After much frustration, I finally figured out the system (with Miss Kwon's help!).
We had used the GPS before, but only for local trips, never for a long one, so we didn't realize you needed to callibrate the GPS to the area before you searched. The GPS in my Prius you had to do the same thing, but I never suspected in such a small country you would need to. Goes back to how much information is actually in the Korean GPS system.
Remember, Korean address's are backwards from the way we write them in English. (starts with the "state"/"county" and ends in the "house number")
The example in the video is this address:
In English:
Daelim Tourist Hotel
230-6 Seonhwa-dong
Jung-gu
Daejeon 301-822
Phone: 02-2076-8351
In Korean (한국어):
301-822 대전
중구
선화동 230-6
대림 관광호텔
Script from the video:
This is actually a Galaxy Tab but the program is the same or similar to other Korean GPS programs. (The actual program is called 아이나비)
First, turn on or start up your program. Once you get through the initial start-up questions, click the search button. (0:20-0:24)
Next you'll need to click the specific location button. (0:26)
You'll need to know the address in correct Korean Format, for this example, we're using: 301-822 대전 중구 선화동 230-6 대림 관광호텔
So first, we'll search the list for 대전 (Daejeon) (0:46) Then 중구 (Jung-gu) (0:48) Finally 선화동 (Seonhwa-Dong) (1:04)
This returns you to the search screen. Now we'll type in 대림 (Daelim), the hotel we're looking for. (1:15) Press the search button. (1:23)
The full name of the hotel is 대림 관광호텔 (Daelim Tourist Hotel). We select that option from the list. (1:28)
The GPS shows the total route. The second option from the left cancels the route if you've made a mistake. The button on the far right starts directions from your current location to the destination. (1:47)
The GPS tells you how many kilometers the trip is and what time you'll arrive. (1:54) If you click on that information you'll get even more. (1:56)
Included is the total travel time, total km's etc. Also on this screen, you can cancel your route if you've changed your mind. You can also reverse the route (2:16).
That's about it! Hopefully that helps you out. The most important part is knowing the full, Korean, address and applying it in order. Good luck with that! Hopefully you have a friend who can help if you can't figure it out!
The reason it was so important to figure this out was because we're driving up to the Boryeong Mud Festival this weekend! Woot! Woot! (Mud slip'n'slide?! Yes Please!!!) The Daelim is where we're spending Friday night. I can't wait to report back on some awesome/dirty times!
Picking up where I left off last night.... where was I? hmmmm, oh yeah.
Tapgol Park
Saturday morning we woke up exhausted from our lack of sleep in the Love Motel, but determined to have a great time anyway. We walked out of our motel and saw a pretty park across the street, so we went to Tapgol Park. This park was apparently established in 1890 and is renowned for being the starting point of the March first independent movement in 1919. So they have the Proclamation of Korean Independence engraved and lots of pretty buildings. See?
That was a very short stop. After that we walked towards the metro and saw a McDonald's along the way. Normally I avoid McDonald's in the US or Korea... but this morning I spotted the breakfast menu which had pancakes with real/fake syrup!! I was so excited we had to have McDonald's breakfast. After that we got back to walking and subway riding. We were carrying backpacks with all our stuff for the weekend, so they were pretty heavy but we couldn't check into our next place until 1pm. We headed towards Chandeokgung.
Changdeokgung
I won't go into a deep explanation of the significance of Changdeokgung, but wikipedia will. I'll just say that this is a must see when going to Seoul. It's one of two major palaces that are center-points to Seoul. There are other palaces, but the two we saw on Saturday are the ones to see if you can't see any others.
To get to Changdeokgung, either get off the subway at Jongno 3 and use exit #7 and head strait until you see the palace (about 3 blocks), or use the Anguk station and follow the signs.
It costs 3,000W to tour the palace and there are English tours several times per day. You can tour the palace without a tour, but the tour is very interesting and I think that's what made this my favorite palace of the trip.
Central receiving hall.
King's residence
Section of the palace the royal family lived in during poorer times.
When you get done with the tour of the palace, you can go on a tour of the "Secret Garden" or rear garden. This is wonderful and I highly recommend it. It costs 5,000W and you have to go with a tour group, they don't let you into the garden. There are English tours twice a day at 11:30 and 14:00, I assume you can go on a tour that speaks Korean or Japanese, but you should try to go on the English tour, because it is so interesting. We went on the 10:30am tour of the palace which ends right before the 11:30am tour of the garden so you can do both. We lucked out as we didn't plan it that way.
The secret garden was soooo beautiful. This tour alone lasted about 1.5 hours.
Ma Ma Guesthouse
After this it was 1pm and we could start trying to check into a traditional guest house. We found one on the internet, but when we went and called, they were full. There was another guest house next door, but it was full too. They were so nice though, they said they knew of another guest house we could go to. Not only that but the proprietress actually told us to get into her car with her and she'd take us there. It was actually only a couple blocks away to the Ma Ma Guesthouse where they only had 1 more opening for the night.
I cannot emphasize enough how much we enjoyed our stay there. For those who don't know, staying in a guesthouse is staying in a traditional style Korean house. Which means sleeping on a futon on the floor. If you're lucky (and we were) you get a room with a bathroom attached, otherwise you share a communal bathroom.
Several pictures of the courtyard and a picture of the double room we stayed in. You can see our bathroom in the right corner. Some of the rooms have air conditioning, some don't. Ours didn't, but we were very comfortable. And like all traditional Korean houses, the floors are heated in the winter.
These pictures were taken from the Tea House across the street. Such a nice peaceful neighborhood. Only two blocks away from the Jogno 3 station (#7 exit and head strait), another block up is Changdeokgung. Notice all the flags on the sign? I think that means he speaks all those languages, he certainly spoke English well. These pictures are for your reference so you'll recognize it when you see it. :D
We could come in at anytime, we stayed out and drank a little (not too late, we wanted to get up and do stuff the next morning) and were told that we were "so early" when we got in at 11pm. I'm sure they don't mind the late night partier's as long as your respectful when you come back, the proprietors live there too after-all. In the morning, they fed us breakfast which included a hearty nut-bread toast, peanut butter, strawberry jam, hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, oranges, orange juice, and coffee. We ate a lot and they seemed disappointed we didn't eat more, lol. So don't feel shy.
If you want to book here, don't count on there being an open spot, we were lucky to get the last one. Book ahead of time. Print this picture and take it with you, in the right hand corner are directions for a taxi driver if you have to get one. But remember, don't take the Black taxis!
The first # is a cell phone, this is mainly for if you get to the guest house and you're locked out (during the day), the proprietor has gone on an errand and will hurry back to let you in. If you get back late at night, and it's locked, you just knock and they'll let you in. You should call the other numbers to book a room.
In case you're interested, the neighborhood around the guest house (Jogno-Gu) is very nice. There are a lot of cultural stores to window shop at, or really shop if you plan on spending a lot of money to buy a hanbok, or a traditional Korean drum. There is also a coffee shop next door (on the way to Jogno station) and a Tea Shop across the street, which is very nice to sit at and relax in the afternoon at the outdoor seating drinking an ice tea and watching people walk by.
Down by Jogno station is a whole another world at night time. Filled with food shops and drinking, it's a lot of fun if you want to experience how Koreans drink. Get some buchimgae (Korean Pancake), Makkeolli, maybe some Soju, sit outside and enjoy the people passing by as you chat and maybe get to know the people eating and drinking next to you.
If you're looking for a more american bar experience, Itaewon is only a couple stops away and has normal bars, though they are really expensive (7,000W beer anyone?). Make sure you catch the train back before midnight or you're prepared to pay the 5,000W-10,000W or so it will take to get back by taxi. (Don't take a black taxi!! and bring your directions with you so you can give it to the taxi driver if needed.)
Anyway, back to Ma Ma Guesthouse. They just opened so they don't have a website yet, otherwise I could recommend it to you. It cost us 80,000W/night, which for a holiday weekend seemed to be what everyone was charging. It might be less at other times, we didn't ask. The proprietors were so nice to us, so accommodating, it was such a wonderful experience, so close to the palaces, night life and a nice quiet neighborhood, we're already planning on staying there when we go back to do a tour of the DMZ (DMZ tours were all booked this weekend by the time we got around to it). We recommend Ma Ma Guesthouse to anyone.
Heck, while I was writing this, they called to let us know they had found my sunglasses and would we like them to mail them to us. lol. (Oh, yeah, I lost my sunglasses at the restaurant where the wife works, or she owns, I'm never clear on relationships in Korean restaurants.) We said no thank you, they're cheap, we'll pick them up when we come back to Seoul and stay with them. :D
Lunch
Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the restaurant where we ate lunch, but don't worry the Ma Ma Guesthouse can direct you there. It was good, and we had a traditional Korean dish we had not tried yet:
I also don't remember the name of this dish (I know I'm a failure as a blogger, I should have been taking notes. At the time, I was just hungry!), but I do remember what was in it: a Cornish hen (or chicken the size of a Cornish hen), stuffed with sweet rice, onions, figs, and ginseng. The ginseng was pretty intense, but it definitely gave us energy after getting almost no sleep the night before and walking since early morning. This was a very non-spicy dish, almost bland. Shannon and I actually started munching on hot peppers to liven it up. ;)
And this is a shot of Ginseng alcohol. I'm not sure if this came with the meal or if they just gave it to us (see how the Miguks like this!). It was intense but good. It gave you a rush a little like Red-Bull and vodka but without the dangerous caffeine.
Gyeongbokgung www.royalpalace.go.kr
After lunch we walked, yes walked, we walked everywhere!, to Gyeongbok palace. Which is the #1 thing to see when going to Seoul. If only because it's so awe-inspiring.
It costs 3,000W, for adults, to tour this palace as well and it's self guided or you can take a tour. English tours start at 11:00, 13:30. and 15:30. Unfortunately, we were right in the middle about 2:30, so we didn't catch a tour this time, we just went on our own.
You can exit Anguk station and walk the 2 or 3 city blocks to the palace, or you can take the subway to Gyeongbokgung station -line #3- use exit #5, OR (so many options) you can take the subway to Ganghwamun station -line #5- and use exit #2.
Shannon in front of the main part of the palace. It's huge!!
The throne room!
Ok, I didn't even get done with Saturday this time. I still have our evening to go over, Sunday and Monday, so stay tuned for more parts to this posting.
I might have a job. Albeit a very part time job. 2 hours a week to be exact. Our friend Andy Jungkyun (see below for his new contribution to every post), mentioned to our favorite restaurant owner that I would be interested in tutoring any Korean children she might know. She said she would think about it and asked that same lunch if I would be interested in tutoring 2 young children twice a week. Neat!
We're still working out the details, but I'm really excited. I've never taught children before. I'm looking for ideas/suggestions from my teacher friends out there. It's 1 hour after school twice a week. One child is a little girl, about kindergarten age. The other is a 7 year old boy. I've been told they can recognize their ABC's but not pronounce them and they can say stuff like "Hi" and "Thank you!" (You know, like what I can say in Korean, ha!)
Flash Cards package. You can't see the top right very well (dang you flash!), but it has "Ee - elephant - 코끼리" neat!
The first 2 pages of the starter Student Book and the first two pages of the starter Workbook.
The first 2 pages of the 1 Student Book and the first two pages of the 1 Workbook.
My initial thought was to use both books, but assign work to the 5 year old and the 7 year old respectively. The Koreans tend to be very modest and the 7 year olds mom (our favorite restaurant owner) speaks really really good English and she mentioned before that she's been teaching her son, I have a feeling he'll catch on really quickly even though she says he knows nothing. I also think a 7 year old boy would be offended by some of the more baby themes in the Starter book.
Both books come with CD's with songs to sing too, which is fun. (That's what all the words are about in the beginning, they're lyrics to follow along once they know the song.) Lots of coloring and puzzles and learning.
But final decision will be with the parents on books. I can always take them back, though they only had one set of each so I would have to order a second set of whichever one.
To start with, I have an idea about learning 3 letters a day and things that go with the letters. Then they can color a sheet of paper with a letter and something that starts with the letter and make a book to take home eventually. I know with little ones I can't just do one activity per hour though, that I have to switch it up often. I've been googling but I am definitely looking for suggestions.
This is after school, in addition to all their other school work, so I want it to be fun, light (so they aren't burnt out and uncooperative) while still learning.
I've really enjoyed taking photos ever since I arrived in Korea. (I've never been a really big photo person before this, I swear.... on our Honeymoon, Shannon and I had to make a resolution, yes, a resolution to take at least 1 photo together (as a couple) every day, in Hawaii! We still missed 1 day I think. Still, that shows how much we're not typically picture people. We both are usually like, "You take pictures" "No, you take pictures, I don't want to carry the camera" "Meh, guess we're not getting any pictures". But since we've been here I've pretty much monopolized the camera, with Shannon occasionally saying "make sure you get a picture of that!" Ok, side story over.)
Since I've been so enraptured with temples and mountains and cherry blossoms and ocean and all the beautiful stuff around me, I've actually taken the time to tweak some of my more awesome photos. This is just part 1, I have so many awesome photos I'll have to blog more after I edit them.
Gwangalli Beach at night. I was told the words being projected on the sand was a poem.
Haeundae park.
Jin-ha Beach and Island (10 minutes north of our apartment!)
Early spring, flower barely peaking out!
Valley on the way to Moonsoosa.
Mountain view with pine tree.
Cherry blossoms outside our apartment.
Wind-swept tree on a mountain.
Approaching Moonsoosa.
Path down.
Moonsoosa bell tower coming down from the peak.
I couldn't decide which one I liked best, with or without color. Gwangan beach.
If you're wondering how I edit my pictures, I swear it's just Microsoft Picture Editor. I don't own any sweet editing program (though I wish I did). This is just cropping, enhancing color (or getting rid of color) and playing with shadows and highlights.
I've actually taken so many photos at this point, there might be a part 2 tomorrow or later this week, just so I can catch up. :D
Feel free to use my photos anywhere you want to. Just please link back to my site if it's on the web, and let me know... I'd love to know you liked my photos enough to use them somewhere!
Sunday, we hiked to the peak of this mountain- Geunjeongsan. Though I didn't blog about it, a couple of weekends ago we went to Beomeosa temple. It's a very large temple and a very busy tourist attraction. It's on the Geunjeongsan mountain, but we didn't hike up the mountain last time. There are a lot of hiking trails behind Beomeosa, but we really wanted to go to the peak - Godangbong.
Why? There were lots of reasons, it's the highest peak around, it's all rocky and cool looking, it overlooks a large fortress, and it has a golden spring - Geumseam.
Geumseam is a naturally formed cavity on top of a granite boulder standing off a cliff. According to the legend a golden fish came down from the world of Brahma on a 5 colored cloud and took residence in the golden fountain. The fountain is said never to run dry and the color of the water is always gold. The name of the mountain and the Beomeo temple [Beomeosa] originated from that legend. - Wikipedia
Shannon checking to see if it's really gold. Conclusion- not really, just dirty. Maybe on a less cloudy day it reflects gold or something.
But I'm getting a little ahead of myself. First, we walked about 3 very steep km until we saw this:
It was .3km to the top at this point. This wasn't just hiking, we had signed up for a little bit of rock climbing while we were at it. You can barely see it in this picture, but there are platforms and steps up there. But not to get up to the rock. We have no idea how they built the platforms on the top of the rock without building an easier method of getting up the rock. By getting up the rock, I mean there were points where ropes were attached to the rocks to help you climb.
It was rough, especially for me as I have never claimed to be in shape, but it was totally worth it.
For this gorgeous view. That's the huge fortress wall front and center and Haeundae beach and the Gwangan bridge at the upper right. It was a little hazy that day, dang China Yellow Dust.
For anyone here in Korea, looking to do this hike. Go to the Beomeosa temple, continue to walk up hill (follow the other people), then you'll see signs, stay on the main path and follow the signs to Godangbong, the peak. Once you're at the peak, you can actually go a whole bunch of different ways. Make sure you keep track of the way back to Beomeosa, or you could end up hiking to the fortress or somewhere else instead. There are picture signs pointing the way to the Gold fountain, Geumseam. If you're slow like me, but faster then a lot of the Koreans (they like to take breaks and picnic and stuff, I'm jealous, I can't bring myself to stop for more then a couple minutes at a time), it will take you about 1.5 hours to reach the peak. Bring some water and plan on working hard, this is not easy walk!
Last weekend, we were trying to have adventures but kept having misadventures instead.
On Saturday, we woke up super late (Noribang kicked our butt the night before!), puttered around and finally decided we didn't want to do any hard core hiking so we'd go to the Haedong Yonggungsa Temple... or as Shannon and I have been calling it, the Temple on the Sea.
First, we got lost, but we found this old fortress along the way, Gijangeupseong Fortress.
This fortress was built by the Japanese when they invaded Korea in 1590something. Obviously the Koreans haven't felt any urge to preserve it (who would?), so it's really just stone walls piled on top of one another. Nice views from the top though!
We got back on the road after this, and we got the GPS to work so we didn't get lost again. You're probably thinking "Why didn't they use GPS to begin with?" Did I mention that the GPS is in Korean? We're trying people!
Finally, we ended up at the Temple on the Sea, only to suddenly recall that Buddha Birthday celebrations were still on going. So this very beautiful temple, very close to Busan and Gijang, was packed. When we were parking I spotted this awesome couple. [Thank you to Kaori for introducing me to the matching couple concept, without you I probably wouldn't have noticed them!]
Shannon is super embarrassed when I take pictures of matching couples. My arguments- #1 If they didn't want the attention, they wouldn't dress that way, it obviously takes a lot of planning. #2 My picture is taken all the time because I'm Caucasian and I'm not angry or upset about it. Win!
When we walked down to the temple, this is what we found:
Good lord it's crowded!
But totally worth it, it's sooo beautiful... one of the few photos I managed to get with no people in it.
The next day, we got up at a decent time and we wanted to go see the Geumjeongsanseong Fortress. We grabbed some lunch and started driving. We didn't bother trying to use the GPS because we knew there would be signs. Well, we must have missed a sign because soon we were in downtown Busan. We found a place to turn around and decided we just wanted to hike afterall. We drove back to Beomosa Temple, got out and started walking. We stopped at a trail map and Shannon said he really just wanted to see that fortress. So we hiked back and got back in the car. We messed around with that GPS and got it to give us directions to the fortress this time. 3 hours after lunch we finally made it to the fortress.
This is a huge Korean fortress built in 1703 (after the Korean and Chinese invasions, the Koreans decided to mount a better defense), it was destroyed during the Japanese occupation (1910-1945). In 1972 it began to be restored.
Since we didn't have much time - Shannon had to go into work Sunday evening :P-, we only hiked to a command post. This command post had recently been restored. (or rather, reconstructed on site)
I assume there was less growth back in the day so the generals could view and command battle, you couldn't see much of the surrounding countryside because of all the trees.
However, you could see this...
Dang-it, that's where we wanted to hike!!!
Maybe this weekend or the weekend after, when we're not having such a run of bad luck. -.-;;;
Last week we went screen golfing! This is hard core virtual golf. They give you sets of clubs and you get to pick your course and level (easy, normal, hard). You can also drink and some places you can eat.
Screen golfing is super popular in Korea. There aren't many golf courses in Korea because they just don't have the space. And those courses that do exist are very expensive to get into. South Korean Golf Courses
In fact, at least one of the courses I looked at had a maximum handicap to play. So terrible players like Shannon and I could never get in. There is an abundance of driving ranges and screen golf though.
For a mere 12,000W you can play 18 holes of screen golf.
Here's a short video of Shannon finishing a hole of screen golf. By finishing I mean this is his last stroke before he makes double par and the game kicks him out.
WARNING! I say F*c% at the 9second mark. Not safe for work or kiddies unless you have the volume turned down or you skip that part.
Poor Shannon, Doug and I were making fun of him. But I chose this video because it shows how cool the setup is. Shannon's got a real club, he presses a button to have it set up the ball for him. It's got cameras and sensors so it knows which way the ball went. It really runs into the tree that's in Shannon's way. And it penalizes him if he goes out of bounds (which is how Shannon had gotten to the double par at this point).
If you're interested in more information about Korean golf, these articles are pretty interesting. (Though I'm sure not as entertaining as us mocking Shannon.)
Last week I posted about Noribangs. We went to a really nice one this last week with friends and I took some awesome video.
******Disclaimer- we were all pretty drunk by this point, also my laughing is very loud because I'm holding the camera (and my laugh is always loud).
This nice Noribang was high up, I don't remember what floor, but for once it was not in a basement. And had real bathrooms!! They do exist! I don't remember how expensive it was, it might have been pretty expensive. And we all agreed that the attenders (the people that assigned us our room, made sure we knew where we were going, got us food and alcohol and got the karaoke machine going for us) were waaay overly eager to do their job. In an almost scary way. By my 4th trip to the bathroom- hey I have a small bladder, especially when I'm drinking, leave off!-, I knew where I was going, but I was still escorted by a very excited attender.
See how excited this girl is? What she's really doing is smiling real big thinking "stop taking pictures in the hall and get into your room!!" Oh yeah, they gave us lollipops when we walked in, neat! Or maybe this is when we were leaving, I can't remember... again, we were pretty drunk by this point!
Roy's picking out what sweet song he's going to sing! YeonSil and Doug and singing their hearts out. I would like to reiterate that I love this type of Karaoke. The bench seating, big table, drinking with your group of friends. It's very comfortable. We rented the room for 2 hours and it flew by.
Best song of the night!! Notice how when I ask Shannon why he's holding the mic like that, he says, "Cause I'm gangsta." lolololololol, Awesome, just awesome.
For more awesome Noribang videos, and others, visit my YouTube channel, here.
After this we went to another bar and then finally called it quits at about 3:30am. Walked back to the car and went home. We told Andy to drink but he insisted on sober driving, so once again we didn't get to try out a Representative Driver. Someday we will all drink and get a Representative Driver.
Ok, this isn't Engrish, it's just funny. Wheelchair racing? Yes please!
I didn't want to unfold it, that's just rude. So it actually says "A moment of a black magic".... If they had ever seen Super Troupers, they'd know it was Brown Magic. ;)
It is?!? I'll have to visit next time I'm in the states!
Once again, subliminal messaging. Awesome Pub indeed! (Thanks for looking awesome in this pic Doug and Roy!)
Shannon thinks I'm reading too much into this one... Really? Do you think I am? :D This would have only been better if it had been on the head of some poor unsuspecting Korean.
I would like to reiterate that I'm sure Americans' use of Japanese Characters in T-shirts, decorations, etc, are just as bad as these. And that the Koreans actually use a lot of English correctly in their signs, T-shirts, etc. But those aren't funny, so they don't go on here. ;)
Wednesday night, our Korean Teacher (short summary for those who might not know, Shannon's company requires each of us take 100 hours of Korean language lessons, which Shannon and I are very enthused about, though Shannon is already much better then I am... Damn his memorization skillz) offered to teach me how to make Kimbap, Korean Sushi. Of course, I accepted!
So, here's my first attempt at Kimbap!! Mine are a little bit flat and the rice didn't go all the way around. My squeezing and cutting techniques are seriously lacking.
So what's in Kimbap? Well, this Kimbap has ham, fishcake, pickled radish, some sort of root, and cooked spinach, wrapped in rice and seaweed!
Miss Kwon and me! Miss Kwon is an expert at making rice. I could not believe how good this rice was. She made this rice in a pot that was not intended to make rice and then even made the crusty stuff at the bottom which is her favorite. And it didn't burn or anything!
I told her about my previous rice cooking experiences, which have all resulted in terrible half-cooked rice and ruined pots. She said I should stick to an electric rice cooker in the future. >.< lol. I'm glad I already own one!
We even convinced Shannon to try making a couple rolls, lol!
Kimbap Instructions
The ham, fish cakes, pickled radishes, and brown root all come pre-made for Kimbap (pre-sliced in long skinny pieces for Kimbap). Spinach should be bought fresh. The seaweed comes in sheets.
Clean, soak, and cook your rice (if you're not as skilled as Miss Kwon I recommend a rice cooker). After cooked, add sesame seed oil, stir in.
Cook your pre-made fish cake thingies in your sautee pan with lots of soy sauce and some sugar. (Miss Kwon kept stressing to make all the fillings salty so they'll taste good inside the Kimbap) Put to the side.
Wash your fresh spinach. Put a little bit of water in a pot, bring to a boil. Put your spinach in the pot and cook till cooked. Take out and put on a plate, rinse with cold water. (This will make it stay green) Pour Sesame seed oil on and Salt.
Cook your pre-made ham in the Sautee pan. This doesn't need any soy sauce or salt.
Get everything out to start rolling. Use your bamboo roller thing, put a sheet of seaweed on it. Put rice on half the seaweed sheet, using plastic gloves will make this easier. Stack your fillings, Miss Kwon says at least 3 fillings, but as many more as you want. We used all 5. User your roller bamboo thing and roll it up halfway. Squeeze the rice around and out. Miss Kwon is great at this, Shannon and I suck. We'll have to practice more. Use some rice on the edge of the seaweed sheet like glue if you need to, roll all the way. Take the bamboo roller away and slice the roll.
Kimbap, yay!!
Thank you Miss Kwon!! I hope I can replicate these in the future! (And that they'll taste almost as good!)
