I have been at home all day long. I didn't feel like doing anything:P
I just watched 'glee', which is American TV series.
OH!
I went to a Korean restaurant 'ri san no daidokoro' in kaihimmakuhari with my friends yesterday.
I ate a big bowl of Bulgogi and my friends ate Samgyeopsal and Bibimbap. They said this Korean food was delicious!!!
A Bowl of Bulgogi (it's lke sukiyaki)
Samgyeopsal(grilled slices of pork)Ingredients of Bulgogi were beef, beansprouts, cabbage, onion, rice and yolk.
All of them were burnt in a stone bowl, so I was too hot to put them on my tongue.
However, Bulgogi was delicious!! It was not spicy. It was sweet and salty because it might be seasoned with soy sauce and sesame oil. Later, I added 'Hot Pepper Paste' to change the taste of dish. It became more delicious than before.
We associate 'Korean food' with 'spicy'.
Why is Korean food so spicy? Why do they often use red pepper for food?
A long time ago, Korean believed in Confucianism. Due to the effect of that religion, they respected their senior people. They hoped senior's health, so Korean people considered nutrition balance in food.
Fortunately, on that time, red pepper came to Korea.
Red pepper go match with meat and contain a lot of vietamin C.
We suffer from sicknesses if we lack vietamin C. Vietamin C help assimilate iron and calcium.
There is story that Korean began to use red pepper to hide tasteless or just salty food behind hot taste. Korea was poor because of many wars.
Red pepper was cheaper than Japanese Pepper, so it was easy to get it and became popular.
I think red pepper is useful to sweat. Korean are beautiful because they take sweat out.
I was surprised that Korean spicy food have connected with their religion.
Their idea is eating is good for health.
In fact, I don't like spicy food, but I try to think about nutrition when I eat something.
Let's be healthy by eating food!!!
I've been interested in that restaurant since I entered kuis!! haven't gone there yet tho...
返信削除Not only about what you ate but also about the history of korean food made me enjoy reading. Thanks for that :))
Hi, Its Yu :)
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I went to Korea 4 months ago.
It was freakin' cold but Korean didnt wear cloths too much. I guess it because They have spicy food everyday. Also, Korean women are very beautiful! Is it because of spicy and hot meals??
anyway, I should go "Risanno daidokoro"!
Yu
I never knew that about Korean food. I love spicy food and now I can eat it and be healthy! And maybe that is why I always crave Korean food on cold rainy days - because I need more vitamin C :0D Also, do you know who the Cajuns are? They're a group of people who live in Louisiana and they used spices to kill any bacteria on their meat (or to hide the taste of spoiled meat) because Louisiana is really hot and humid so meat goes bad very quickly. It's a strange way to start a food culture, but it's SO good!!
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