Wed 11 Oct 2006
Chusok, the Korean holiday where families pay respects to their elders, and women of the house prepare elaborate meals of thanks, passed this last weekend. Many expats that this extended holiday for a quick jaunt to China or Japan, some spend it in a beer induced haze wandering the Itaewon strip, and some gather for potlucks, drinks, and good company.
Last year Kev and I hightailed it to Pyeongcheon for an afternoon of Korean cooking with friends. This holiday weekend found us, yet again, in the city of Anyang, this time in the lovely home of Korean blogger Zen Kimchi.
The big kimchi invited fellow food and Korean bloggers over for, what he described as a humble, meal of crackling roasted duck rubbed with Chinese five spice powder, heavenly mashed potatoes, salad, and from scratch, pain a l’Ancienne and a rustic onion and gouda tart. You can find a couple of the recipes on his blog.
I, humbly contributed with a persimmon cream cheese tart.
Before you browse through the mouthwatering photos, documenting our excellent meal, let me just sat that it pays to be friends with foodies. We may bore you with our talk of the latest culinary equipment or our arcane musings on braising techniques, but boy do we feed you well.
From left to right: Shuana, Me, the daily kimchi, Devante, Zen Kimchi, Seoul Life, David, and Colin. Photo by Kevin.
Onion gouda tart.
The spread.
Zen Kimchi and my persimmon tart.
The roasted duck.
The roast duck master
October 11th, 2006 at 5:26 am
Thanks Mary!
Eun Jeong returned from Gyeongju last night, and she saw the pics this morning.
“All those people were here? The apartment is so small! Who’s that?”
“That’s Mary.”
“Oh. Looks good.”
October 11th, 2006 at 3:58 pm
Ah! onion gouda tart! That’s the secret ingredient! I still think about how yummy it was.
October 12th, 2006 at 5:27 am
It was fun meeting all of you! Thanks for hosting the night, Zen Kimchi.
It was truly history in the making in my books! hehe!
October 12th, 2006 at 12:50 pm
In the wake of North Korea’s first successful nuclear test, The Washington Post’s PostGlobal and Oxford International Review are sponsoring exclusive blog responses to a question posed by former South Korean President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-Jung:
Why do you think the current US Administration has refused direct negotiations with North Korea, despite North Korea’s proposal to do so?
OIR posed this question to a panel of students from the United States and Asia gathered at Hong Kong University to participate in the Asia Institute for Political Economy, a program conducted by The Fund for American Studies. Click here to read their commentary, in light of recent events: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/debate/korea/
Because of your interest in the region, you are invited to join the conversation and pose questions to our panel. OIR and PostGlobal would love your input.
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October 16th, 2006 at 8:32 am
You can say that again (about foodie friends), and arcane techniques are never boring. Although it did gross me out when you talked for two hours about how to skewer a live boar.
Please send me a picture of my paper cutout at Triad.