I Love SUSHI!!!!!

I love sushi. That's all there is to this post. I love it so much that I took the liberty of posting all the things I found on the internet that I wish I had all relating to sushi!!! YUM!!! **WARNING** --A lot of pictures up ahead------------**pictures are also linked to their original website**......** Enjoy!**.......

A sushi maker kit

Sushi pillow

Handmade sushi play box kit

Sushi staplers

Sushi necklace

Sushi pillow

Sushi t-shirts

A cool seat for any house!! If I owned a restaurant, everybody would be sitting on these!!

Sushi bracelet

A cute sushi soap kit

The bento play kit

Sushi pillow

How cute are these house slippers??? 

Anthony's uncle has this too!!! I want one!! :(clock)

A sushi kitchen timer

Fashionable sushi earrings

More sushi soap....

sushi coffee cup

A sushi bathroom rug

Wow!! Talk about talented! This should've been served on his election day...hehe

For a man's best-friend

The perfect Halloween costume for your dog!

Cute sushi charms

Sushi tape

A sliding sushi pen

I love these! Great wine charms! ^_^ 

Now this is a little strange.....men's sushi cologne??? Hmmmm..I don't know about that??

No kisses here please! Might burn my lips off!!

Sushi earphones

Sushi pen

Sushi snack, anyone?

Just what my computer needs!!!

I wonder how many people actually own a pair of these?

This will go perfect with my sushi rug!!( that i wish I had.....) ^_^

Yum!!! The nails add a little artistic flair to the product..haha

I hope this didn't make you hungry?? If so, go out and get some sushi and indulge!! Make sure when you eat it you're thinking of me!!! Hehehe!

Ra Ra Oh La La......

Today I went out with the girls to Ra Sushi restaurant. The Korean interns were craving sushi so we took them out into the town.....................I think we go out for sushi once every other week. :D It's my weakness and soooo darn good!!!! YUM!!!

Our "evil eye" accessories :D

RA has the best las vegas roll ever!!! And only $6 for their happy hour! Yeah, baby!!

Korean pose time!! ^_^

We love sushi!!!

Extra Credit for the daily double please.....

My Korean class is going o-k-a-y I would say. I'm pretty sure I'm not one of my teacher's "favorites" but I don't mind. That just means she doesn't pick on me as often to do the oral participation. *whew* She did, however, offer an extra credit project to the class. Anyone that would like to do a presentation pertaining to the Korean culture at all would get an extra 2% on their final grade. Heck yeah!! I jumped on that offer!!


I think deep down my teacher was hoping I'd do something (knowing that I'm half Korean myself and also the fact that Anthony's mother goes to church with her!! I HAD to show myself worthy...haha)


What was my presentation you may ask? Well, it had to do with my love and obsession with food, and of course Korean food especially. Now, what was I to bring? Especially something that was cheap but enough to feed a class of 25-30 students?


I got it!!! Mandu!!! Yep. Everybody loves mandu...aka..gyoza..aka... potstickers..aka..yumminess!! Yes, that was my extra credit for today.....Although Anthony's mom wasn't around to make it homemade I still had the Korean market!

The  dumplings come frozen but only takes 5 minutes to make. Just fry them for 1 minute and then cover with 2 tbsp of water and steam for 4 minutes.

The results are nice steamed and chewy mandu. The flavor is just like any Korean mandu you'll come across at a restaurant or street vendor.

To add to the mandu I even made chojang! I was making sure my extra credit was a full 2%....maybe even leaning towards 3%... ^_^ 

 

How to make chojang, you ask? Well, here's my top secret recipe that's surely good enough to impress anybody!!

You'll need------

6 tbsp soy sauce

3 tbsp rice vinegar (or regular will do as well)

1 tsp of sugar

1 tsp red pepper flakes

1/2 a tsp of seasme oil

1 tsp sesame seeds

1 dash of garlic powder

(1 tsp of green onions are optional)

Combine all the ingredients and mix!! That's it! Now you got yourself some fancy potsticker sauce.... ^_^

Jakopičevo sprehajališče, Tivoli, Ljubljana

Park Tivoli, Ljubljana

Park Tivoli as seen from the Tivoli castle. The statue of the two dancers symbolize sexuality. This promenade is called Jakopičevo sprehajališče and it was arranged by Jože Plečnik, the most famous and important Slovenian architect. I took this photo in spring of 2005.

[My Slovenia page][My Ljubljana page][Photos by MKL, 2005]

Trip to Ljubljana, 2006

A walk around the Slovenian capital

Stolnica, Ljubljana's cathedral.

It was a warm and partly cloudy May day in 2006, when I decided to go on a short trip with my (now ex) girlfriend to Ljubljana. We had a nice walk from north to south and enjoyed some beautiful impressions of the city. She really liked Ljubljana, which is interesting, since she wasn't from here. I guess Ljubljana is beautiful to many foreigners. And rightfully so, it's a marvelous city after all.

Enjoy some impressions of that day:

The Franciscan church on Prešeren sqaure.

Tromostovje or The Three Bridges.

Stolnica or the cathedral of Ljubljana.

The Kresija palace closeup.

Stolnica and the Ljubljana castle.

Walking along Ljubljanica.

The arcades made by Plečnik near Kresija palace.

Mestni trg or Town square.

Ljubljanica river again.

Kranjski deželni dvorec is today the seat of University of Ljubljana.

The City hall of Ljubljana.

[My Slovenia page][My Ljubljana page][All photos by MKL, 2006]