Pepero Day 11/11/2011

This year is the ultimate Pepero day!!! In Korea, we have snacks called Pepero. It is exactly alike to Pocky. It is a long stick with chocolate covering. In South Korea, 11/11 is a celebration of Pepero! because 11/11 looks like 4 Pepero sticks! Its basically another form of a valentine day! Koreans give Pepero to each other, their classmates, friends, love, family!  It is interesting how we are celebrating Pepero day because its a event that is made only recently; its not a traditional celebration.

Anyways, Pepero day is meaningful to many and you can be very creative on your Pepero. Some people bake their own, some people decorate the boxes and etc.

Honestly, its pretty amazing how much effort people put into making Pepero day a success! Sometimes I think Pepero is purchased only during Pepero day... haha

The best Pepero box is.....

Korean Manhwa Noblesse

Again Manhwa isn't as popular as Manga. Well, technically they both mean the same thing, except Manhwa is made in Korea and Manga is made in Japan. However, Korean Manhwa are getting more popular. Its growing :). 

One Manhwa I really enjoy reading is Noblesse. Noblesse is a webtoon that is submitted in Naver, a Korean internet portal. Its not just funny but has strong main story underneath it. Usually, artists find it really hard to balance both, but Noblesse does it wonderfully. Moreover, it really portrays a lot of Korean culture. Well, the characters are mostly foreign looking, but a lot of Korean culture is expressed in the Manhwa. For example, eating Ramen. Koreans just love eating Ramen. Another was small backpacks the characters had. Koreans unlike Americans have tiny backpacks. This is probably because they think its fashionable. 

If your interested in Korean culture, reading Manhwa is a good way to approach it. 

Btw, this Manhwa is for both GIRLS and BOYS. :) 

Once funny scene is where the main character waits for his ramen is to get bigger. lol, this is when your noodles absorb all the water and gets bigger, but the main character who is a vampire doesn't understand it and waits for it to get bigger lol...

Want something fishy?

It was fall break, so we got a 4 day weekend :). My roommates and I went to H mart, its basically a giant Korean supermarket. I was able to fill my cart with Korean goodies and we also got "해물탕", which is pronounced hae mol tang. Its a spicy seafood soup. It has a lot of seafood XD... lol and is very spicy...

Again... like I did in previous post about the indian restaurant, I ate the chili in the soup -.- Yes, of course it was spicy... and I almost died. I will never learn and keep eating chili even though I know its going to burn!!!! ARRRGGGH

Anyways, if your tired of sashimi, steamed seafood, and want to try something different, you should try this dish. Its not just seafood but has vegetable in it as well. For me, I bought the ingredients for 9 bucks. This was really cheap because it gave us around 3 portion :)

Yummmm, I'll definitely buy this again.