Korean Food Weekend

There are many things that make our weekends together amazing, one of the things being food. ~~~ While being a very fussy eater, I love food and I mean looooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeee!

Having more time on our hands during the weekend, Geo and I tend to treat ourselves with some more elaborate cooking.

This weekend we decided to go with a theme: Korean.

Even though now being able to eat many of the traditional dishes due to them being so spicy, I enjoy many others and would say am addicted to some. To be fair it's all Geo's fault for introducing me to it, bringing me to all those nice food places in Korea and being such a good cook himself. But I don't blame him, I am more than happy I don't miss out on this part of his culture and can enjoy the food he cooks. 

So let me introduce you to the dishes we relished this weekend:

Bulgogi (불고기)

On Friday evening we started off our Foody Weekend with a dish that we hadn't cooked in the UK yet. It is thinly sliced beef which Geo marinated 24 hours before I arrived in a specialised Bulgogi sauce. Added to that are Needle Mushrooms and the juicy delight is consumed with plain rice. I can not describe how amazing it tasted and how happy I was to find out that we didn't use up the whole meat and had another portion left for another day!

The Bulgogi simmering in its sauce.
(It tastes by far better than it looks trust me!)

Kimchi Soup (김치찌개)

Unfortunately no picture for this one as we totally forgot about it and just threw ourselves at the food. In case you don't know Kimchi, it is a Korean in Chilli paste marinated cabbage, which does sound very spicy, and depending on the recipe cooked by can be quite burning, but the one sold here is just the right heat! (probably not right, but I like it) It is cooked by frying Kimchi in sesame oil (which I love) and then boiled with mushrooms and Spam. I did enjoy it a lot, but to Geo's surprise I must admit that I enjoy the Korean fermented bean soup much more.

Korean Pork Belly Barbeque (삼겹살)

Okay, yes we do not have a barbeque and with temperatures around 0 degrees Celsius even if we had we wouldn't go outside to do it. But somehow Geo miraculasly manages to fry the thin cut pieces of meat in a way that it comes very close to the mesmerising taste of grilled pork belly. Especially with the home mixed korean fermented bean bbq sauce, thinly cut garlic slides all wrapped in salad you just find yourself in a heaven of food. We did fear to set off the fire alarm with all the smoke we produced, but -not sure if due to me swirling a wet towel and directing air to open windows or by pure luck - we didn't.

The cooking beginns. Geo takes over the frying station,
while Ksen prepares the lettuce, garlic and sauces and
of course her stomach to eat.
On the right you see some of the ready meal --->

As previously mentioned it was AMAZING and because there can be never enough of this dish, Geo magically produced a portion of fried rice from the last pieces of meat, Kimchi and sea weed. It was great. <3

Finger-lickingly good finish to the dinner. 

And because on the weekends we are unhealthy people who give in to food cravings, when after finishing a movie we stumbled on some food videos showing delicious melting cheese we set off to a late night trip to the supermarket to get some Camembert cheese. Yes you can judge us - or me it's mostly me - but it was very tasty just look at that:

-KK