Korean Pan-Fried Zucchini (Hobak-jeon) Recipe

Hi folks, it's been awhile since I last updated this blog. Last holiday, I went to a korean BBQ buffet with my boyfie and sisters. The food was pretty average in general except the seaweed soup and the hobak-jeon! OMG, I had like 2-3 bowls of soup and so many slices of the hobak-jeon. After flying back to Kedah, I was still so hooked on to the taste of hobak-jeon. Plus, seeing it in korean dramas once in awhile just fires up my craving for it even more. 90% of the time the situation goes like this: it is late at night and you're catching up on your Korean dramas... then suddenly they show you a scene of them eating dinner and you see hobak-jeon. Damn... I went to sleep with a grumbling tummy. 

So, last weekend, I actually bought a small little zucchini and decided I need to make this dish myself. It is near impossible to get Korean food in my current city, so I just gotta take things into my own hands if I want to fix my cravings. With all that said, this is how my hobak-jeon turned out ☺

It is really just pan-fried zucchini... but oh god, it is so yummy.

Ingredients: Serves 1-2 person

1 small-sized zucchini (I used Japanese zucchini as I couldn't find the thick and fat ones)

1 egg, beaten

1 cup of all-purpose flour

Salt

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Easy Kimchi recipe

Few weeks ago, I decided to make my own kimchi. I did it mostly because many Korean recipes that I wanted to try require the use of kimchi and store-bought kimchi are so rare here in SP. Many years ago, when I was still a secondary school student, I used to make bottles of kimchi and store them at home because I really liked them a lot. Even my grandmother likes it, so we are like two big fans of these pickled vegetables. Experimenting with it again now, I was half expecting it to fail. But thank God, it turned out to taste exactly how I would like it to be. I got this recipe for kimchi from Maangchi.com, a website owned by a cute Korean food blogger who generously shares all her recipes too. Of course, I did some alterations in the recipe as some ingredients cannot be found here in Malaysia. Still, thanks to her recipe, my bottle of kimchi turned out be quite pleasing and useful for many other Korean dishes. 

Ingredients:

500g of napa cabbage (or also known as chinese long cabbage)

1/4 cups of salt

For the porridge

1 cup of water

1/8 cup of glutinous rice flour

1 tbsp of sugar

For the kimchi paste

1 1/2 tbsp of fish sauce

3/4 cups of hot pepper flakes

4 cloves of garlic

1 tbsp of minced ginger

1 small onion

3-4 stalks of green onion

1/2 cup of radish (julienned)

1/4 cup of carrots (julienned)

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The Cafe BBQ Chicken [One City Mall, Subang Jaya]

Around 3 months ago, I celebrated my Yeobo's 21st birthday with her at One City Mall. Of course, dinner was my treat. We had a good time, talking about her job, her work relationships, her love life etc. Oh, she even brought me up all the way to the 10th floor of One City Mall which is where the SkyPark is located. It was a place so high up, you can practically see most of USJ, Subang Jaya :D I totally loved it.

So, for dinner, we went to this place called The Cafe BBQ Chicken which I can't really tell what it specializes in. My guess is it specializes in some Korean flavour chicken thing, so we went in and tried it anyway. 

So, we started by taking a veryyy long look through the menu.
Sometimes, the hardest decision is to decide what to eat.

After I decided what I would eat, she was still deciding what to eat.
So, I used the free time to take pictures of the interior of the restaurant.
This picture is the section deeper into the restaurant. The glass door at
the other end opens to the exterior of the mall. 

Well, you also have a stairs which leads to the upstairs dining area.

But, it was not open for seating that day.

We were seated right next to the counter. It makes calling for service easier :)

So, after we ordered and stuff, it took about maybe 15-20 minutes at least for our food to come. The drinks came before that of course, so no complains about that.

Dear Yeobo had this nice little mug of Caffe Mocha ♥ RM 8.90 

and I, well... I like cold drinks so I chose Pineapple Mint ♥ RM 8.90

Next up, Yeobo's Korean Charbroiled chicken meal that comes with 2 or 3
side dishes ♥ RM 17.90

This was my Original Barbeque meal that comes with 2 side dishes ♥ RM 18.90

To be honest, I personally think this cafe is charging an above average price for the portion of food that they're serving. No doubt, their food tasted okay. Oh wells :)

Location of the store:

One City Mall,

A-GF-03, Jalan USJ 21/10,

Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Happy eatin' ☺

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Han Woo Ri Korean Restaurant [Taipan USJ]

Back in the holidays, I brought my Yeobo and also my old classmate Yong Qi to have some Korean food because Yeobo was having this samgyupsal craving since months ago. We didn't want to go back to Daorae because we have already tried that several times. Despite the fact that we know Korean barbeque probably has all the same stuffs and taste pretty much the same anywhere, I guess I just wanted to try a new place. I googled around for Korean restaurants in Taipan USJ and to my surprise, there is another Korean restaurant located at the other end of the building where Daorae is situated. So I thought to myself, "Han Woo Ri, it is."

Since there were only the 3 of us, we ordered a minimum of 2 person serving. Of course, we ordered the original samgyupsal and the other one was probably some marinated pork belly too. I don't really remember clearly now. Once we were seated and done placing our order, the waiter started to serve us our starter which is soup. Now, this is not done in all places so I think I should give a plus point to this restaurant for serving one of my favourites!

Ooooh, me loves soup! ♥

Then, up comes the samgyupsal and also the other side dishes.

I am hungry, just by looking at this right now.

Oh, not to forget! We also ordered a nice plate of ddukbeokki (korean rice cakes)

I love the rice cakes... but I like the plate even more! It's so antique!

I don't remember the prices of the dishes but I can tell you that it is around the same price range as all the other Korean restaurants. By the end of the day, I remember the 3 of us splitting the bill and each of us had to pay RM25-30. For a meal like this, I guess it is not cheap, so to say, but it is reasonable if compared with others. Oh by the way, I really like this restaurant because their waiters are so polite. Like... they smile ALL THE TIME. Whatever you need, they can get it for you in like half a minute! The service is really good and that is a double plus point! ☺

Location of the restaurant:

3rd Floor

Jalan USJ 10/1J (Taipan USJ), 

47620 Subang Jaya, 

Selangor

Opening time:

Open daily

11AM-3PM (Brunch and Lunch)

6PM-11PM (Dinner)

Contact number:  03-8023 3357

Happy eatin' ☺

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Pajeon [Korean Pancakes]

Basically, I only manage to try out one other recipe during my year end break despite it being two weeks long. Many unexpected situations popped up during the hols which made it really busy and non-enjoyable at the same time. Anyway, I made pajeon which are basically korean version of the pancakes. It is hot and savoury at the same time, so I really love it. Totally my kind of food, heehee ♥

Pajeon ♥

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of All-Purpose Flour

1/2 cup of water

50-100g of scallions

1 large egg

Cooking oil

1/4 tbsp of salt

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How to Cook Instant Noodles in a Healthier Way

So, the yummy love of my life and forever topping the list of my favourite food would be this: instant noodles.
Yes, the super unhealthy, loaded with fats, first fried then dried, MSG-filled seasoning kind of instant noodles. Who in this world doesn't like instant noodles? I don't know, but I find that most of my peers just love instant noodles as much as I do.

Instant noodles are like the God of all food, especially to a student. Imagine, it is easy to cook, cheap, convenient to get and most importantly, comes in all sorts of flavours and texture. You name it. They are best comfort you can find when you're hungry from some late night studying or when you're rushing assignments. Or maybe, you're just too busy or lazy to even go buy some proper food outside. Instant noodles are like the one-stop solution to your hunger :D

Unfortunately, it is damn unhealthy.Well, it is processed food that can be kept on shelves for like years so, it is kind of obvious that the preservatives alone are a big deal. Plus, their seasonings and the MSG content blah blah blah... yes, in conclusion it has almost zero healthy nutrients except for carbohydrates, fats and a whole lot of sodium content.

So, today I am going to share how I usually cook my instant noodles, in which I think is a healthier way to eat it. I think I learned this from my grandmother... when I was younger. Teehee!

So, this is what I chose to eat for my dinner/supper tonight!

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Kangnaru - Korean Barbeque in Sungai Petani Town

Went out with the roomies and (of course) the boyfie today, to celebrate one of my roommate's birthday! We decided that we will go for lunch at this Korean restaurant which is operated by a real Korean lady in the nearby town area. It is called, KANGNARU.

So, honest to God, I love Korean food. Not that I can stomach them every single day. Yet, the craving for Korean cuisine happens when I've been deprived of it for a few weeks. This small little restaurant is one of them which I think are worth the money and also serves yummy food and gives us generous portions of side-dishes with unlimited refills!

About our meal today, we ordered 2 person servings (this is the minimum number of servings that needs to be ordered for BBQ) of samgyupsal (pork belly) and another 2 person servings of chicken meat for our barbeque set. We added on another seafood pancake which is pretty expensive to me but SUPER DUPER TASTY. Lastly, we also ordered a big sized Kimchi soup that has like pork, tofu, ramen and loads of kimchi in it! Oh gosh, now that I think of it, I am starting to get hungry again! 

♥☺♥

Well, sorry to say, I didn't take much close up shots of the dishes because we were so hungry and I was in the mood of celebrating my roomie's birthday. I took these photos from my boyfie who wanted to Instagram his food, so that's why I would still be able to add in some photos into this post. Otherwise, it would just be a dull picture-less blog post. 

As you can see from the pictures above, the pot of kimchi soup is really huge :D This pot cost us about RM 42 whereas the pork belly and chicken meat each cost RM 23 respectively. I am not really sure about the seafood pancake though, but if I am not mistaken it should cost around RM 20. Well, in the end, our bill came up to RM 108 and the 5 of us were filled to the top of tummies!

Location of the shop:

No. 308, Lorong 9 

Jalan Kelab Cinta Sayang, 

08000 Sungai Petani.

04-441 0134

Opening hours: MONDAY TO SUNDAY

Lunch shift: 10.00AM - 2.30PM

Dinner shift: 5.00PM - 10.30PM

For more information, you can visit their Facebook page! Just click 'here'.

If you're craving for Korean cuisine, this place really is a good place to go!

Happy eatin' ☺

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