Asian?!

Asian

Taron sits right behind my yobo and I in the van and is forever adding his two bits to our conversation.

This is my first attempt at drawing a comic on a tablet.  It is trickier than your think!  I had a harder time with the writing than the drawing actually… so I apologize for the chicken scratch!


Jaina’s birthday

Jaina

Jaina is now 7!

Interview with Jaina:

  • What are you most excited about being 7? That I can swim at the pool by myself!
  • What is your hobby? Crafts
  • What kind of things do you like to make? All crafts
  • What is your favourite sport? Skiing
  • What is your favourite colour? Orange
  • What instrument do you play? Violin
  • Do you like playing violin? Yes, but I don’t like playing for practice!
  • What do you want to be when you grow up? A plane attendant
  • What is your favourite Korean food? Dolsot bibimbap for winter and Sam gyup sal for summer
  • What is your favourite thing about being Korean? That you can speak a different language.
  • What Korean words do you know? << lots >>
  • What is your favourite Korean word? Chun man e yo (You’re welcome).
  • What is the best part about Korean tutoring class? That we can play ‘go fish’ in Korean
  • Are you excited to go to Korea? Yes
  • What do you want to see there? I want to see my Halmoni (grandmother) and my cousins in Korea.
  • Is there a place you want to see? Where my mom and dad met, where they went for lunch and my halabogi’s grave (grandfather).

Jaina

Jjajang ramyun – black bean noodle ramyun

jja jang ramyun

This bowl of yummy hot noodles is a deliciously quick lunch. It tastes so good, you’ll forget you are eating ramyun!

We really enjoy jjajang myun, black bean noodles. It is one of the things I haven’t ever made from scratch or even really tried.  If we go out for Korean food, this is what we usually order.

But we really like it and going out is expensive with lots of hungry kids, so we resort to making the instant kind at home (more often than we would admit). As we have discovered, all black bean style ramyun noodles are not created equal!  This one, however, is a winner!

The secret to its deliciousness is the pouch of jjajang sauce (not powder!) that is included.

It cooks up quick and easy and makes a great weekend lunch.

Warning: You may need to remove your shirt when you eat it.  It gets messy!

noodles

noodles

This is not a recipe so much, since it is just following the instructions on the package; it is more of a product review with cooking directions 🙂

Jjajang ramyun

Ingredients

  • 600 ml water
  • 1 package paldo jja jang men instant noodles
  • cucumber slices to garnish

Instructions

  1. Bring water to a boil
  2. Add dry noodles
  3. Boil for 5 minutes
  4. Drain out the water and leave 2-3 tablespoons of water in the bowl. (This is important since you want it saucey!)
  5. Squeeze the sauce out of the package
  6. Mix well
  7. Serve with cucumber garnish
  8. Enjoy! 🙂
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Korean wedding dolls

wedding couples

We don’t have an abundance of Korean-ish decor around the house, but we have a number of these cute Korean wedding dolls.

Some have been given to us – as a wedding gift.

Some we bought – oops… they are not looking at each other… an old married couple I guess 🙂

wedding cake

Some graced our wedding cake- No smile from me, this was pre-digital camera days (yes, we are THAT old) when you didn’t get a 1000 pictures to pick from! Note the big smile on my yobo though!

socks

and some fancy up our feet!