What do you usually do for Christmas?
We have always spent Christmas with our guests.
We ate a delicious cake and listened Christmas Carol together on the 4th floor!!!
Hope our guests all had a very merry Christmas at Travelers Planet Hostel.
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We made "Bean Sprout Soup” for our guests at Travelers Planet Hostel Common area which is 4th floor!!!
Let me tell you how to make it :)
* Ingrdients
- 3 cups soybean sprouts, washed and if desired, roots trimmed
- 6 cups water or broth
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 scallion or bunch of chives (optional garnish)
- 1 Tbsp Korean red pepper powder (kochukaru) (optional)
*Directions*
1. In a medium-sized pot, saute garlic in soy sauce and sesame oil over medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
2. Add water and bean sprouts and bring to a boil over high heat.
3. Reduce to low heat and simmer for 25-30 minutes, or until you can smell the strong odor of bean sprouts cooking.
4. If you're making the spicy version, add the red pepper powder 5 minutes before turning off the heat.
5. If you're using scallions or chives to garnish, add to the pot at the end and then immediately take off heat.
Travelers Planet Hostel
Residence Guesthouse in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea
Best for families and friends
www.tphostel.com
+ 82 2 335 0063
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We made "Spinach Miso Soup” for our guests at Travelers Planet Hostel Common area which is 4th floor!!!
I am a big fan of miso soup, and this one is fairly straight forward with ingredients that are easy to find. Plus, it tastes great. If you prefer, you can replace the spinach with bok choy
Let me tell you how to make it!!
* Ingrdients*
6 cups water
1 1/2 cups baby spinach leaves, cut into thin strips
1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh shiitake mushroom
3 tablespoons minced scallions
1 tablespoon tamari
1/3 cup mellow white miso
4 ounces extra firm silken tofu, drained and cut into 1/4-inch dice
*Directions*
1. Place the water in a large pot and bring to a boil over high heat.
2. Add the spinach, mushrooms, scallions and tamari.
3. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until the vegetables soften , 3 to 6 minutes. Reduce heat to low.
4. Place about 1/4 cup of the hot soup mixture in a small bowl and add the miso, blending well.
5. Stir the mixture back into the soup, add the tofu and simmer for 2 minutes, being careful not to boil.
6. Taste, adjust the seasonings if needed, and serve hot.
Have a special day with special Korean cuisine :D
Travelers Planet Hostel
Residence Guesthouse in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea
Best for families and friends
www.tphostel.com
+ 82 2 335 0063
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We made Sauce Braised Quail Eggs[mechurial jangjorim] for our guests at Travelers Planet Hostel Common area which is 4th floor!!!
Let me tell you how to make it!!
Ingredients
20 Quail Eggs (2½ Cups Water + ½ tsp Salt)
7 Garlic Cloves, 1 Tbsp Green Hot Pepper, 1 Tbsp Red Hot Peppe, 1 Cup Water, 1 Kelp (1 X 1 inch), 2-2½ Tbsp Soy Sauce, ½ Tbsp Sugar, ½ Tbsp Cooking Wine
1. Boil the quail’s eggs with 1 tsp of salt for 10 minutes.
2. Empty the hot water and cool the eggs with cold water.
3. Peel off the egg shells.
4. To make the broth, add ⅔ cups of water, garlic cloves, soy sauce, sugar, cooking wine, and 1 (1 inch square) piece of kelp in a pan. Boil on high. Once it starts to boil, cook for 2 minutes, and then remove the kelp.
5. When it starts to boil, add the quail’s eggs, green and red hot pepper.
6. Boil it on medium heat until half the sauce disappears. (Stir it every 3 minutes.)
7. Cool it down for about 1 hour.
Have a special day with special Korean cuisine :D
Travelers Planet Hostel
Residence Guesthouse in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea
Best for families and friends
www.tphostel.com
+82 2 335 0063
travelersplanet@gmail.com
We cook this cuisine named clear potato soup[gamja guk].
You can make it so easily by some ingredients, such as dried anchovy, potato, onion, soy sauce & pepper.
Let me tell you how to make it!!
1. Make soup stock out of dried anchovies and dried kelp.
2. Simmer for about 10 minutes and remove then from the pot.
3. Peel the potatoes, cut into bite-sized cubes.
4. Add soy sauce and pepper to taste
5. Let stand for 20 minutes before serving
You can watch the process of making it!!!
Have a special day with special Korean soup! :D
Travelers Planet Hostel
Residence Guesthouse in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea
Best for families and friends
www.tphostel.com
+82 2 335 0063
travelersplanet@gmail.com
This weekend, we Roasted rice cakes for our
guests!!!
Roasted rice cakes are different because of the roasting.
Roasting them in oil in a cast iron skillet crisps up the rice
cake giving it a toasty, crunchy outside and a soft, chewy inside. It’s
an addictive combination and much better than boiled.
If you have frozen rice cakes, cook in boiling water for a few
minutes until al dente but not too soft {They'll continue to cook when
grilled}.
Heat a large cast-iron skillet or frying pan over medium-high
heat until hot.
Add the grapeseed oil to pan, and add rice cakes just when it's
about to smoke.
They should sizzle when they hit the oil, then drop heat to
medium.
Sear for 3 minutes per side until a light golden brown
Last, Crispy and sticky roasted rice cakes
eaten with sweet honey!!
This weekend, we made roasted sweet potatoes for our guests!!!
From now on I will tell you how to make it!!
1. Preheat oven to 450°.
2. Arrange potatoes in a single layer on a baking sheet.
3. Bake potatoes at 450° for 30 minutes or until soft and lightly browned, turning after the first 15 minutes.
4. Lay the sweet potatoes out in a single layer on a roasting tray.
5. Take sweet potatoes out of the oven and transfer them to a serving platter.
6. You can drizzle the more extra-virgin olive oil, honey, cinnamon, salt and pepper over the potatoes.
Let's enjoy our Saturday special breakfast together~!!
Travelers Planet Hostel
Residence Guesthouse in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea
Best for families and friends
www.tphostel.com
+ 82 2 335 0063
travelersplanet@gmail.com
This weekend, we made Rice balls for our guests!!!
Rice balls don’t really need a recipe to make!!
Anybody, including someone who has never cooked before, can start making it right away if you have cooked rice. You can put in anything you want, really.
It’s just like making a mud ball when you were a kid.
The difference is, you actually can eat it ;)
From now on I will tell you how to make it.
1. Put some rice in a rice bowl.
2. Add the seasoned and roasted seaweed mixture to the rice.
3. Using damp hands, place rice in one hand
4. Make a well in the middle of the rice ball and put in tuna or ham mixture. Leave edges & corners unfilled.
5. Close the well.
Let's enjoy our Saturday special breakfast together~!!
Travelers Planet Hostel
Residence Guesthouse in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea
Best for families and friends
www.tphostel.com
+ 82 2 335 0063
travelersplanet@gmail.com
Hello, friends:D This weekend we will cook Boiled Dumplings Pancake for our guests.
When you are slightly hungry, you can cook qulickly. it's soft and crispy on the outside Depending on your tastes, dip the pancake in spy sauce, ketchup!! Let's enjoy our Saturday special breakfast together~!! Travelers Planet Hostel Residence Guesthouse in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea Best for families and friends www.tphostel.com + 82 2 335 0063 travelersplanet@gmail.com
Today is happy Chuseok, Korean Thanksgiving Day :D
So this weekend, we
made Half-moon shape rice cake (songpyeon) with our guests!!!
From now on I will tell you how
to make it!!
1. Strongly knead rice powder with hot water quite
for a long time
2. Pull off rice powder dough, roll it into a small
ball and make a dentin the center.
3. Put the sweet fillings in it, close up the balls
edges and make it into a half-moon shape
4. Pour water into the steaming pot, heat it up for
9 min. When it boils, layer pine needles on the bottom. Place the shaped dough
and steam for 20 min.
5.Take out the steamed rice cake, quickly rinse in
cold water, remove the pine needles, drain water and coat with sesame oil.
I thought it was refreshing and a totally new
experience for our guests!!!
This weekend we will cook Half-moon shape rice cake (Songpyeon) for our guests.
Next Monday is Korean Thanksgiving Day(Chuseok) in Korea.
Songpyun is the special food that Koreans eat on Chuseok. So we decide to make it.
It’s rice cake with sweet fillings, such as sesame seeds, sugar,sweet beans or chestnut and steamed on a bed of pine needles. Making songpyeon was so much fun :)
Travelers Planet Hostel
Residence Guesthouse in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea
Best for families and friends
www.tphostel.com
+ 82 2 335 0063
travelersplanet@gmail.com
