Doc Galbi The korean hamburger

The restaurant is not far from Premius.
Its a good restaurant which really is a way to tell that it is a good restaurant.
Doc Galbi is ground up pork and beef.
Don't mistake it for Dak (chicken ) Doc is spelt the same as rice cake .
Really worth trying.
I will post Directions Later today .

The food for 6 of us. At 10 000 won each .

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How to make ----- at home. Stuff to Help a cook in Korea.

How to make yogurt
http://chetday.com/howtomakeyogurt.htm
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Fankhauser/cheese/yogurt_making/yogurt2000.htm

How to make Yogurt cheese(Labneh cheese)
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Labneh-Cheese
http://www.ehow.com/how_2067534_make-yogurt-cheese.html
Simply place a coffee filter (cheese cloth)(you can buy these in every store)in a large strainer. Pour Plain yogurt into the filter. Draining overnight will give you a soft cream cheese-like consistency. This will keep for a week. This can be used as an alternative for sour cream or mayonnaise.
You can make tazitki with this. I make it all the time.
http://macs-foodkorea.blogspot.com/2008/07/hummus-and-tzarziki.html
or try this Chives and herbed yogurt cheese
http://foodiefarmgirl.blogspot.com/2005/07/chives-herbed-yogurt-cheese.html
Sweet Balsamic Yogurt Cheese Dip

2 cups vanilla yogurt (low fat or fat free can be used)
½ cup balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon or grated cinnamon stick

Drain the yogurt for at least 6-8 hours. In a small saucepan, combine the vinegar, lemon juice and brown sugar over low – medium heat until you have about ¼ cup. Let cool. Combine balsamic mixture, yogurt and cinnamon to taste. Spoon over strawberries or other fruit as desired.

Recipe from here

http://fitfare.net/2007/04/03/yogurt-cheese-inspired/

More yogurt inspired recipes
http://www.stonyfield.com/Recipes/#recipetabs6
http://www.dannon.com/recipes.aspx

How to make cream cheese

http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Make_Cream_Cheese

How to make cottage cheese and Ricotta.
http://www.notecook.com/Side-Dishes/How-to-Make-Cottage-Cheese.67182
http://www.howtomakecheese.co.za/


Spinach Dip

2 cups Plain Yogurt drained for 20 mins 1 10 oz. box frozen chopped spinach 1/2 cup low-fat ricotta cheese 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 cup minced scallions 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill* salt and ground black pepper, to taste

Recipe from here
http://www.dannon.com/recipes.aspx

More making cheese
http://schmidling.com/making.htm

How to whip cream
http://www.ehow.com/how_2089097_whip-cream.html

I take a Protein shaker and half fill with cream make sure the bar piece is in place. Put the lid on and shake. After 5 mins it should be much thicker. When I cook my favourite cream to use is Seoul Milk . Here in Suncheon they sell it at Emart. I like to make Pasta dishes with it .There is no sugar added. Often the other creams add sugar . They use the name whipping cream. I avoid these.

How to make your own Butter
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/2007-09-01/How-to-Make-Butter-at-Home.aspx

http://www.instructables.com/id/How_to_Make_Butter/

How to make powder sugar
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf448170.tip.html

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Food Photos From A Weekend In Seoul

So For Us Down South we usually visit Seoul to eat . My last visit was particularly good . Starting with Photos From Ansan we ate Uzbekistan food. This place was small and doubled as a dvd rental service. Nothing on the menu was more then 6000 won . To be true I could have ate everything it was good. Then we ate some Indian in a another home kitchen/ dVd rental service food store place again everything was 5000won. Ansan is full of little restaurants and foreign food stores. We also came across a Vietnamese restaurant. In Ansan the streets a covered with great things we saw lemon grass for sale in the market as well as galangal,snow peas, kaffir leaves and durians. We also saw Whole quails. We ate Indian all dishes again under 6000 won and we ate lamb in two of the 3 dishes we ordered.
The other photos are of street food and bus stop food .
Oh and thank you Joe (Zenkimchi) For showing me round Ansan . It was a pleasure.

The beer was extremly strong


Indian Food

Street food

Salty baby potatoes

Kababs are eveywhere

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Burger King

Really
Did anyone eat this ?
I am interested in hearing about it .

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Gwangju News- Christmas In Korea

No oven needed
Pan fried (roast spuds)
Stuffed chicken legs wrapped in bacon
Poached Asian pear (poached in bokbun jaju )

For Recipes Check this out

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Where to shop online

Remember get you Korean friend to help with ordering and paying for stuff online . Foreigners have a hard time using their credit cards on Korean web sites .

For all you cake making supplies here is the place to go
http://www.cakeplaza.co.kr/FrontStore/iStartPage.phtml

For General food stuff
http://www.eket.co.kr/

This is in English

http://global.gmarket.co.kr/

For Sausages and ham
http://www.johncook.co.kr/index.php

For Costco this is in English but is the most expensive of the lot
http://ezshopkorea.com/

For all your cook book needs
http://ko.whatthebook.com/

Homeplus now have a huge range for foreign ingredients My local homeplus just got pepper grinders. Thyme,chives, rosemary and basil. They also got curry powders that I actually brought with me from home.
http://www.homeplus.co.kr/index.jsp

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Cumin and Saffron Squash

Peel some squash and cut in quarter's. Steam till soft. Mash and add a half a teaspoon of saffron and cumin. I also like to add a knob of butter and a pinch of salt .

Other Ideas for winter acorn squash

Couscous-Stuffed Acorn Squash

Acorn Squash Halves with Orange Pecans

Curried Squash Soup

Squash and Pomegranate Salad

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