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missguomeiyun · 9 days
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drip coffee by Jardin
Can we pls take a moment to adore this lovely box design???
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The blue one is so pretty!!
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The top view.
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Side view.
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The other side view haha
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The remaining side view :P
Now let's umbox~
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Each box contains 10 drip bags.
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The packaging of the drip bags matches the colour scheme of the corresponding box. I'm really in love with this blue one haha
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Ahhh the aroma <3
So this blue one is a secret blend, which they labeled as a medium-dark roast.
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I like it! Overall, I give it a 9.2/10~
The quality of the bag itself is really good. Some bags have a weak paper-filter attachment & I've had 1 bad experience where they actually detached & the filter portion fell right into the liquid. But this one, as you can see, is able to be stretched out quite a bit & it sturdy! The filter rate is also pretty fast.
The coffee itself. .. my own problem. I added more water than I should so it tasted kind of weak to me the 1st time. I've had 2 of these by now & I suggest not filtering too many times/use a smaller cup/add smaller amount of water. You know what I mean? It needs to be more concentrated, basically. But I also prefer stronger coffee so. .. I guess it depends.
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The lesser-exciting red one in terms of packaging. I don't like the colour red so naturally I'm more attracted to the blue one. However, in terms of taste, I do prefer this one a bit more. It has a more smoky taste & a longer aftertaste as well.
PS: yes, I got this from Hmart when on sale & would 100% purchase again but regular price is kind of steep =/ not sure if I like it that much to buy it at regular price. But it is good!
Also, I LOVE SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING - something you may already know. The 2023/24 season just ended . .. now gotta wait until Oct =( it's a long time. I was very happy with the World Championship results in the ladies' categories but the mens... you gotta feel for Park Ji Won. I mean, come on! Screwed over by his teammate 3 times this season & 2 of those times during the biggest event OF the yr at the World Champs WHILE HE WAS LEADING, en route to getting gold. Ughhh.. HDH needs to be banned or something. He doesn't deserve a spot on the national team- nvm, he shouldn't even be allowed to go for trials next month -.-" But anywho, I am looking forward to Kim Gun Woo in the next season. Still trials to come but he is looking great! & also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY (Mar20 Korea time)!
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missguomeiyun · 25 days
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Homecooking [Feb ed]
Conclusion to a leap yr February~
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A bit of everything noodle soup in chicken broth + some fish sauce lol Lunar New Yr happened mid-Feb & there was just a lot of things in the fridge for most of the month so I threw all the leftovers in here. For carb, I have cheese-ddeok (cheese-filled cylinder rice cakes) & rice noodles. For veggies, I have leftover stir-fried carrot & king oyster mushrooms & bokchoy. I have 2 kinds of seaweed: the soup kind & the dried kind sprinkled on top. Protein was fish cakes.
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Coffee of the month~
Gifted from a coworker-friend. This was MUCH better than the maple hazelnut one.
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Again, dinner consisting of leftover items from new years. Bokchoy, white beech mushrooms, air fried chicken & thin noodles. I used black peppercorn sauce & some preserved olive vegetable for flavouring.
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Yeah. .. more random stuff put on a plate LOL. Here, I've got japchae pancake, chicken breast, egg, lettuce with garlic sauce, & . .. yeah you guessed right- pasta!
It was pasta take-out from Chianti's pasta frenzy special ($13.99 pastas on Mon-Tues). This was the Diabloe pasta, which has spinach fettuccine, diced chicken, red pepper, & artichoke in a cream pesto sauce.
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Okay, let's move away from the leftover foods xD I've got a normal/freshly cooked noodle soup here with bokchoy, kimchi & fried egg.
I ate a lot of kimchi this month bcos I didn't realize it had already expired in Dec?! So I was in sort of a rush to finish it. I don't think it'll rot of anything though hmm.. .bcos it's fermented & kept in fridge. If anything, it'll ferment more, right?
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Bokchoy & Busan fish cakes with rice noodles.
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Bibimmyeon = spicy cold noodles. The noodles are from the 10-pack product from Hmart that doesn't have any seasoning or sauce. I mixed the sauce myself: fire chicken sauce, gochu powder (Korean chili pepper powder), white vinegar, sugar, & random sesame + seaweed pack that I found.
We had a week where it was literally like spring (which of course, wa followed by a few days of heavy snowfall).
SNACK TIME~
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Korean onion rings.
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K I've never tried this before .. but so good! I'm not a salty + sweet fan but the salted crackers in this was only very slightly salty so it was okay. My fav part was the chocolate filling. Not too sweet. . had dark chocolate vibes. Usually these chocolate filling snacks are so sweet but this wasn't.
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Opens like a Kleenex box haha
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"Smile package"
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For improvement: better spreading of the filling.
Alrighty; that is it for now~ BYE!
(I have a short post bcos I separated several into its own post as they should have its own post lol so more to come from 'Feb' but will likely be posted from now until April :P )
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missguomeiyun · 25 days
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BBQ chicken Mi-Goreng
Have to say. .. this flavour of Mi Goreng isn't as good as the OG spicy flavour, which I ran out of =(
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& you know what I recently noticed. .. I mean, this situation happens often but Mi Goreng isn't my usual type of instant noodle so I never really thought about it in the past.
Its portion size.
It is a very awkward portion/amount.
One is too little; it's like snack size. MAMA noodles, I eat 2 as 1. But these Mi Gorengs are larger in amount than MAMA noodles. 2 is okay IF I literally don't have any toppings but that's never the case. For the above 1st try of this BBQ chicken flavour, I JUST had the 1 noodle with all its contents/seasonings (bcos I wanted to try it all on its own).
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^ here is the 2nd bag I ate. This is more than usual amount of protein.. . but that's bcos the noodle is small (or else I won't be full).
So yeah, it's a weird size of noodle. .. You know how some products have like those occasional 'up-sized' portions? Like sometimes I see bags of noodles saying "33% more" or whatever. These Mi Gorengs need that lol 1.65x its current size would be perfect for 1 serving!
What do you think??
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missguomeiyun · 29 days
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INTJ life
Good evening, everyone~
Currently eating this orange & cranberry cake & drinking honey & pear Osulloc tea (to stick to the fruit theme). I don't like fruit teas but I like this one. It smells nice & taste is mild. It doesn't taste 'artificial' - shoutout to Amazon for carrying a small inventory of Osulloc products & not charging too much for it!
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So while I'm eating & drinking, I'm also learning Thai.
I said on an earlier February post that I planned to make notes .. . so here it is:
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It's a mix of Chinese (Canto & Mando) .. some English & some Korean lol
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INTJ life is hard. I'm sure everyone has their own problems but .. . INTJs man.. . difficult to get a sense of accomplishment bcos there's always room for improvement lol! We're thirsty; we're ambitious; we have high expectations & ourselves is our biggest competitor.
My field of interests keeps growing & there's not enough time to do everything. Even though I'm in INTJ, I don't use a planner or anything of that sort (never got into the habit of it) but maybe I should - so that I can allot time to spend on each interest.
One of my closet hobbies is reading Korean food blogs. They come with nice pictures; I get to practice my Korean, & most importantly, add places to visit to my ongoing list. Some of these blogs are just ones I find on the Internet. Some are links to blogs via Kakaomap (basically Google maps but better). I've also read some from online magazines. I don't remember the names but I just read the articles. In any case, it got me thinking. .. are there translation jobs out there that's strictly online that I can do as a freelancer? hahaha There must be! :P I don't think I can do Korean -> English but I know I can handle Chinese <--> English. If you know any, esp food-related opportunities, pls HMU.
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missguomeiyun · 30 days
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Realized I didn't take a good photo here. .. I wanted to show the name of the Starbucks drink -.-"
I tried the Oleato foam..... yeah, the one that contains fancy olive oil lol when I first saw the ad on the app, I was like .. ?! Are you kidding me.. . olive oil? Maybe I'm just not well-versed in foams .. . I couldn't tell any difference between this Oleato foam vs other foams I've had in the past. A good thing, I suppose. Mouth-feel was the same to me. No taste of olive oil at all bcos the drink was so sweet anyway lol & most importantly, no sense of greasiness. I don't know why I assumed this was gonna be a problem. They probably put so little amount of olive oil in it anyway haha
Also: mango mousse on the side from Sunterra.
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missguomeiyun · 30 days
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Korean corn dog by Bibigo
Hello~
Had this for lunch :D
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I recently found out that Costco has Korean corn dogs now but don't be fooled by the lowered price compared to these ones at Hmart. The ones at Costco do not have the 'dog'; it's stuffed with cheese.
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Cooking methods on the back.
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This product contains 5 corn dogs; individually wrapped. & furthermore, they were a good size.
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Squeezed Korean tartar sauce on top. I prefer tartar sauce over ketchup. & I'm not a fan of the sugar + ketchup + gochujang mixture.
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The batter was crunchy - I think I'm gonna stick to using the air fryer method in the future but . .. why does the sausage look so pale?! lol
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missguomeiyun · 1 month
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Another delivery from Spirit Bistro
I am slowly going down their list of menu items haha I'm basically trying everything so you don't have to =P
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First off, this is the classic Cantonese soy sauce chow mein. Typically, this is eaten (in the motherland) during breakfast or brunch hrs, & usually (but not always) eaten with congee. The congee is mild in flavour while this has a fragrant/semi-pungent taste so the 2 oftentimes go together. Eat a little bit of noodle, eat some congee to reset the palette. The noodles are also stir-fried so it's 'dry', & congee is soup-y so that's another reason why they're consumed together.
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I can tell you that . .. the fragrance is much stronger than it taste.
It looks quite dark but it was actually kind of bland. Not overly bland but for me, it was. For my parents, esp my mom, it was just right.
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The 2nd item is flat rice noodles with beef in black bean sauce.
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Aroma & taste was . .. 90%!
The negatives:
the onion & some pieces of celery were too raw for me. Great for those who prefer a good crunch.
Separation of the noodles needs improvement. However, of note, was the fact that this was a delivery order so it was packed inside a take-out box. It is reasonable that some noodles are stuck together BUT there were chunks of noodles where the center of the chunk were not coated in sauce (ie: still white/pale), which means the noodles were not entirely separated during the cooking process, so not the fault of it being in a take-out box.
Nonetheless, excellent amount of toppings!
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missguomeiyun · 1 month
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late night meal @ Denny's
Hi hi!
My last time at Denny's was before the pandemic .. . came after night shift with my night shift coworker at 8am xD
This time, I came with my family at 9pm on a cold Dec evening. .. bcos thats how late I am with these posts! SORRY!
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That doesn't stop me from ordering cold coffee though. This was their sweet cream cold brew. The cream resembled condensed milk but much more diluted, of course. It was alright. Too milky for my personal preference. Would not order again; I prefer their regular brewed coffee more (what my brother ordered).
Bcos this wasn't exactly a "real meal", we just got some dishes to share.
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Prime rib benny with hash. I'm not big on bennies- I liked the hash a lot though!
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^ Part of the classic pancake breakfast
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The pancakes. Wasn't that great TBH. The pancakes were sooooo soft.
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The dish that I ordered: Santa Fe skillet. Okay, I am SO SAD! This shrunk SO MUCH. It also didn't come with toast of some sort anymore. When did this happen?! T____T this is really depressing, actually. The price gone up & also less food. The quality was good though; but I mean, you can't go wrong with potatoes mushroom, peppers & sausages with cheese on top~
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missguomeiyun · 2 months
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HI FEB.
I like learning about random things bcos my personal philosophy is. .. ppl will betray you, but knowledge won't LOL that sounds so . .. sad. But really, I just *shrugs* like learning about things I like/am interested in & I'm into personal development/self-improvement that kind of thing. You don't have to agree, of course, but that's my honest thought!
I recently (ie: few days ago) started learning a new language!
Indonesia vs Thai . .. which one do you think I started learning?
I read from somewhere that Indonesian is supposed to be the easiest language to learn for English speakers - for reasons like it uses English alphabets without accent symbols or other characters; has similar pronunciation as English alphabets so for English speakers, it's more a matter of memorizing the sounds/words; & grammar is apparently very easy as verbs have 1 form (no tense) & understanding is based on context. Like there's no ate/eat, slept/sleep, ran/run, etc .. it's like "I eat [dictionary form of verb] yesterday", "I eat with friends tmr", & so on. Indonesian doesn't have special conjugations or endings depending on diff situations, AND there are no male/female categorizations of anything! (Some languages, like Thai, have diff sentence endings or use of diff words depending on if speaker is male or female.)
& for those reasons mentioned above, I started Thai haha! I like the sound of Thai more. It has more. .. ethnic character? I don't know how to describe it.
My goal is to learn simple phrases & words, with no plans to learn the writing.
Where did I get the idea to learn Thai? I watch badminton & follow some Thai players :P
How did I start learning/how do I learn/what resources? I use a mix of Google translate (the pronunciation function) & Youtube! I listen & practice/repeat after the audio. I plan to write notes later.
I'm still VERY casually learning Korean but I feel pretty good about Korean. Not fluent; grammar not the greatest & a lot of vocab that I still don't know. .. but I can communicate effectively so I think I just have to keep it up somehow, which isn't a problem since I watch a lot of Korean content!
Wish me luck with learning Thai!
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missguomeiyun · 2 months
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MY FAV!
This is the banh mi #3, aka the cold cut combo submarine, from Nhon Hoa.
When you get banh mi, there's a "make it a combo" option at checkout (SkipTheDishes app) so I selected a drink, which was the strawberry mango seduction bubbletea (no bubbles; came with lychee pieces).
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missguomeiyun · 2 months
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Homecooking [Jan ed]
I said I wasn't sure if I would continue doing these posts but. .. here I am :P
This January went by soooo fast. At the beginning of the month, I had almost a week off & I somehow lost my voice. Still not sure what happened but I was dealing with this dry nightly cough. It was so odd! I only coughed at night. Completely fine during the day. No other symptoms. I suspect it was likely a nocturnal parasite that likes to irritate my throat LOL just kidding. I'm sure it wasn't but that's what I choose to attribute it to. It's probably the dryness in my room. .. MAYBE. *shrugs*
We also had insane weather, which isn't surprising. We had deep freeze, beating out some really cold places & being the coldest place on earth for more than 1 day. This led to power grid problems. .. gov't issued emergency alert for using minimal power. Same for water - although no emergency alert was issued, we are actually currently in the middle of a water ban -.-" (bcos pump at a plant broke) ANDDDD guess what, it felt like a spring day today, where the highest temp was 11degrees in the middle of the day. What?!?!
Anyway, let's move onto the food & stuff~
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I got this as a Christmas gift from coworker YH. Y'all know I don't prefer flavoured coffee. ... This was probably THE worst one I've ever drank. 1st of all, when you open the bag, the aroma just hits you. It smelled 'fake'. Not sure what/how but. .. like a wax candle? The taste was also terrible. Gahh I just did regular coffee machine filter & .. *shiver* it was so bad!
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So I switched to this the next day =]
Yeah, the flavoured/infused coffees. .. it's not for me.
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Leftover hot pot beef with lettuce & thin rice vermicelli.
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Ramyeon with Busan fish cakes, baby bokchoy & soup seaweed. I used the Ottogi plain noodles - the ones that don't have seasoning. It's very nice to have to have around but sometimes when they're not on sale, it's like the same price as those that contain seasoning. In which case, you might as well buy the flavoured kinds haha
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A spin on sundae-guk.
I steamed the sundae (blood sausage) & let it cool for a LONG time. It still falls apart but better than before. For the soup, I used a deonjang soup base (soybean paste) with some bokchoy, seaweed & white pepper. Sprinkled coarse salt & black pepper on top to finish. Usually sundae is eaten with a spicy salt powder but I used coarse S&P here & it turned out pretty good.
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Plain udon <3 I like the Six Fortune brand udon (ones at room temperature in grocery stores). The broth was from a 'soup tea bag' that contained anchovies, baby dried shrimps & kelp.
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English biscuit with cream of mushroom. (Biscuit from Sunterra marketplace)
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PASTA~ I forgot which pasta sauce flavour this was but I used Evoolution gochujang olive oil with it & it was good.
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Okay, let's pause to talk about my books.
I'm still not done this one bcos I got distracted lol but it is worth the hype. It's not a thriller but the content has some VERY minor thriller vibes. It's actually quite sad, overall. It follows a Korean woman named Kim Ji-young from her 'current' state -> back when she was born/her family situation -> growing up & entering adulthood -> marriage -> 'now'. It basically generalizes a typical/average woman's life in a male-dominant society.
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This, on the other hand, was a quick chick-flick 'series' consisting of 2 books (they are related - book 1 & book 2) lol yes, I read really intense stuff & fluffy rom-coms.
I enjoyed maybe. .. 75% of it. The main girl in book 1 was quite pathetic. Annoying. Identity crisis - sort of situation. Met the main guy in a drama-like fashion & I was like . . . really? But in a good way! A fun, entertaining way. lol She got better in book 2 but still, some times, I was like. .. why?
Back to the food:
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Re-creating one of my fav noodle soups! Busan fish cakes used to make the broth. I used a lot of the fish cakes to make a concentrated broth. Used some of the fish cake here & saved some for stir-fries. I added white pepper & fish sauce to season the broth. Noodles were the frozen kalguksu noodles from Hmart. Topped with dried seaweed & green onion.
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Breakfast n a day-off. Mini seafood pancakes (Hmart frozen product) + kimchi + egg.
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Stir-fried thick rice noodles with mushroom, bokchoy, fish cakes & tofu. Saucier than what I had anticipated bcos of the mushrooms. I didn't plan that very well lol sauce = mix of gochujang, soy sauce & fish sauce.
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Made kimchi pancakes.
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I used regular cooking oil (canola oil) mixed with salted butter to pan-fry these kimchi pancakes. I've never used oil + butter mixture before. .. I didn't know they would clash & create oil splashes =/ it was scary! But I survived. These panckakes were the best ones I've ever made!
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Leftover beef + vegetable stew with thick rice noodles. It may seem weird bcos I'm like combining a western item with rice noodles. .. & adding more beef broth to make it into a noodle soup but it was actually tasty!
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SOOOOOO many packets in this single serving of noodles O_O I'm not THAT into the environment but it bugs me. I wonder if . .. using a 'closed' tray system would work or not. I'm imagining something like a small bento box but lidded & that it would fit inside a bag. The plastic still isn't great but like . .. maybe it's better than a million of these packets?
Anyway, I didn't eat this bcos I actually don't like this kind of Chinese style noodles. The combo of sauces & flavour is too much for me Like it contains peanut oil, sesame sauce, seaweed, vinegar, chili oil, & chives. Oh, & peanuts! Too much random stuff that I don't use in my cooking. I just took a photo of the contents to show you.
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Made maple sugar cold foam for the 1st time & it was a complete failure. It literally 'melted'/disintegrated. .. & why was it to hole-y?! As previously mentioned, I can't do heated creams/milk so I thought cold foam would be the way to go but it's not easy. .. I think I added too much water to melt the maple sugar so the water content was too much, thereby causing the milk to 'melt'. Don't know! But will try again in the future!
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Summer rolls with imitation crab sticks, white beech mushroom & carrots. Yeah, no greens haha
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Half of the summer rolls were eaten during lunch time & then the 2nd half, I saved for dinner. I drizzled some water on top & microwaved these bcos I've always wanted to know what the texture is like when summer rolls are microwaved. Obviously, the ingredients I used aren't the traditional kinds but it's the same rice paper & rice vermicelli noodles. They were kind of like a cross between summer rolls & steamed rice rolls? The rice paper wrapper became softer. But bcos rice paper is very thin compared to rice rolls, it didn't have that soft chewines/bounciness. It was just soft. No comment about the filling bcos. .. it's basically just heated up. & bcos they resembled rice rolls, I used hoisin sauce & satay sauce as the sauce instead of a diluted fish sauce mixture.
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Air fried potatoes~ they take long. .. but so good! (used Costco-bought salmon seasoning & olive oil)
That is it for now. Thank you for reading as usual : )
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missguomeiyun · 2 months
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dinner @ CQ Noodle & Bubble
CQ Noodle & Bubble (where CQ is short for "Chong Qing") - a Chinese noodle place on 104th Street. I had thought it took the location of another noodle place but no, I was wrong. The one I was thinking of still exists haha
Clara & I came here for our Christmas dinner last month. We came on a Tues late afternoon around 4:30. Once you open the door & walk in, you'll breath in a mix of Sichuan spice & sweet bubble(/bubbletea powder?) aroma. It's quite the mix of fragrances!
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So the reason why we came was bcos. .. I suggested it. TBH, I'm not big on the whole Sichuan spice/mala flavour. I wanted to come & try the cocunut mango slush. I can't remember where/how I discovered that this place has this item. .. but it's not a common item on menus here. I don't think the English name gives an accurate description of this drink but tranditionally, this dessert-drink contains mango, pomelo (some places replace it with grapefruit), sago (the small white kind; NOT the large black sago pearls in bbt), coconut milk & milk/cream.
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Their main menu (photo I took in-store).
I say the main menu bcos this was the double-sided laminated sheet (with the drinks) but they also this page-protector bundle(?) that had other menu items as well. I didn't take pictures of that unfortunately. But it had basically colour-photocopied pages of some appitizers, like marinated cucumbers, braised egg, wings, along with some seasonal items, I would say. Clara has been here before & she said she did not see this 'other' menu last time she came.
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Interior. I didn't get a full-view shot bcos there were other customers during our time there. My attention was drawn to the chopstick holder & the fact that each table has a bottle of vinegar! In case you're wondering what's so special about the chopstick holder. .. they actually used a Knorr chicken essence powder container lol Google that if you don't know what that is!
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My sad drink. . . . . .
It came & I as like . .. is this the right one??? It is so pale in colour & there's no sago pieces; no visible mango. .. I guess they did say slush so maybe it's all like blended??? But that name, then, would be completely not applicable.
I don't usually inquire about items at a restaurant after it arrives art the table but I ended up asking about it. I was like where is the grapefruit/pomelo topping??? The staff said they ran out & asked if I wanted other toppings as well, in which I refused. I left the drink untouched/unpoked on the side as Clara & I waited for our mains. When the staff came by to bring our food, she offered to have the drink be taken off the bill if I didn't like it. & I said, it's okay (bcos. .. I'm just not that kind of person). -.-"
BUT I must say, it turned out to be "useful" bcos. ..
Our noodles were large-portioned & NUMBLING-LY SPICY!
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Clara's intestine (mild spicy) noodles & my braised beef (medium spicy) noodles.
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One sniff & your sinus will be cleared lol
I'm quite good at spicy foods but this was just . .. kinda painful. I'm not good with Sichuan spice but thought mild might be too mild so I went for the safe "medium" but then . .. few bites in, I was regretting it a little xD therefore, it was actually a good thing I kept the slush bcos I needed it! I honestly couldn't tell if it was actually watered down or if it was quite sweet bcos truthfully speaking, my mouth was all numb & tingly. Anything cold just felt cold, you know, & offered temporary relief.
That being said, noodles were great. Beef was great! Their meat had a nice balance of lean & fatty parts. & for these reasons, I finished it despite being uncomfortable lol
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We also got a side of chicken & mushroom wontons in soup to share. It's not really a side but a main menu item but when it's shared by 2, it's a good portion as a side. I didn't like this very much. I have high standards for wontons bcos our homemade ones are really good (store bought wrapper with my mom's filling). I think I just grew up eating my mom's so anything diff, even if it's the same ingredients, it's just not the same. I found the filling quite stiff & there wasn't much mushrooms in it (ie: felt like a ball of dry meat). OR maybe northern Chinese wontons are like this! I'm not sure! The broth was also not flavourful; just very strong in sesame oil. Sesame oil doesn't have much of a savoury flvaour, it's a condiment, really. So the soup was quite bland =(
Would I come again?... I don't know.
I'm usually quite decisive but the reason I don't know is bcos I have other menu items that I'm intersted in but I really didn't enjoy this meal as a whole. So a visit #2 is =/ would it also be disappointing? Or would it blow my mind?? I wanna try the hot pot beef noodles & the Yunnan coffee bcos. .. it's coffee! Like is the bean from Yunnan? Is it powdered instant coffee that's labeled "Yunnan coffee"? lol they don't have a particular brewing method so. .. I am interested in what kind of Yunnan coffee they serve.
What do you think? Revisit? or no?
I mean, it's probably worth another try & if it's disappointing again, I'll stop lol
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missguomeiyun · 2 months
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Gluten-free tandoori chicken wrap from Remedy~
This was a work dinner on a particular evening shift. I don't need GF diet but was recommended by one who is on GF diet to get this. Apparently everyone who has tried both the GF & regular tandoori chicken wrap said the GF one tasted better.
I have nothing to compare to but I can say it was tasty! This was 1 order of the wrap; however, as you can see, they conveniently have the 1 order in 2 separate pieces instead of cutting a large one in half. I thought this was very considerate of them! I also didn't think it would be so filling! I'm sorry I didn't get a cross section of it - it was just very messy bc it also came with a sweet dipping sauce, so my hands were sticky. The filling inside the wraps was PACKED! & I mean PACKED.
Conclusion: I would order again. But maybe I should get the regular one next time to compare.
*note1: it was slightly spicy, like a 3.5/10.
*note2: has strong/abundance of fennel seeds. If you're not a fan of this flavour, do not get.
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missguomeiyun · 2 months
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After dinner @ Hansik, Tina, Andrew & I went to Meet Fresh. We haven't been here in YRS! The place shrunk so much :O it's now like maybe. .. 40% of the former size.
Anyway, we got some things:
The winter season special almond milk tofu dessert; Andrew's winter melon drink; Tina's milk tea (I can't remember which one) & my red bean iced milk slush (?) - lol I think that was the name!
In any case, the name doesn't matter too much, right? It contained a sweetened red bean mixture sitting on top of a milk slush. It wasn't bad; I would say it's comparable to the red bean bingsoo that I really like except this was the watered down drink version. I'm not a sweet tooth but it could really use some sugar or condensed milk. Maybe it's meant to be more mild & more bean-ie but. .. would have been better if a sweetener was added!
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missguomeiyun · 2 months
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dinner @ Hansik
Annual Christmas dinner with Tina & Andrew~
We went to Hansik - the only Korean restaurant in north Edmonton -.-" it has been around for quite some time. Been meaning to try it out before the pandemic but never did . .. & now, just visiting for the 1st time. It was the 1st visit for Tina & Andrew as well.
Their menu:
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Had a mix of text & pictures like most Korean restaurants - in addition to a little blurb about what the dish contains. At a glance, judging by this 1st page, it appears to be a fusion Korean place. Chicken bao bun? Kimchi chicken fries??
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Here are the dishes we were more familiar with. Despite it being winter, they still had cold noodles on their menu!
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Their soups~
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I appreciate them having a kids menu. This is not something common among Korean restaurants. The set menu was interesting too, esp the vegetarian for 2.
So by the menu, what I'm getting is that this place tries to have something for everybody. It's not a bad thing!
However, what's weird is the side dish policy. It's always free banchans at Korean restaurants, but they charge $1 per set of banchan. I think it is reasonable (for it to be $1) - I neither like nor dislike the idea but it's just different (& weird!) for a Korean restaurant. Part of the meal IS the banchan, which is typically free.
We ended up not getting the banchan - not sure why. Just seemed . .. unusual, perhaps.
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The budae jjggae~
Little can go wrong with this; it is particularly better on a cold day :P
But there were some 'issues'. Their description included "bean" but there were no beans. The broth was VERY salty - like. .. I probably had an entire week's worth of sodium from eating some of this soup alone =/ the ingredients were good. It did hurt knowing this was $41 bcos when I was in Korea, a singular portion was only ~$5-6 CAD.
Of note was their sausage option. Besides typical hot dog sausage, they had the small cocktail sausages as well as Italian sausage (yes, they had that!) & also some other. .. light tan coloured sausage. Ie: they added 'fancy sausage'. I felt that was unnecessary. I just like it simple - hot dogs & Spam, you know what I mean? Budae jjigae isn't meant to be 'fancy'.
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We also got half order of the sweet soy chicken. Wasn't a fan. I am very picky with KFC. This just didn't hit the spot. The batter was barely existent; it was uneven & not all surfaces were covered. I think I can do a better job at the batter & frying aspect. The flavour was alright; I am not big on sweet soy as flavour but it wasn't bad. Flavour was there. The chicken texture. .. poor. Chicken was dry.. . This was disappointing for all of us.
There was also an oops from Andrew's drink order. He ordered grapefruit-ade & ended up getting strawberry. When he informed them of the mistake, they did offer to remake but Andrew was fine with the strawberry. The drink itself, according to Tina & Andrew, was not good. Easily make-able at home. I don't have a picture but when you imagine ade, it's supposed to be a well-mixed drink. But the strawberry ade wasn't 'pink'. It was plain soda with some strawberry 'topping' so . ..a rip-off.
So yeah. .. it wasn't the best Korean meal we've had. It's sad this is the only option on the north side. I mean, I guess they're surviving strictly based on that - the ONLY Korean option in the far north. *shrugs*
Probably won't be revisiting.
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missguomeiyun · 3 months
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Homecooking [Dec ed]
The last homecooking post of 2023~
But 1st, here's a Starbucks drink I got - too sweet! I wasn't a fan but I've tried it & it is a pass for me.
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Oh & here's another one from earlier in the month:
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It was alright... will stick to my triple shot iced Americano though. Just plain & simple.
So why the influx of Starbucks drinks?
2 reasons: I got Starbucks giftcards so I have Starbucks money to spend that I didn't . .. pay for haha & more importantly, I don't have a new routine yet =( I didn't change location of employment but my POE changed & as a result, some things aren't the way they were anymore. Under the former boss, there was free tea & coffee available. I didn't normally drink the coffee but it was there. I would oftentimes bring my own tea/coffee & use hot water to make it but hot water during the day time is like . .. a limited resource. I don't know why/how the water lines/systems work but I think more ppl use it during the day time & once the reservoir is out, it doesn't get refilled??? But it's a hot + cold water dispenser so I don't get it. Anyway, the point is - I can't make my own coffee/tea anymore. So I've been going to Starbucks *Sigh* I really don't wanna go bcos it takes time to get there so it cuts into my break.. . but I need to figure something out =/ like get up even earlier to make coffee?
Now let's go onto the homecooking.
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Pesto pasta!
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Fried rice with chicken breast & baby bokchoy; topped with dried seaweed.
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Microwaved dumpling & a small Korean soy bean paste stew with noodles. Okay, I've never microwaved dumplings before. .. it was not good! I added some water so it wouldn't be too dry. Micowaved it once & felt it wasn't ready yet so I added a bit more water & microwaved again. The 'skin' was weird =/ the filling (pork + corn) was okay but the skin was patchy & I'm not even entirely sure if it was fully cooked. I figured if the pork is cooked, the thin wrapper should be, right? Bleeeeh
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Cold noodles + seafood dumplings & kimchi. The seafood dumplings don't look appealing at all but they were not bad. The skin is weird though. .. I think it's rice flour.
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Tiramisu from Costco. 7.5/10
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Udon with baby bokchoy, tofu, egg, & the 'tempura' from the tempura udon kit.
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Pesto pasta again with another kind of pasta. I forgot the name of these but I like the texture of these noodles.
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Instant noodle hehehe with tofu, egg, sausage & cucumber.
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I experimented with new drinks during my week-long vacation. This was great! Not sharing what it is :P I've made this twice; 2nd time better. But it's the process. It is time-consuming.
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Yubu-chobap; ie: tofu pockets stuffed with rice.
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Mini plain kimbaps. I had leftover seasoned rice from the yubu-chobap so I rolled the remainder into these mini seaweed rolls.
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Curry chicken udon
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Homemade pho with leftover breakfast hashbrown lol
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Deep fried oysters. These turned out really well IMHO. (used the frozen oysters from Hmart)
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Pretending to be fancy.
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Kimchi fried rice & dumpling+ramyeon soup.
So yeah .. despite it being a week into the new yr already, this is the final 2023 homecooking post :P
Any plans/goals for the new year in terms of cooking & eating. ..? Nothing in particular. I wanna practice latte art consistently. Like I said, I can't drink hot milk or cream so that doesn't work well with latte art practice lol yeah I don't have much plans. ..visit Korea again? xD
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missguomeiyun · 3 months
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Happy New Year, everyone~ .. . with a post from last yr :P I didn't even greet you guys properly in the last post. Sorry. Hope everyone had a nice new year. For those in Edmonton, "winter" is finally gonna hit us in a few days! Stay warm :)
White Rabbit Ice Cream is a small ice cream shop tucked in behind the Grant MacEwan area. There's really nothing near there. When Susan & I went last yr (Sept? .. gosh what?! SEPTEMBER? o_O I think it was Sept. ..anyway.. .), there was a banh mi place that was reno-ing next door. Not sure if that's open now or not.
In any case, White Rabbit ice cream. They're basically a local ice cream shop - using local ingredients to create ice cream flavours that suit local taste. TBH, I'm not sure what that even means lol I understand using local ingredients.. . local taste? I don't know. I am skeptical.
On the left is Susan's - milk tea & banana dream pie. (yes, dream, not cream).
On the right = my milk tea & cookie monster (Oreos + home-made cookie dough bites)
They offered samples before you commit to you flavour(s). I tried the milk tea & really liked it. It reminded me of. .. instant milk tea powder haha tea flavour wasn't that strong but it was also not very sweet. A very mild choice.
The cookie monster was 9.1/10! I love Oreos & when I doubt, I choose cookies n cream anything. I liked the little cookie dough pieces in it. Chewy & flavour was quite rich. Would get again!
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