uhā¦ Double bingo! I couldnāt get full bingo becauseā¦
I am not sure what,
āUses Viki/Kiss Asian to watchā means.
Does SAT posts mean the Saturday neilsen ratings?
Have not started a skincare routine. lol
I donāt CRAVE Kimchi but I do have some instant Kimchee ramen.
What does Downloaded the āOSTā mean?
and NO, I do not have high expectations about love after watching K-dramas! I Mean, guys treating me like crap and then giving me Dead fish kisses are SOOOOooooo NOT appealing! I would not like my hubby to kiss me like that. (Though I did tease my hubby one time by singing, āRoll, roll, roll in the hayā (Young Frankenstein reference) He cracked up. (It almost killed the mood. )
and no. I have not followed the actors on instagram. I donāt have instagram. Instead I follow them on YouTube.
I donāt have high expectations about love from Kdramas - they are often more dysfunctional than what I would want from an actual relationship.
I didnāt start a 10-step, but a 5 / 6 step skincare routine, unrelated to Kdramas haha
I do drink soju because Iāve seen it in Korean dramas, and I still drink it from time to time, but I donāt know if it counts (I drink it maybe once or twice a year? Especially when there is a new flavor I havenāt tried yet, but honestly, I prefer makgeolli).
I first tried it out of interest in Korea in general, not particularly because of its dramas. And I canāt say I drink it regularly, cause itās not even available in my town. In the closest bigger city there is an Asian supermarket who used to have it, until they didnāt anymore and from then on the Asian restaurant in the same city (not the only Asian restaurant, but most others donāt have Korean food) was the only place to occasionally drink soju ā¦ for 12,50 euros per bottle! And right now even that is not an option.
I like makgeolli too. At least the Asian supermarket still had that (last time I was there anyway).
Oh that sucks. Iām lucky that I have a Korean grocery in the city or that I can order it online. 12,50 is too expensive, especially considering it only costs 4.50 / 5.50 euros the last time I checked (makgeolli has become scarce though) I have the same thing with sake ~ Iāve learned how to taste the different rankings of sake at a tasting workshop from an Japanese brewery and I know what it costs to buy it here. But when I see the prices at certain restaurants, and itās not even the good sake, I refuse to buy it Iād rather buy it from the retailer itself, but then the higher quality ones
makgeolli is a rice wine like sake? hmmmm I donāt drink at all. canāt stand the taste of most hooch, but I DO like sake. (cactus juice [tequila] and sake likes me a bit too much and will put me under the table fast so I have to tip toe around the stuff and say NO Thank youā¦ )
Like @mirjam_465 said, it is a rice wine, but the taste is different than sake. Itās also not clear like sake, but has a creamy consistency. The taste is definitely different than sake, and has this slight sourness to it. Itās the perfect combo with ājeonā - Korean rƶstiās or pancakes.
Haha, first time I had it I didnāt shake it so it was clear until I got to the white sludge at the bottom.
Personally I would argue that sake is more like beer (though tastier) and makgeolli more like wine.
I used to eat kimchi jeon as ābanchanā at that restaurant I talked about earlier, but they donāt serve makgeolli, so I drank either soju or sake with it.
Donāt you mean the opposite? makgeolli is fizzy, although less than beer.
At the workshop I heard the phrase that sake was like wine and should actually be evaluated as if you were evaluating wine, because of the different layers of flavor.
I forget what itās called, but if you only drink the clear part of the makgeolli (because the sludge has been filtered out) it has a different name. They sell it like that as well, although, not here.
Iām now trying to remember whether my makgeolli was fizzy ā¦ God, itās way too long ago, hahaha! But I do think it tasted like wine. More or less.
Yeah, I tried to make the nuruk (the āstarterā) at home, since I canāt buy it anywhere here. But till now I have failed Ah, humid house.
I was saving up for some fermentation equipment, so I could have a more controlled environment to do my fermentation experiments in, but had to use that money when multiple appliances broke .
I havenāt even gotten to the part of making the makgeolli
The nuruk is the dried starter that you pour into your rice mix and let pre-ferment before you start making the actual makgeolli. Itās a culture of different bacteria that gets attracted to a āballā of either broken wheat or rice made with very little moisture. You can make this starter from scratch, but depending on your climate / location / etc., you might not attract the right type of bacteria, which is happening in my house.
Iāve already tried different methods and different times of the year and I know from experience that itās difficult to make ferments in my house if I donāt use a starter, which is why I prefer to buy them if they are available Itās okay though. If I ever find the starter or get the right equipment, I can start those projects again. No hurry and plenty of other things to try making from scratch