June 12, 2010

The First Win!

Midfielder Park Ji-sung gave South Korea a 2-0 lead. (AP)

World Cup is "the most popular sports event on earth." Moreover, it is like a time machine to me because the past events in my life is often recalled by the memories World Cup games. It works just like the greatest-hit songs. This is why "hit me baby one more time" reminds me of my junior high (a bad example though). Anyway, I am impressed that Korea had its first win in World Cup 2010 against Greece, who was once the European Champion. Especially watching the BEAUTIFUL second goal by Park felt like a pint of ice-cold beer after 5K in mid-summer. Go Red Devils!

Luce and her family in Jacksonville.

I visited my cousin Luce last Christmas. She is a wonderful wife and mother, but most importantly, she is a great cook. She is busy working so cannot afford too much time for a family dinner. Her recipes are simple, yet they are healthy and blends together well without losing individual taste of each recipes. It took a while to get a tube of wasabi paste, a key ingredient to her best dish, and I am finally trying this out.

Udon Noodle Salad
adapted from Kitchen Lab(serving 1 person)
  • Udon noodle
  • 2 oz spring mix
  • 1/2 tomato
  • 3-4 stems asparagus
  • 4-5 cocktail shrimps, cooked
  • 4 tsp soy sauce
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp vinegar
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 2 tsp rice wine-vinegar (미림)
  • 4 tsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp wasabi paste
  1. Mix all the sauces in a bowl. Make sure wasabi is completely dissolved.
  2. Cut up the tomato into a few pieces.
  3. Steam the asparagus for 4 min or microwave for 30 sec. Cool down.
  4. Heat a pot of water. When water starts to boil, add the udon noodles and boil for 4 more min. Drain water and rinse with cold water.
  5. Put spring mix, udon noodles, and prepared dressing from #1 into a salad bowl and mix.
  6. Decorate the dish with tomato, asparagus, and shrimps.
Wasabi salad dressing

udon noodles were thinner than I expected but it blends better with salads

added a few droplets of ginger dressing on asparagus

1 comment:

  1. hey....
    wow....
    looking better than i thought.
    the difference is i used already cooked noodle.
    using ginger dressing is great idea. i'll try it.

    that is the only one picture of me????

    keep doing, it's fun.

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