Look at this pretty little sushi, but like some movies or fairy tales that have a pretty woman that always turn out to be the evil one, I needed to be more careful when I tasted this sushi. The sushi tried to harm and threaten my life. It was my fault of course, because I am the one who made it. I just wanted to enjoy a relaxing solo lunch, but it didn’t quite work out like that.
Generally I love the taste of wasabi (Japanese horseradish). While I was squeezing the wasabi tube, I didn’t realized that I was squeezing it too much. I made 10 pieces of sushi and after taking some pictures, I tried the first piece. It was good but not excellent (I didn’t put any effort in this food because I wasn’t sharing it with anyone else). Then I tried the second piece and it started to burn my mouth and nose straightaway. I somehow managed to cope and then tried the third piece, then the pretty sushi’s evil plan was revealed.
My eyes and nose started to water and I could barely open my eyes. It was so painful but I continued to try the next pieces of sushi, because I had to complete my mission, which was finishing the sushi without wasting them. The forth and fifth were the worst of all. I couldn’t even swallow them. I had to spit them out and drank lots and lots of water.
Though the first thing I cared was the caviar. You know how expensive those eggs are. (US $7.40 for 250g) I was crying out, Oh~ my precious caviar~rrr. I was so sad, because I had to abandon those precious caviar, not because my favourite sushi was hurting me to much.
So my conclusion is; I am not going to post a recipe for this dish, to protect you from potential suicide, and don’t be a fool for beauty.
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December 19, 2006 Category:
Rice
Albap is a kind of trendy meal that got popular in recent years. I’ve never had this meal at a restaurant before so I don’t know what to expect for its commercial taste.
I tried this meal last weekend, twice. At first I cooked it in a hot pot (Dduk bae gi – Traditional looking stew pot), but I really needed two pots for two people. It was a bit hard to mix the rice with other ingredients in the pot I had. So the second time I made it in a bowl instead, which made it a lot easier to mix the ingredients, yet I prefer eating in a hot pot. It seems more authentic and tastes better.
Ingredients for 2 people
(Expected prep time – 5 minutes)
- Caviar – 2 tbsp
- (oil drained) Tuna – 125 g
- 2/3 of a peeled cucumber
- 4 crab sticks
- 1/3 a capsicum (I used 1/6 each of yellow and orange capsicums)
- 6 sesame leaves
- Radish sprouts – 10 g
- 2 cups of steamed rice
For sauce (mix these well in a bowl)
- Gochujang – 2 tbsp
- Vinegar (I used apple vinegar) – 1 tbsp
- Sugar (I used dark brown sugar) – 1 tsp
- Minced garlic – 1/4 tsp
- Plum extract – 1 tbsp
You will share the above ingredients between two people.
Steps (You will need two bowls)
- Cut the cucumber, crab sticks and capsicums into small cubes.
- Thin slice the sesame leaves.
- Put the rice into a bowl.
- Put all the ingredients on top of the rice.
- Serve the bowl with the sauce.
- Enjoy the popping feeling.
Excluding adding the caviar part, it is a kind of Bibimbap. However it looks more luxurious, and you are less likely to tire of it. Caviar is quite expensive, though adding little bits of caviar makes a big difference. I paid about 7000 won (US $7.40) for 250 g.
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