What Square Fish Cake Looks Like and is Made of

This is a fish cake I often use in a stir fry.
I bought this pack for about 1700 won. But fish cake prices range from 800 to 3000 won.

What it is made of and how it is made.

It is usually made of yellow corvenia (a type of fish) or squid. (Oily fish isn’t good to make fish cake.) The squashed fish flesh is kneaded with some salt, sugar, starch, and cooking wine then, steamed or fried.

fish cakefish cake 1 sheet

Fish Cake Stir Fry (Eomuk-Japchae in Korean)

I had some fish cake left over after cooking Ddeokbokki the other day.
It is quite a common side dish in Korea but I haven’t cooked this way before. Though it turned out much better than I expected.

Ingredients for 2 people
(expected preparation time :7 minutes, cooking time :5 minutes)

  • Square fish cake 2 sheetseomuk fry ingredients
  • 1/4 each of a red capsicum and a yellow capsicum
  • 1/2 an onion
  • 1/4 a carrot
  • 1/5 a zucchini
  • Some olive oil

-Seasoning sauce (mix these together in a bowl):

  • Soy sauce -1 tbsp
  • Corn syrup -1 tbsp
  • Refined rice wine -1 tsp
  • 1 small size squashed garlic
  • Sesame oil – 1 tsp

-Preparationeomuk fry preparation

  1. Thin slice all the vegetables.
  2. Parboil the fish cake (for my husband, that means boil it very briefly). (To get rid of its oil :This is a new tip I learned yesterday.)
  3. Thin slice the fish cake.

-Cooking

eomuk stir frying process
  1. Pre heat the wok for about 20 seconds.
  2. Put some olive oil into the wok.
  3. Add all the vegetables (except capsicums)
  4. Stir it for about 3 minutes.
  5. Add capsicums and fish cake.
  6. Stir it for about 2 minutes.
  7. Add the seasoning sauce and stir it for about 1 minute.
  8. Serve it on the plate.
Eomuk

 

Tips :
I add some rice next to this dish and add some tomato sauce (ketchup)
It turned out to be a good, quick, and simple meal.

eomuk on rice

How to Become a Member at Outback Steakhouse as a Foreigner in Korea

Update: Below information is no longer valid.

About 3 weeks ago, I went to Outback Steak House with my husband and some foreign friends. When I ordered, I asked for an individual bill for us. We got the bill after the meals and it was amazing how we all were full, yet our (me and my husband) bill was very different to other couples. That is because I was a member and the other foreigners weren’t. (By the way, it doesn’t cost any money to become a member.)

There are 2 main benefits if you are a member of Outback steak House in Korea.

  • You can get a Birthday coupon and with that you can get a free appetizer (with one meal minimum purchase). You can choose one amongst Bloomin’ Onion, Coogee Bay Calamari, and Rangeland rib lets
    (You can get this birthday coupon once a year, but you can use it any time you want. They also send you some free coupons occasionally.)
  • If you are married, on your wedding anniversary you can get 2 glasses of free drinks (Pick from Soda, Beer, or Wine)

When I got home I visited the Outback Steak House website to find some information about membership for foreigners. Surprisingly they had an English web page, but it didn’t have any information about membership or any other Event promotions.

I finally found out how to become a member, as a foreigner, at the FAQ on the Korean web page, though I wondered how many foreigners can read that FAQ to become a member. So I am going to tell you how to become a member at Outback Steak House in Korea, so if you want, just do what I say now. (They ask for a lot of information, but that is common for all website registrations in Korea.)

 

Outback food
*Send your information below to contactus@outback.co.kr then they will reply by e-mail. These are all supposedly required (especially 1-5, 9, and 10)
  1. Your e-mail address (It will be your ID on the website. So you can’t change it later.)
  2. Password (English and Numbers 6-8 letters)
  3. Foreigner Registration Number
  4. Name
  5. Birth Date
  6. Single or Married / If married wedding anniversary
  7. Final Education
  8. Occupation
  9. Address and Post code
  10. Phone number
  11. Mobile phone number
  12. Name of Local Outback Steak House you often go to
  13. Number of times you have visited that shop
  14. Subscribe to the News letter (Choose Yes or No)

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