no.44 130613 Thank you for my happy stomach

LA galbi, my mom's style = my style.

I'm sitting in my room, staring out the window, and listening to the raindrops (it's almost 6PM). It reminds me of the monsoon season, known as 'jang-ma' in Korean. The rain today was unexpected. The weather lately has been really weird. It's almost mid June, and there hasn't been a hot summer day yet.

It seemed like there was a rainbow today because the Sun came out right after the rain. I tried to look for it but I couldn't see anything from my room. Usually, I like to go outside and see if there is a rainbow in the sky, but I was feeling a little bit lazy since I was so full from dinner. While my sister and I were having 'naeng-myeon' (Korean cold noodle dish) for lunch the other day, we were both thinking that something was missing. Although naeng-myeon did fill us up, we were thinking our meal was 2% incomplete. We always crave meat after having naeng-myeon. It's because a lot of Korean 'gogi-jib’ which are restaurants that specialize in Korean barbeque, serve naeng-myeon after having the meat dishes.

I've made some Korean meat dishes before, but I've never tried Korean barbeque known as 'LA galbi' which is marinated beef short ribs. I don't know why it's called 'LA' though. I'm a meat lover, and so are my dad and my sister (although my sister calls herself a vegetarian whenever she comes home). We would usually go out to a park a few times during summer just to have these yummy short ribs. My dad wanted to go out to cook the galbi today, but it was raining. Plus, we didn't bother looking for the grill. We decided to eat in the comfort of our home.

 

Delicious!

Et voilà! Here is the final result. I bought about a kilo of the short ribs, which I then marinated for 2 hours in the fridge, and I cooked them for dinner. It is recommended that you marinate the galbi overnight, but I couldn't wait until tomorrow. It was still very good, and it just tasted like the one my mom makes. Only if my mom was here to taste it! I will cook it for her when she comes back home! Oh, we didn't eat naeng-myeon after the galbi. There was no room in my stomach. I only had room for dessert. I’m thankful for the food God has provided me. I am stuffed! I’m also thankful for the outcome of the galbi!