Bojagi - Youngmin Lee's Blog

Well, what did I do last month? I looked through my postings and seems like I am having too much fun :) Last week, I injured my index finger and this kept me from so many things including sewing.... It's no fun at all! Yesterday, I finally able to do some work and finished this bojagi.

My friend Minjee who is going to give a lecture at the Getty center in May wanted to have a picture of this technique/ decoration. So I made one that she can use as a reference. small triangle shaped decoration is called, pine nut and made out of 1/2" square of fabrics. Fold square in to a triangle and fold from two sides to make this shape.

And secured using se ttam sang chim (3 decorateive stiches).

Red and dark green reminds me of my first hanbok when I got married. (This is a color combination for married woman, I guess)

I only made a big bowl of Japchae..... But Jean made 2 chicken dishes, 2 pastas and 2 different sweets! Each Eden ride leaders made food for tonight. It has been a lucky year that we were able to finish all 10 training rides. We started with 12 miles ride and our longest ride was 55 miles! Now we are ready for our 65 mile ride on Saturday! Tonight was our pasta feed party for our new divas. Carla and Saul opened their beautiful house for us.

제가 잡채 한접시만 만드는 사이에 제친구 진은 닭요리 두접시, 파스타 두접시, 디저트 두가지를 만들었답니다! 오늘 저녁은 Eden ride leaders들은 각각 음식 한가지씨을 만들어 지난  10번의 트레이닝 라이드를 무사히 끝낸 새로운 디바들을 축하하고 낼모레 있을 결전의 날(?)을 위해 탄수화물을 잔뜩 먹는 파티가 있었답니다. Carla와 Saul의 아름다운 집에서 다들 모였지요. 

We all were busy sharing our training moments, enjoying good foods and savoring our friendships. 

We also had a special moments for Peggy and Jim who lost their son in Afghanistan.... Peggy is one of my favorite riding buddies and Jim is our beloved SAG! He is always on the road with us at training rides.

힘들었지만 즐거웠던 추억도 얘기하고 맛난 음식도 나누고 하는 값진 시간이었지요.

아프가니스탄에서 아들을 잃은 Peggy와 Jim 을 위로하는 중입니다..... Peggy는 저와 같은 해에 자전거를 시작한 소중한 친구이고 Jim은 우리가 트레이닝을 하러 나가면 늘 우리뒤를 든든히 받쳐주는 우리의 영원한 SAG support입니다.

Here are our Divas 2013! I was privileged to design new jersey and t-shirts. Luckily they turned out nicely and I was relieved :)

Some couldn't come but I am sure we all will rule the road on Saturday! If you see us on the road, please cheer for us! Another 12 weeks of training season was over but I got more friends who love bike riding!

More info about the Cinderella Classic, check this out!

http://www.valleyspokesmen.org/cinClass.php

올해는 저지 뿐만아니라 티셔츠까지 디자인하는 즐거움을 만끽했지요. 다행히 잘 나오고 다들 좋다고 해주니 다행이지요 :)

다들 모이진 못했지만 토요일 아침에는 빠짐없이 모여 신데렐라가 되어 65마일을 달릴겁니다. 혹시 길에서 우리를 보면 응원해주세요! 이렇게 12주 트레이닝이 또 끝나고 자전거타기를 사랑하는 많은 친구가 생겼으니 이 맛에 삽니다!!!

Oh well, it was another fun class last Saturday! The menu was Bulgogi, Japchae and Miyeok guk(Shirley's special request). Every ingredients were divided into 3 portions. Lots of chopping has started again. 

또 한번의 즐거운 토요일 오전시간을 보내고 왔어요! 메뉴요? 불고기, 잡채 그리고 미역국입니다(Shirley의 특별요청 메뉴). 모든 재료를 삼등분 하구요, 썰고 다지고 계량하고..... 바삐 움직였지요.

Voila! Everything was done and we were ready to taste them! 

짠! 모든 음식이 다 되었어요. 이제 시식을 할 차례지요!

I hope all these ladies enjoyed the cooking, tasting and  talking about Korean food.  Looking forward to see all again in June, Korean Kitchen session # 2! Menu? I already planned them but always open for special requests!

다들 지난 두 토요일을 즐겁게 보냈기를 바라며 6월에 다시 만나 두번째 세션을 또 함께 하기를 바래요. 메뉴요? 벌써 다 정해 놨지만 특별요청이 들어오면 언제라도 반영합니다!

Here are recipes that you can make your own Korean food for tonight!

오늘 저녁 한식을 원하는 분들을 위해 조리법을 알려드려요!

Bulgogi (Korean BBQ) 

1 lb thinly sliced beef (rib eye, sirloin or tenderloin)

Soy sauce 3 Tbs

Sugar 2 Tbs

Honey 1 Tbs

Cooking wine 2 Tbs (Sake or Mirin)

Sesame oil 1 Tbs

Crushed garlic 3-4 cloves

Chopped green onion  

Thin sliced onion 1

Black pepper

Roasted sesame seeds

Grated Asian pear 1 Tbs (optional-This will tenderize meat)

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and add meat; marinate for 30 min.

In a medium heat pan, add a little vegetable oil and stir-fry meat.

Japchae

Dangmyun (Cellophane noodles) 4 oz

Shitake mushroom 3

Oyster mushroom 4

Onion 1/2

Spinach 1/3 bunch

Bell pepper 1/2 regular sized one or 2-3 mini

Green onion 1-2

Crushed garlic 3 cloves

Soy sauce

Sugar

Sesame oil

Vegetable oil

Roasted sesame seeds

Salt, Pepper

Julienne mushrooms, onion, bell pepper and stir-fry them separately (1tsp vegetable oil and a dash of salt)

Blanch spinach and rinse with cold water. Squeeze out water and cut into 2” long pieces (season with salt and pepper).

Cook dangmyun in a boiling water with 2 Tbs soy sauce and 1-2 vegetable oil for 8-10 min.

Drain noodles, cut them into 5-6” and mix with sesame oil (1-2 tsp), sugar (1 tsp) and soy sauce (1-2 tsp).

In a medium heat pan, pour 1-2 tsp oil and crushed garlic. Add dangmyun and all the ingredients.

Mix them well and taste first! Then season with soy sauce (1 Tbs), sugar (1 Tbs), sesame oil (1 Tbs) and sesame seeds.

Miyeok Guk (seaweed soup)

Miyeok 1 cup (soaked)

Beef brisket- 2-4oz

Crushed garlic-3-4 cloves

Sesame oil-1-2 Tbs

Gukganjang (soy sauce for soup) or Fish sauce 1-2 Tbs

Soak the dried miyeok for 10-15 min (cut miyeok needs less time).

Drain and cut into 1” pieces.

In a large pot, sauté crushed garlic, sesame oil, gukganjang (can substitute fish sauce), chopped meat and miyeok for 3 min.

Add water (1 cup at a time) and boil.