Jjajangmyeon is a Korean noodle dish made with fermented black beans. It is a popular dish that is often spotted on Korean dramas. For now, I’m going to refer it to the drama I just finished re-watching, Coffee Prince. In fact, this was the first drama that I saw the noodles in so it is … [Read more…]
Coffee Prince (2007) is a MBC Korean drama based on novel with the same name (First Shop of Coffee Prince). Both the drama and the novel were written by Lee Sun-Mi. Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Episodes: 17 Summary Choi Han Gyul is tired of being set up on blind dates by his grandma. So he … [Read more…]
In episode 3 of Coffee Prince, Han Kyul finds a man with a popular street stand selling some delicious waffles. After the man was ran off by a shop owner, Han Kyul offered him a job at the soon to be opened coffee shop. Luckily waffles are something American’s occasionally or often eat for breakfast. … [Read more…]
In Episode 5 of Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo, Kotoko and her class are celebrating their high school graduation. Kin-chan brings various sorts of oiishi food. One thing that he brings is a fried noodle dish–aka yakisoba. The literal translation is “fried buckwheat.” Yakisoba is most commonly prepared by frying the noodles in a wok. … [Read more…]
It has certainly been a while since I have been inspired to do a craft around here. I particularly don’t like crafts because they require a purchase of things I don’t have and I might be doing something I don’t like very much. Inspiration for the apron hails from none other than Kotoko from Mischievous … [Read more…]
Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo is a 2013 Fuji TV Japanese TV drama. It fights with Hana Yori Dango for the number one spot for dramas in my heart. I love them both and have probably seen Mischievous Kiss 8 or more times (I lost track). In a dram like this, become so invested in … [Read more…]
I have written so much this year. But there is still more posts that I planned to write and didn’t get to, so if you come to visit and see some posts that weren’t there before that is why. This year I had over 21,000 views from 14,000 visitors which is considerable more than last … [Read more…]
Sweet and Spicy Ginger Tea which is also known as Caina’s tea from Meteor Garden (2018). During the Caina’s arc, Caina offers Terrance an unique Ginger Tea. He guessed the ingredients and she mentioned her special ingredient as well. I had to know what it taste like. The ingredients include lemon, brown sugar, and cola … [Read more…]
Meteor Garden is a 2018 adaptation of the Japanese manga, Hana Yori Dango. I’m not entirely sure if it is a remake of the Taiwanese adaptation (since I never finished watching it), but it has the same title and character names. Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama Episodes: 49 Summary Dong Shancai is a freshman at Mingde … [Read more…]
Sometimes when it comes to cooking the recipes for the food from dramas or books, it’s all experimental. This recipe is when I realize I need to pay closer attention to the food. As well as the cooking process. In Meteor Garden (2018), sweet and sour ribs were a specialty that Shancai’s mom made and … [Read more…]