2013 Merry Christmas; 24th-25th

This year, I went out with my girl friends.

Since the school started, I have not socialized with my old friends; in two days, we talked so much and drank so much.

I had a great night, especially, talking with my brother who is in San Francisco was the best. He spent his first Christmas in America by himself, and I tried to celebrate with him.

I missed him so much and felt very sorry for him that I could not be with him. I made few more phone calls and found myself that I am very happy and blessed person.

Anyways, here is my story in 24th and 25th.

24th - Christmas Eve

 

The Plough & The Stars

123 Chestnut Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Cozy Cider- $8.00

Grilled Sirloin Steak

Prime New York Strip topped with an Irish Blue Cheese Butter served with Mashed Potatoes & Vegetable du Jour

$22

Hideko -> Sophie (me) -> Moeko

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25th - Christmas Day

 

Buddakan

325 Chesnut St

Philadelphia, PA 19106
Neighborhood: Old City

Black Pepper Beef $27

Wok tossed rib eye, crispy bird's nest

 Peking Duck Buns $12.50

Pickled cucumber, hoisin, grilled scallion

Sizzling Short Rib $26

Mushroom chow fun, Asian pear

General Tso's Dumplings $13

Chicken, hot & sour broth

 

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Jazz's Christmas present open!

 

Language Exchange NYC

I finished my first graduate semester and decided to go out and socialize.

Today, I went beyond Philadelphia and took a bus to NYC!

There was a Language Exchange NYC meetup held in 230 Fifth lounge.

 

I had so much fun meeting new people from different places with different reasons.

 

 

Let's go!

 

230 Fifth

230 5th Ave
(between 26th St & 27th St)
New York, NY 10001
Neighborhood: Flatiron

 

 

Hill Country Chicken

 

1123 Broadway
(between 26th St & 25th St)
New York, NY 10010
Neighborhood: Flatiron
(212) 257-6446

hillcountrychicken.com

 

After the meetup, I went to Hill Country Chicken with few of people whom I met at the meetup.

I would like to try this place again with more people :)

 

 

 

 

DIY; Nail art for holiday and homemade brownies

 

or

Okayu with various toppings

Jook: in Korean

Okayu: in Japanese

Congee: in Japanese

Rice Porridge: in English (?!?)

 

When I was younger, my mom made rice porridge when I'm sick or when I don't have appetite.

Right now, I'm not sick or don't have appetite.

Actually I have heavy appetite and had about 4-5 big meal today with chocolates..

 

I found my rice that I froze about a week ago, and I decided to make rice porridge.

I melted the rice and combined it with fresh soaked water.

My leftover rice was not enough to make the rice.

 

Wash 2 cups of rice and soak it with cold water about 1 hour.

After that, put the rice cooker in Rice Porridge mode.

If yours doesn't have the system, cook it in a deep pot with about 2:5 ratio of soaked rice and water in medium heat.

When you cook the rice on a pot, it will take about 30min.

As a topping, you can topped anything you have on hand.

I prepared salmon flacks, beaten eggs with a pinch of salt, chopped and washed chicken breast, and thinly sliced and chopped carrots.

 

Sauce: soy sauce, sesame oil, shichimi

Make egg scramble

Cook the chicken well.

Cook the carrots with little bit of oil.

 

When the rice is ready, prepare and enjoy.

 I also added some umeboshi as a topping.

Also, when the taste is too bland add the sauce.

Somehow, I can't work with the camera light!!!!

Photography is so difficult.

Shoprite and homemade gyoza for dinner

 

The other day, I heard one of my friend shops at Shoprite. Since then, I always wanted to try this place,and finally, I shopped at Shoprite for the first time.

I was amazed by the vegetable section!

I didn't know they have well organized fresh fruits and vegetables corner.

I bought some vegetables, some pears, a bag of cranberry, a bag of mixed white and red onion, a bag of sliced almond, and a bag of carrots.

I also bought small coke pack, which I didn't plan to get.

Shoprite; I found my grocery shopping place other than Trader Joe's!

 

 

Today's dinner is homemade gyoza~

Sauce: Soy sauce, shichimi, rice vinegar, small drop of sesame oil.

 

Please check out homemade gyoza that I made before too :)

This time, I only used 'store bought' gyoza skin, but please check out my homemade gyoza skin from

http://lalalasophie.blogspot.com/2012/07/i-could-have-just-bought-pre-made-dough.html?q=homemade

 

I only had vegetables so made vegetable gyoza.

 

I made too much, so it took me about little more than an hour to finish them.

I enjoyed my dinner slowly..

I wished I could share this with my friend.. ahhh

Media Theater - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

 

Snowing again.. lalala~

 

Mascara, down..

Shoes, wet..

Hair, wet..

Coat, icy wet..

Hands, froze..

Heart, cold and froze..

 

Media Theater

104 E State St

Media, PA 19063

 (610) 891-0100 

mediatheatre.org

 

2nd FL café..

The building seems like a historic building, because there are so many antique pictures.

I got a pretty nice seat :)

 

The musical was pretty good, but it was short as I've expected.

The musical was a story telling to children, and the story was about Joseph's life from abandoned by 11 brothers to coming back to family with wealth.

 

In Jan 2014, I have another ticket to see Anne Frank.

When I was younger, I used to read Anne Frank Diary many times and recently watched a movie too.

I am very excited to discover how the Media Theater will perform Anne Frank.

Anyways, I was alone but I think I had a pretty good day.

 

Maybe it could be better day if I was with someone, but that's alright.

Time to write my paper... OTL

 

Sandwich bread pizza

Lunch of the day

 

재료: 식빵, oregano, 페페로니, 케챱, 치즈

材料(ざいりょう):食(しょく)パン,oregano、ペペロニ、ケチャプ、チーズ

Ingredients: sandwich bread, oregano, pepperoni, ketchup, Cheese

 

1. Toast the sandwich bread

2. thinly add some ketchup and lightly sprinkle oregano

3. Cook pepperoni on a pan and soak the oil with kitchen towel

4. Top the pepperoni on the bread and add some cheese

5. Toast the bread in the oven until the cheese melts

 

 

 

Nyam nyam nyam nyam ^m^