What a weekend! Lunch and dinner party on Saturday and dinner party last night This time, the theme was Korean so we went to Zion to get our stuff. Here's the Chap Chae ($2.99 package - we bought 3). I like buying the premade since it's so time consuming making this.
Red leaf lettuce was only 2 for $1!!!! You can't beat that! This was for the bulgogi.
My friend cooked the bulgogi for me as I ran around like a headless chicken trying to get things ready. Bert had candle lighting duty as well as clean up. The bulgogi came out really well. My friend cooked it really slowly on medium heat. Although she is Filipina, she grew up in Korea (military family), spending her teen years there.
The accompaniments includes kim chee, seasoned perilla leaves and lotus root. This trio server was only $1.50 from Marukai Daiso. I used this the day before for the Spanish tapas lunch/dinner.
Korean potato salad. I was kind of bummed that they used apples instead of Asian pear in here. I like that this potato salad is sweet and creamy and not vinegary like American style potato salad.
These are wanna be Oreo's from Trader Joe's. They have a peppermint cream filling with tiny bits of peppermint candy. It's like eating a chocolate sandwich cookie with mint flavored toothpaste. Just kidding. Not really. These weren't that great.
My lemon cheesecake bars.
My other friend's husband's rum cake. Not pictured, flan made by our other guest (the one who cooked the bulgogi). This was so moist and delicious!
Our kids had a blast . They're all in 2nd grade and were in kindgergarten together. One of a boy, the other a girl. They made a fort upstairs in the loft, played Explorer and played several board games. TC also played the piano and the kids even sang "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Deck the Halls"! It was so cute! TC actually played "Rudolph" with a jaunty lilt, as opposed to the leaden hands she sometimes employs when she doesn't want to practice. This was our last dinner party this vacation. Next week, one of the other families will host and the theme is Tacos!
Red leaf lettuce was only 2 for $1!!!! You can't beat that! This was for the bulgogi.
My friend cooked the bulgogi for me as I ran around like a headless chicken trying to get things ready. Bert had candle lighting duty as well as clean up. The bulgogi came out really well. My friend cooked it really slowly on medium heat. Although she is Filipina, she grew up in Korea (military family), spending her teen years there.
The accompaniments includes kim chee, seasoned perilla leaves and lotus root. This trio server was only $1.50 from Marukai Daiso. I used this the day before for the Spanish tapas lunch/dinner.
Korean potato salad. I was kind of bummed that they used apples instead of Asian pear in here. I like that this potato salad is sweet and creamy and not vinegary like American style potato salad.
These are wanna be Oreo's from Trader Joe's. They have a peppermint cream filling with tiny bits of peppermint candy. It's like eating a chocolate sandwich cookie with mint flavored toothpaste. Just kidding. Not really. These weren't that great.
My lemon cheesecake bars.
My other friend's husband's rum cake. Not pictured, flan made by our other guest (the one who cooked the bulgogi). This was so moist and delicious!
Our kids had a blast . They're all in 2nd grade and were in kindgergarten together. One of a boy, the other a girl. They made a fort upstairs in the loft, played Explorer and played several board games. TC also played the piano and the kids even sang "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Deck the Halls"! It was so cute! TC actually played "Rudolph" with a jaunty lilt, as opposed to the leaden hands she sometimes employs when she doesn't want to practice. This was our last dinner party this vacation. Next week, one of the other families will host and the theme is Tacos!
2 comments:
Ohhhh! Everything looks delicious! I love, love, LOVE Korean food!!! I made my first batch of homemade kimchi a few weeks ago and it turned out pretty well.
wow! impressive!
i've made chapchae before but it is time consuming and didn't come out right.
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