someone you love is ill to show them you care about them.

Just in time to have a good end of the year I received the news yesterday that I have been selected as one of the WKB (Worldwide Korea Bloggers) , if you want to read some great blogs about Korea go here and check the list of the winers (and look for my name there!!)
So, starting tomorrow I'm officially a WKB, stick around for more K-info, recipes because K-cooking is what I love the most!!. In addition to this I would like to ask you to help me, with more Comments about what you would like to read or just anything... Comments make me happy :P

So, 2011 was a BIG year.... with good and bad things but with my awesome family.
Hope all of you spend New years Eve with people you love and have a great 2012!


My pic has nothing to do with NYE, but may 2012 bring another family vacation for everyone! lol

-Gisela V.

Special thanks to my sister for all of the support and for still loving me even thou I can be a lil bit mean sometimes.... Love you Perrito!

2 year aniversary!!

2011-12-22T20:41:00.001-06:00

On december 18 2009 I started this blog!!!

Thanks for reading me and keep me company n_n

-Gisela V.

Tteokbokki

2011-12-20T07:48:00.001-06:00

Finally, here's the recipe for Tteokbokki!

As some of you know, Tteokbokki is a famous street food you can find in S. Korea.
It's hot, spicy and yummy :)

Ingredients

500g of rice cake
2 slices of dried fishcakes
1 sliced spring onion
1 tablespoon of sugar
1 1/2 tablespoon of Gochujang
(Some people uses a hard boiled egg...it's really good with it n_n )

Begin by boiling a small amount of water in a saucepan, about 1 inch deep. or about 150 ml. Once boiling, Add the Gochujang paste and stir well to make the sauce. Reduce to a medium heat and add the vegetables, allow to simmer for a few minutes, sweeten with sugar and then add the rice cakes. After about 6-8 minutes later, finish by adding the fish cakes and spring onion and simmer for a further 2-3 minutes, Serve in a dish and sprinkle some sesame seeds over the top.

Fish cake


Finished Tteokbokki

Hope you like it :)

-Gisela V.

Korean Tea Ceremony - 다례

2011-12-14T11:35:00.001-06:00

I was reading this article and made me want to write about TEA!

Last year when I visited Seoul, we went to a Traditional Tea Ceremony, so here's a little explanation on how it's done and some pictures about it.

According to Wikipedia "The Korean tea ceremony or darye is a traditional form of tea ceremony practiced in Korea. Darye literally refers to "etiquette for tea" or "day tea rite" and has been kept among Korean people for a few thousand years.The chief element of the Korean tea ceremony is the ease and naturalness of enjoying tea within an easy formal setting."

Keep reading...

1 Year Anniversary

2011-12-08T19:00:00.002-06:00

Last year by this time I was getting my suitcase ready to go to Seoul, it was Wednesday and I was scared, 24 hours flying and would be in S. Korea!

I wish I was there again, specially since it's snowing now u_u

But hopefully I'll see you next year Korea!!

I can't believe that 1 year later I still have lots of pending posts :/

-Gisela V.

Wild Korean Review

2011-12-01T18:02:00.002-06:00

Are you studying Korean???

Well, as many of you know I am, fortunatelly for me I met Sanghyun Ahn and Jo-Anna Lynch last year and WHY would you care if I met them?, well Sanghyun Ahn is the author of Wild Korean "A fieldguide to Real Conversation" - For Beginner to Intermediate Levels.

On my 1st day in Seoul I met Jo-Anna Lynch and she was kind enough to take me to her Korean Class, I was ment to attend a Begginers class with Sanghyun but as you know, I am WAY to shy to be truth so I didn't want to go on my own, instead I went to Jo-Anna's class ...it was a HUGE mistake and I know that!, her class was mostly in Korean and I understood nothing u_u , later I find out Sanghyun was writting a book and ever since I've been waiting. Around August it was announced the publication of this Book and I was really excited for this and asked to buy one, a few weeks later I received a Free copy of the book.

At this point I had just started my begginer lessons and I was just learning to read Haengul, due to some family problems (as some of you know...) I had to stop taking my lessons and I had to re-take self-studying, The Wild Korean book has been a great way to do it and I'm glad I still remember how to read Haengul because you won't find any romanization in here, The good thing about NO romanization is: You can't be lazy and will make you study harder and will improve your reading.

If you know ZERO haengul, I would definitely recommend to learn the basics and to read, this way you can get the most of this book.

The book will start with the basics being "Nice to meet you" the 1st lesson and being followed by "I am", "I'm from"... this is obviously really helpful if you want to Visit Korea and want to impress everyone with your "Korean Skills" ;)

If you already read Haengul, then make sure to get this book as it will help you transitionate from Begginer to Intermediate :) , hopefully soon they will release another book for more advanced levels.

The ilustration on the book is made by hand by Douglas Holden and gives the book a funny perspective on each Lesson.

In addition to the book, you can follow their blog Wild Korean in here Sanghyun or Jo-Anna will answer your questions, post links to helpfull resources and from time to time will post a Joke in Korean (See? another way to impress your Korean friends with a joke!!), Downloadable audios can be found here as well.

Some basic information on the book:

Writen by Sanghyun Ahn

Edit by Jo-Anna Lynch, Megha Dubal and Megan Morrow

Ilustrated by Douglas Holden

Price: ₩15,000 (Currently they are running a Special Promotion from 2011 November 1st ~ 2012 January 31th, 1 Copy + Free Shipping for $15USD!!!)

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wildkorean1

Email: wildkorean1@hotmail.com

I want to invite all of you to get this book and keep your lessons going on!

-Gisela V.

Paris!

2011-12-01T12:44:00.002-06:00

Oh la la!

So…we are back from Paris…actually it’s been almost a month since we came back *Insert SAD face*, even thou I was not crazy for Paris it was definitely a place in my “To Go” list and I’m glad we went there,,, it wasn’t a Crazy (in a Drunk-Fun kind of way) trip, it was a Family Vacation, only My mom, sis and I…. it was full of first’s:

1^st Time flying together

1^st Time for my mom to leave the Country

1^st Time for my sister and I to actually be in charge…. (scary)

1^st Time to meet the bro-in-law….. O_O (Ah veda!)

1^st Time to finally see/meet everything my sis has been talking about for AGES

1^st Time to be afraid of traveling (don’t ask why…)

I don’t want to make this a HUGE post so,,, I’ll do my best

The Good

*Family Vacation!! Yay!!!

*Paris!

*Tour Eiffel

*Boulangeries (read…Huré)

*Bread

*Franprix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (LOVE IT!!! And miss it SO freaking much)

*Outdoor Markets!

*Friends (new friends!!)

*Macarons

*Sleeping ‘til 11am J

*Morning Breakfast with Perrow and moomin!

The Bad

*LONG flights

*Aeromexico

*Way to heavy luggage

*My mom feeling tired and not so well L

*Not enough money

*Not enough time (haha)

The Ugly

*Pick pocket!! Gubai 600 EU L

So all in all…it was a GOOD trip…. Love it there!, I’m not a Museum Fan but I like it and maybe next time we’ll get to see/do more J

Next Destination…………. Korea!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are a few pics from the trip…. Enjoy :)

-Gisela V.

O_o

2011-11-28T14:34:00.001-06:00

1st attempt to post from my phone....
This means I can now blog at any time without the need of a computer :)

Updates soon!

-Gisela V.

Back!

2011-11-15T17:23:00.000-06:00

Hey there!!!

We are back from Paris!, we had a great time, we got to relax, eat and just live like a real Parisian (minus the work part!).

Since we came back we've had some hard/long days and it's time to really appreciate what we have when we still have it. And this is why and Pausing my blogging, I have lot of things to blog about but it's not time to do it, hopefully when I come back you'll still be ere reading me and who knows.... I might be writing from a new place ;) .

Thank you all for your support and specially thanks to those who have shown your support to my mom!!

-Gisela V.

Time off

2011-10-21T14:23:00.000-05:00

It was about time, my mom, sis and I were in need of this time OFF for a while now and the day is finally here, we are currently waiting at the Airport to go on a much needed vacation to Paris, Rome and Florence :)

It's time to ceebrate my mom being so strong and just spend as much quality time together as we can, so I will see YOU in a couple of weeks!!

So, have fun!!! and don't miss us too much!!

xOXoXooOoxxXxoXoxoO lol

-Gisela V.

Changes....

2011-10-15T22:31:00.000-05:00

So many changes, so many challenges....so many things
But I'm still around.... hopefully in a couple of days I'll be giving you GREAT news...at least for my mom, sis and I :)

Things are a bit more complicated these days, but as long as we are together I think we are gonna be fine.

So, see you around.... and hopefully I'll have to update on my Korean lessons soon! :)

-Gisela V.

To be a freak or not to be a freak???

2011-09-26T21:04:00.000-05:00

That is the question.....

I've been thinking about this for a couple of days... Thanks to my Korean lessons and my love for Korean Culture I am being catalogued by some of the people around me... I used to fight it....until today...when I decided to embrace it because let's face it...F--k'em!

I really do

I'm tired of giving explanations to all those who keep asking me if I want to be "chinese" or why am I so obsessed with Asia.... REMEMBER it's different if someone comes to me and genuinley ask me "Why my interest for Korean Culture".... Just a few days ago someone asked me "Do you have like a chinese ghost??".... HUH??? seriously?? wtf is that?.... 1st...it's not Chinese culture I like...is KOREAN culture,,and 2nd...what do you mean?...Ghost like Demi Moore's movie?? ..I really don't get it... O_O (If someone understand this...please let me know!!)

Is this 2 much??....

Nop, I'm not inlove with every Korean I've met, NO I don't want to marry a Korean men, NO I don't listen to K-pop all day (I only have like 20 songs and most of the times I don't know the name of the song/group), NO I don't watch Dramas all the time (I do sometimes thou... hehe), NO I have never said "I'f I don't marry I Korean I'm gonna die.... :(" but YES, I like learning Korean, I like listening to some songs or watching some Dramas and being able to understand 1 or 2 words, YES I like reading Korean, YES I want to go back to Korea sometime, YES I have met a few Koreans and I like their personality (and NO I'm not in love with them) ...so... Freak??? yea, maybe ...a lil bit, we always consider someone a Freak or a weirdo when "they" (we?) are into something that's not quite popular, right?? ...So yea, I'm a bit of a Freak....and loving it <3

And by the way... No, i'm not the kind of people who wants everyone to join her "Freaks-clan" ... I recently took a couple of friends to have Korean Food and HATED IT.... it was Awkard...some of them had asked me to take them to try Korean food before but this was their 1st time.... and OMG it was awkward and annoying, I recommended the Bibimbap because I believe it's a very KOREAN food but it's not as strong as Kimchi, I warned them about Kimchi being a bit strong and some will call it and Acquired taste since I know Korean Food is not for everyone....but No I had to deal with the "Don't they give you salsa for this blend rice??", "This is weird", "I don't like them", "Is all korean food that bad?" ...ok ok ok I GET IT!, you didn't like it... next time we'll go for some Sushi O_o ...WAIT!.........not all my friends hate Korean Food.. Some of my friends and family DO like Korean food and had asked to take them for som K-Food...those are the friends I love..........lol jk!! ;) I love them all

So, am I the only Korean freak over here??............am I? u_u

Oh!! by the Way... My lessons are going well :) ...I have tons of Vocabulary to learn ...plus Work plus...a trips in the next 3 weeks (OMG!!! So excited!!...i'll let you know more about it later!!),, 2 weeks ago I had the worst class ever!! I had a rough week and I didn't study and I honestly wasn't worried about it since the teacher said we were not doing TESTs every class...but tan tan taaaaaaaaan!!..we had one!!! I only asnwered 3 out of 10 "questions" ...and only got 2 of those 3 correct :'( ...I spend the whole class feeling guilty and dumb (let me remind you I'm int the Top 5 of the Oldies of the class...), so last week I was better prepared and even thou I don't think i'll get a 10 (A+) on my test...at least I know it won't be a 2... This time I know I have to study harder if I want to make it............Any advise????? :)

-Gisela V.

Update!!!

2011-09-18T21:53:00.000-05:00

I miss you Blog and readers if I have any :/
*** I really do! ***
I have updates on my Korean Lessons!
This week I HAVE to bake something, I just miss baking so much u_u
Work?...bleh!!!

Well, see you guys later this week!!

-Gisela V.

Alo??

2011-09-05T20:16:00.000-05:00

RANDOM POST!!!!!!!!!

Hoy encontré lo que parece ser un lugar donde venden Patbingsu!!, alguien quiere ir conmigo?????????? :)

-Gisela V.

Korean Food in Mexico ...3?

2011-09-03T13:18:00.001-05:00

마뽀갈비 Restaurant

1st of all let me apologize for the lousy pictures, I didn't bring my camera with me and I only had my ipod...SOWY!!!!!!!!!!

마뽀갈비 or Ma-Po-Gal-Bi is the name of this restaurant located in Varsovia and Londres (close to Av. Chapultepec) in Mexico City.

This is my 2nd visit to this place and is mostly because it's good... the 1st time I went with my mom and we had
Yukgaejang (Hot Spicy Stew Soup) and Bibimbap 비빔밥

The stew was really spicy and you know that Spicy = Good for me :) it had lots of Nappa Cabbage and meat, the stew was boiling, at first my mom asked for this but I ended eating it :P

YU-M-M-E-R-S!!!!!!!!!!

The Bibimbap is a warm white rice topped with namul (sautéed and seasoned vegetables) and gochujang (chili pepper paste) plus a raw egg but everytime I ask for this my egg is fried.... according to out Guide in Korea it's because most foreignes won't eat a raw egg.... if you want to you can request the egg yolk raw.
If you have never tried Korean Food I would recomend this to start.

See? Fried egg!

In addition to this they also brought Banchan 반찬 or Side dishes and a Tofu/Soy Bean paste Stew that apparently came with the 비빔밥 and a bowl of rice

Soy bean paste, Tofu, Zucchini, Onion, Garlic and Ta-Da!

Banchan from the 1st time - The "hot-cake" look-alike is a Kimchi pancake


Of course... Water! 물

Of course of this 2nd visit I didn't want to try the same thing, so we ordered Kimchi Jigae 김치 찌개 (Kimchi Soup) and Bulgogi 불고기 (Marinated Beef), although I really liked the food (And the company), The bulgogi had a weird taste at the end because they put it over a hot pan with foil and I hate food with foil taste :S ew!... the Kimchi Jigae was pretty hot but overall was pretty good.

This time we got the Banchan and lettuce + 2 portions of white steamed rice :)


Banchan...See the green/brown thing between the Kimchi and the Cucumber?... nor me or the waiter kne what it was...apparently it was fried sea-weed with sugar... O_O I...didn't like it u_u


밥 - Rice


Kimchi Jigae

불고기


Lettuce

Anybody home??

2011-08-30T20:20:00.000-05:00

Hello??

Seriously!... I know I've been absent for a while, it's been a few rough/complicated weeks... As some of you know my mom had to go back to the Hospital a bit less than 3 weeks ago... it took us all by sorprise but things are....getting better?... well..I'm not sure what's going on, I don't know if I'm really understanding things or if this is denial.... to be honest I DON'T KNOW!!!!, but right know we have to focus on what happens NOW... we have to live day by day the best way we can...
I know I'm not saying much, but it's hard for me to talk about this... So for now... all you get is this lousy post :S *sorry!!*

So... Hola Corea... it's been a Month since I started my Korean Lessons...and NO I don't speak Korean yet... everyone keeps asking me if I speak Korean now.... why don't YOU try taking 1hour a week of a new language and let me know if after 4-5hours you can actually speak that language.... ¬¬
Good thing is.... I can read!!!...Awesome, isn't it?? I started learning Korean 2 years ago but I dropped it about 1 month later...I knew some of the vowels ans consonants, but this time I know much more!, I'm still having a bad time with ㅐㅔ ㅗㅓ .... Specially with the O's since we only have 1 O sound in Spanish....but I'm happy I'm learning to read, the sounds and new study techniques!
Next saturday I have class #5 (there are 8 classes per Level....i'm still on Level 1) and each week we have a lil test.... next week's have me a little nervous, I have to learn 20 words and even thou it's not hard I still have a full time job and it's been a bit hectic at home because of the big C.... so, we'll see how it goes :)

What else??.... I have 2 things I would loooooooooooove to talk about, but it's too soon u_u

I promise I will upload a recipe soon!!
Meanwhile,,,, here are some pics taken this month :D

Charlin...aka The Cats whisperer

Con Joss @ Carito's

Beric & Joss

Chillin' @ Reforma :P

Ah veda!!

<3 <3 <3

Jessy's Bday

Jessy's Bday2

You guys are MY everything.... Love you!

Well... I'll be back... SOON!! I promise!! and I'll writte something good next time!

-Gisela V.

Hola Corea

2011-08-07T19:36:00.001-05:00

So I finally signed up for Korean Lessons again!! It only took me 2 years to decide to go back to take some classes... I've been "studying" (or trying) by myself for the last month but it's just not the same as to have a Son-seng-nim (선생님) aka Teacher... to help you.

If you are like me and don't know much or ANYTHING in Korean then this is definitely what you need...

You can visit the Facebook page here or here. Or you can send him an email to holacorea@hotmail.com

This if of course for people living in Mexico City, the mothly fee is $400 pesos + $180 pesos (for 2 books and an audio CD), and you get 4 classes a month and each level is takes 2 months (in order to pass to the next level you need to pass the Tests u_u *lol* )
Yesterday I went to my first Begginers class and loved it, we learned the vowels and consonants, got some tips on how to remember the alphabet and the sound, You can really tell he is a good teacher by the way he handles the class so I'm glad I finally decided to do it!


Isn't this a cute way to teach?

Something about JinSub sshi (My son-seng-nim)

- Nativeee Korean Speaker.
- CELA (Certificado de Español como Lengua Adicional), Nivel Superior.
- JLPT (Examen de Aptitud del Idioma Japonés), N2.
- The Korean Honor Scholarship, Embajada de Corea en EUA.
- Korean American Scholarship, KASF.

I'll keep you posted on my classes and my korean, hopefully i'll pass my tests and continue onto the next level.

-Gisela V.( -Gisela imnida)

It's getting hot in here.....

2011-08-04T10:35:00.000-05:00

Well... not really... It's been rainy and cloudy, just how I Like it!!, but we still have some really hot-burning days courtesy of Mr. Summer, so Thank you! (not!)

While I was catching up with some of my old fav blogs I realize how some of them are writing about Patbingsu 팥빙수

Raspado

According to Wikipedia: Patbingsu or patbingsoo (팥빙수) is a popular shaved ice dessert in South Korea, especially during the sweltering and humid summer season.

The equivalent in Mexico will be a Raspado or a Snow Cone in the US.... only in Mexico we are very creative and end up adding a bunch of things into the Raspados....which is why I thought about the Patbingsu/Raspado comparison...

I've read about Patbingsu a lot lately because apparently is a MUST in the Hot summer in Korea... I ofcourse didn't try this since I went in the freakin' Cold
winter last year....

Patbingsu usually contains Shaved Ice, Milk, sweet beans (paste?), ddeok (Rice cakes), fruits ans sometimes cereals, at first the combination of Shaved Ice and milk might not be
very appealing but once you think about it... it's like getting a Raspado with Lechera

For some weird reason I feel like I should try this... not because I'm really into the ICE/MILK/Sweets combination, but because I like to try new things.

I've found some weird combinations (at least on pics!)...
Like this one:

Everything is OK except the Cherry tomatoes O_O

Apparently BK has Patbingsu for sale as well


This one looks really good.... don't you think?

Anyway... just felt like posting something for the summer :)
Does anyone in Mexico knows where can I find Patbingsu??????????

-Gisela V.