So my nice brother has been bringing me to eat at several nice places in NYC.
Had my first really authentic Korean dinner at Kum Gang San on 32nd street today. Its a 9
chop dinner (with 9 different banchan). There was this really interesting one that I really liked with marinated pollack and as usual there was kongnamul (soybean sprouts), dubu jorim (tofu simmered in soy sauce, a little bit of sesame oil, minced garlic, and chopped green onion) and japchae (translucent yam noodles accampanied with a variety of vegetable and beef in a slightly-sweet garlic sauce) etc.
and then for mains we had galbi
it really tickles your taste buds after you nicely wrapped in a cabbage after dipping it in korean soybean paste. This is a beef dish made from beef short ribs, marinated for hours and grilled over charcoal
and Kimchi Chigae with codfish
So anyway, so exciting i was googling for the exact spelling of the names of the dishes, then this website recommended Kum Gang San for these two main dishes can! how cool.
We had dinner at Kiri yesterday, this another awesome authentic japanese restaurant. The whole place was full of Japanese who were going on and on in Japanese so fast I couldnt figure out what they were saying=( this is the result of studying jap for 4 years and then not using it for another 4 years. NULLIFY totally.
Met up with Henry today and coincidentally NYC was celebrating International Culture Day with processions, food fair and pasar malam-like fair right in the centre of Manhattan. Damn cool! And then went shopping along 5th Ave for the rest of the day, and there were a lot of great deals going on.
Tmr gonna wake up early, head for dimsum at Chinatown with brother, then meet with Monika for dessert near Central Park and then with Carene to hang out at MOMA, Museum of Modern Art. Finally off to Teuscher's to get champagne truffles to bring home and maybe Hersheys too if I have time. And then to JFK.
Yay! looking forward to taking airplane on our national carrier tmr night=)
