Friday, September 16, 2011

Resep Masakan Korea - 비빔밥 (Bibimbab/Nasi Campur)


Kalau ditanya makanan Korea apa yang kamu ketahui, Bibimbab pasti jadi salah satu Top Five jawaban (menurut aku lho ^^). Saking terkenalnya Bibimbab sampai-sampai dibuat satu pertunjukkan untuk promosi makanan Korea bergaya ala pertunjukan Nanta, namanya BIBAP. Belum tahu apa itu Nanta? Belum tahu apa itu Bibap? Kapan-kapan deh aku cerita ya...(sabar...sabar...^^).

Bibimbab ini sebenarnya sederhana saja, nasi dan sayur-mayur, plus daging sapi atau jamur atau telur atau octopus. Tapi begitu diaduk bersama bumbunya, rasanya ruarrrrr biasaaaaaaaa...!

비빔밥 (Bibimbab/Nasi Campur)
Bahan:
3 gelas beras
3 1/2 gelas air
150g daging
100g gosari
2bh mentimun
100g wortel
6bh jamur
2bh telur
15gr tauge

Bumbu jamur: 2sdm kecap asin, 1sdm gula putih, 1sdm irisan daun bawang, 1/2 sdm bawang putih yang dihaluskan, 1/2 sdm minyak wijen, sedikit garam, bubuhkan merica
Bumbu cabe merah halus: 3sdm cabe merah halus, 1/2 sdm gula, 1 sdm madu, 30g daging sapi, 3 sdm air
Bumbu daging: 1sdt kecap asin, 1/2 sdt gula putih, 1sdt irisan daun bawang, sedikit merica, 1/3 sdt bwang putih halus
Bumbu dasar: 1 gelas air, 5 sdm gula putih, 5 sdm cuka, 1 sdt garam

Cara membuatnya:
  1. Nasi dimasak hingga lunak
  2. Gosari diberi "bumbu dasar" kurang lebih 1/3, kemudian tumis dengan minyak goreng dan aduk hingga rata.
  3. Tauge buang bagian ujung atas dan bawah kemudian dikukus dengan air yang diberi garam lalu remas-remas halus dengan minyak wijen.
  4. Daging sapi diiris sedikit memanjang tipis dan diberi "bumbu daging" sekitar 1/3 kemudian ditumis dengan sedikit minyak goreng.
  5. Persiapkan mentimun yang dikupas melingkar kemudian diiris tipis sepanjang 5cm, begitu juga dengan wortel yang telah diiris sama seperti mentimun kemudian bumbukan dengan meremas-remas halus.
  6. Jamur direbus dengan air hangat dan tiriskan lalu peras hingga tidak ada air yang menetes dan diberi "bumbu jamur" sekitar 1/3 kemudian tumis sebentar dengan minyak goreng.
  7. Telur dadar bulat dan iris tipis sepanjang 5cm.
  8. Taruhlah nasi di mangkok kemudian bahan-bahan yang telah dibuat letakkan diatas nasi seperti mentimun, wortel, jamur, telur, daging sapi yang telah ditumis, dan variasikanlah dengan warna-warna sayuran yang ada.
Membuat sambal/saos cabe merah halus
  1. Daging sapi yang diiris agak tipis dan telah diberi bumbu, tumis di wajan penggorengan kecil.
  2. "Bumbu cabe merah halus", gula ,minyak wijen, air, dicampur dengan daging sapi yang telah ditumis kemudian aduk rata.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Oops...ketauan deh!

Agustus 2011


Joshua suka sekali mengeluarkan barang dari lemari, tidak ketinggalan lemari dapur Mama. Apa saja dikeluarkan dari lemari dan tidak dibereskan kembali. Berantakan deh dapur Mama.

Tidak hanya mengeluarkan barang, tapi Joshua juga suka memasukkan ke dalam mulutnya. Sudah sering kali dinasehati, Joshua kelihatannya mengerti, tapi masih juga dicobanya lagi.

Suatu hari ketika asyik membongkar lemari dapur dan memegang botol merica, Papa menangkap Joshua dengan kamera.

Click!

'Oops, ketahuan deh!' kata Joshua.

^^

** Menasehati anak kecil seperti Joshua tidak cukup cuma sekali saja lalu dia bisa mengerti apa yang kita maksudkan. Perlu berulang-ulang kali menasehati. Bahkan ketika dia sepertinya sudah memahami nasihat itu, masih juga ingin dilakukannya lagi. Keingintahuan seorang anak yang besar sekali.

Kiranya Tuhan terus mengaruniakan kesabaran buat Papa dan Mama untuk mendidik Joshua menjadi anak yang baik dan patuh.

*** Selamat ulang tahun ke-1 ya, JoSH Liem!
JoSH ultah hari Minggu lalu, di hari kami semua pergi retreat ke Daegu. Mama mau buat posting khusus buat ultah JoSH, tunggu waktunya ada untuk nulis ya. ^^

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Monday, September 12, 2011

Haenggungdong Mural Village

The 5th WSK Camp (5)

Next destination after Yongjoosa Temple (read previous post) we were brought to a restaurant for lunch..yoohooo...Apparantly,  it was a special lunch because we would have lunch together with Suwon Mayor. Now I know why we were rushed at Yongjoosa Temple ^^

(Picture credited to Lisa Liang)
Take a picture with Suwon Mayor after a very delicious lunch.
The restaurant is not a big and lux one as the one where we had our Samgyetang dinner the day before. The ambience is homy and humble. You can feel you are in old style of Korean restaurant, but still it is clean and neat.



 Entering the first room of the restaurant, I saw many glass bottles, big and small, filled with ginseng and alcohol. I guess those ginsengs have been stored for quite a long time. The restaurant owner has many bottles, not only those on the pictures. Ginseng is healthy for our health but also expensive ^^. The longer you keep the ginseng, the better it is for your health when you eat it.

You can make it by yourself, too. I did a quick search on the internet and found how to make it.

How to make fresh ginseng with Soju:
  1. First you need bottles of soju. Soju is Korean vodka with an alcohol content ranging from 20-23%. They can be purchased at liquor stores.
  2. With fresh ginsengs, place them in a position where the heads face upward. Keep pouring soju until it covers the top of the heads.
  3. Put a date sticker on top of the jar and keep it in a dark place at least for next 6 months. Older it gets, better it will taste.



Our lunch was a tipical Korean lunch with variety of side dishes, tofu soup, bulgogi (beef) and fish. Makgeoli (Korean rice wine) was served, too. I sipped a little bit just to try the taste, didn't finished my full cup of the rice wine. I still had long journey back home after the camp, so I didn't want to collapse because of too much drinking. Besides I still breastfeed JoSH.

The side dishes were awesome. Some of them I never tried before. There were mushroom, radish, peas, green vegetables (I don't know the name), clam, sprout, salted fermented crab, and many more...^^



After lunch, the Mayor guided us to see Haenggungdong Mural Village, located not far from the restaurant. We stopped at a very old building that is still preserved till now. From the blurred painted hangeul on its wall I could see that it was used as a church in the past.

The exterior of the building  was covered with painted small tiles and arranged nicely. The small tiles were painted by the citizens.


The Mayor told us that he also painted a picture on a tile. He pointed to a tile. Can you guess which one? It is the one on the right of blue shirt little boy tile. It is a cherry blossom tree, I guess.


Inside the old building, the rooms is now used as artists' studio. This is one of the studio at level 2.

Picture credited to our 5th WSK member, I forgot from where I took this picture in facebook. Hehe...sorry ^^
Finally the full team pictures, with Suwon Mayor, our guide, Suwon City staffs, Presidential Council of Nation Branding team and all of us.

Next post: Gongbang (Arts & Crafts) Street & Tea Shop

Friday, September 9, 2011

Yungneung - Geonleung Tombs & Yongjoosa Temple

The 5th WSK Camp (4)

Day 2 of the camp was started by visiting the Royal Tomb Yungneung -Geonleung Tombs.

Yungneung is a joint tomb of King Jangjo (Crown Prince Sado) and his wife, Hyegyeonggung (Lady Hong). Still remember the sad story of Prince Sado? Read it on the previous post.  

The Geolleung is a joint tomb of the King Jeongjo of the Joseon Dynasty (Prince Sado's 2nd son) and Queen Hyoui.

The guide explained to us the story of the Royal Tombs. If you see on the map, there are two big eliptical area on the left and right side. The left one is Geonleung, the other is Yungneung.

After the died of Prince Sado, the father buried him in Baebongsan Mountain in Jungnangpo, south of Yangjugun in Gyeonggi-do Province. The son of Prince Sado, King Jeongjo, were very sad when he visited his father's tomb which he thought that it should not be there.

We were guided to see Yungneung, the tomb of Prince Sado. The direction showed us which way to go. The area is equipped with CCTV, also in the tombs' area. I guess to prevent people to enter it and ruin the royal tombs.
  
On our way to Yungneung.
 
My cellphone camera could not capture the elegance of the house and tomb.  

If you see the footpath to the house, you can see three tiers of path. The highest path in the middle is for the gods, people shall not walk there but the ones on the left or right of the highest path.  

Picture credited to Lisa Liang.

The house's interior. It is for holding ceremonies.

The back of the house.

Picture credited to Lisa Liang.
The tomb at the back of the house. There are several animal statues surrounding the tomb. The red fence marks the area and also to remind people that it is sacred land.

After the visit to Royal Tombs, we moved to see Yongjoosa Temple. The temple was built by King Jeongjo for his father who died after being locked in the rice chest.

Yong means dragon. The temple was named as Yongjoosa after King Jeongjo dreamt about a dragon went up to the sky on the night of the completion day.
Yongjoosa temple.
We didn't spend a lot of time here. The guide at our previous visit told  us many detail about the Royal Tombs, that's why we run out of time.

At the gate of Yongjoosa, we found this small rocks. People put rocks on top of the other and wish their pray.
The guide explained the story of Yongjoosa to us.
  
Some pictures of the temple.
Many people were praying in the temple when we came. Err...I was not comfortable to visit the temple, though. In some temples I visited before, we were told not to take pictures while people were praying on the temple. I can understand that, therefore I didn't take any pictures inside the buildings. A very rush visit to the temple, but I didn't regret it.

See you on the next post!