Kim Bob (Seeweed rice roll)

Kim Bob is similar to Japanese sushi, but has different ingredients, such as a carrot, spinach, radish, ham, beef, and eggs. We also put kim-chi in Kim bab sometimes.

Green tea ice cream

Green tea ice cream

How to?

1. Prepare vanilar ice cream and green tea powder.
2. Mix together.
3. Put it in a freezer for a while.
4. Enjoy healthy ice cream after 20 minutes.

Kimchi Pancake

How to make Kimchi Pancake

[Ingredients

1 cup baechu kimchi (whole cabbage kimchi), white part only, firmly packed (such as Chongga brand)

1 cup ice cold water

1 egg, lightly beaten

3 ounces lean ground pork

1 cup all-purpose flour

3 large sweet green onions or 6 scallions, white and pale

green part only, finely minced

4 1/2 tablespoons olive oil Wearing rubber gloves, shake off the stuffing from the kimchi and wrap in a paper towel. Lightly squeeze out most of the liquid, and finely chop.

In a medium mixing bowl, combine chopped kimchi, ice water, egg, ground pork, flour and green onions. Mix lightly with a pair of chopsticks. The batter should easily drip off a spoon; you can use more water to thin, if necessary. Set batter aside.

In a large cast-iron or nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium-high heat. Drop one-third of the kimchi batter in the skillet to make one large, thin pancake. Cook for about 2 minutes, or until the edges turn brown and crispy. Flip it over, add 1/2 tablespoon olive oil around the pancake, and cook for another minute, flattening and shaping it with a spatula. Flip again and cook for a few more seconds, to restore crispiness. Transfer the finished pancake to a tray.

Repeat twice more with the remaining oil and batter. Makes three pancakes, each about 8 inches in diameter.] (From Washington Post)

Japanese Anchovy Snack

This is Japanese anchovy snack, one of my favorite Japanese snacks. It is good for calcium.

Insam (Korean Ginseng)

"The value of Korean ginseng has been known in the world since the 4th century B. C. Books written in this era documented ginseng as emergent medicine and tonic for long-life".

Kimchi: A Super food? (from Washington Post)

Kimchi: A Superfood?

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"Kimchi has long been touted as health superfood that can cut cancer risk, lower cholesterol, improve skin, aid digestion and fight infection. The dish does contain ingredients widely believed to strengthen immunity and fight disease. For example, kimchi's fermentation process produces beneficial bacteria that destroys harmful microbes. Crushed garlic yields compounds linked to reducing blood pressure and infections. (Stanford University's Web site recommends garlic nose drops to kill cold-causing viruses.) Hot peppers contain capsaicin, believed to kill certain bacteria. Ginger's medicinal uses range from preventing motion sickness to fighting colds. Cabbage and green onions are packed with health-boosting phytonutrients. Many South Koreans even credited kimchi consumption with sparing the nation from the SARS outbreak that swept Asia in 2003. R.T."

From Washington Post

An Article about Korean Cook in Washington Post

There is a recipe for Kimchi Pancakes
Click here!

Doong-gool-rae Tea

Doong-gool-rae Tea

Doong-gool-rae tea is boiled from a dried root which is originally from mountain. The color of tea is light brown. In Korea, we think that the tea is good for digestion, blood pressure, and diabetes.

Kimchi Mandoo (dumpling)

Kimchi Mandoo

"Mandoo (mandu, mandoo gui, mahndoo, gun mandoo, yaki mandoo) are steamed or pan-fried dumplings, usually stuffed with a mixture of beef, pork and kimchi. The dumpling dough is thin, and the dumplings are flat and shaped in a half-moon, unlike their Chinese counterparts. They are served with soy sauce and a vinegar dipping sauce, which might be flavored with pickled hot peppers, bits of green onion, sesame seeds or all three" (from Washington Post).

A Primer on Korean Food - Washington Post

News about Kimchi

Bird flu cure sought in spicy Korean side dish

09:28 AM EST on Monday, December 5, 2005

Associated Press

FAIRFAX (AP) -- Worried about medicine supplies if there's a bird flu epidemic?
A Virginia grocer may have a solution for you.
Jong Park of the Asian grocery shop Super H Mart in Fairfax said people are flocking to a pungent Korean delicacy hoping it will protect them from avian flu.
That delicacy is kimchi (kim chee), a sort of spicy pickled cabbage that accompanies most Korean meals.
Park says recent studies in Korea showing that Kim chi can fight bird flu in chickens has earned it new, non-Korean customers.
Korean researchers say a bacteria in kimchi kills the bird flu virus in chickens by boosting their immune systems. But there's still no proof that it does the same for humans.

(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

http://www.wvec.com/news/health/stories/wvec_health_120505_kimchi.3e85f8ff.html

Korean Traditional Snacks

(Korean traditional snack - Yack-Gwa)

(Korean traditional snack -GangNaeng-iee and Gangjung)

In Korea, there are many kinds of traditional snacks. Most of them are made from corn, wheat, rice, and beans. These are good with Asian tea.

Japanese sushi dinner

My wife and I had Japanese sushi dinner today.
The restaurant is located in Bethesda, Maryland.
It is a nice place to visit. I strongly recommand it.
The sushi was fresh and delicious. The homemade red bean ice cream was also great.

If you are interested in, please visit their website.

http://www.takogrill.com

If you like to make sushi, click here.

Japanese candy

Japanese dolls

The Japanese dolls made from old Kimono, Japanese traditional clothes.

A Poem about Japaness Dolls

The Jappy Dolly
by Clifton Bingham
(published in The Santa Claus Story Picture Book (M.A. Donohue & Co., Chicago, New York, no date)

Kissy-Kissy, little Jappy,
I love you, so please be happy,
Though your own dear dolly home
Lies across the rolling foam!

When you nestle on my lappie,
You're my own, my little Jappy,
With your funny shaven crown,
Sweetest doll in all the town!

When we go out for a walkee,
How I wish that you could talkee.
Then perhaps you'd tell me this:
What's the Japanese for "kiss"?

To read more poems, click here.

Have you ever seen the movie "dolls" directed by Kitano Takeshi?

http://www.jadejapandolls.com/kitano.html

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/kitano.html

Japanese sweets

Japanese sweets are beautiful and sweet.

Scent of Green tea

Hi, all!
This is a blog about Asian culture.
I will introduce diverse Asian culture.

Enjoy scent of green tea!