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Indian in Itaewon

Taj Palace

On many peoples recommendation I visited the Taj Palace in Itaewon across from the foreign market . We went for the meal for 2 . 42000 won for
2 starters Samosa and tandoori chicken
3 curries One lamb, chicken and vegetable, Garlic naan and rice.
It was all very good my only complaint was there was a huge lack of meat the curries consisted of 3-4 tiny pieces of meat. The curries were tasty. I have had better but its was worth the visit.

Pizza in a cone comes to Suncheon

To taste this fine product go to the bus station in Suncheon.
No ice cream to be found.

Gori gomtang- Ox Tail Soup

Next to the office of education Suncheon there is a nice little restaurant with ox tail soup .
Description on the menu calls it Internal soup and rice(beef tail).
Its 9000 won per person .

Its a great winter cold day soup.

Recipe from here http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/416580

Ox Tail Soup (Gori gomtang)
Total prep/cooking time: Up to 5 hours
Makes 4 or 5 servings

Ingredients

Basic Ingredients

4 pounds beef oxtail
8 cups water*
1/2 inch ginger
5 cloves fresh garlic, peeled
1/2 teaspoon salt

* may use 3 cups beef broth and 5 cups water

Optional Ingredients

1 medium onion
1/4 small Daikon radish
Korean sweet potato starch noodle (glass, cellophane, or clear noodle)
salt
pepper

Basic Garnish

4 green or spring onions

Optional Garnish

8 cloves fresh garlic, peeled

Directions

Preparation

Ox Tail
If whole, seperate the ox tail at the joint.
Hand trim excess fat from the segmented ox tail. Set fat aside in a small container.
Put ox tail in a large pot and completely cover with cold water. Let soak for one hour and discard water.
Rinse thouroughly.

Garlic And Ginger
Trim the hard tops from the garlic.
Slice garlic cloves in half from top to bottom.
Slice un-peeled ginger in thin diagonal slices.

Onion if used
Cut onion in half from top to bottom.

Starch noodle if used
Soak noodle in cold water for one hour (do this two hours into the cooking).

Daikon if used

Wash well and thinly slice.
Put in a small bowl and lightly salt.
Mix well and let stand ten minutes. (Do this about twenty minutes before the end of cooking)

Cooking

Place ox tail and trimmed fat in a large cooking pot with 8 cups water (or water/broth) over high heat and bring to a boil, skimming off oil and foam as needed.
Reduce heat to medium and add salt, garlic and ginger (add onion now if used).
Simmer for 3 to 4 hours, skimming as needed (until meat is almost falling from bone and broth is a milky color).
(If used, add sliced Daikon about ten minutes before end of cooking)
Remove the soup from heat.
Remove ox tail from broth with a slotted spoon and place into serving bowls.
Using a hand held strainer, remove onion and garlic solids from soup and discard.
(if used, add noodle to serving bowls)

Garnish and Serve

Chop the green/spring onions (if used, thinly slice the garlic cloves from top to bottom).
Ladle soup into serving bowls, add garnish, and season with salt/pepper to taste.

t-shirts

woke up early today. mane taknye. ingt pas subuh nak tdow blk.
kambink msg. ajak kuar. i've to say no 4 da very 1st time.
i mean,say no towards him. since da plan nak hang out dgn fatin.
sejak 2 weeks ago! time study week lg da plan! haha XD.
exam x habis lg, sy dah berpk ttg holiday.
baru nak tdow smule. sherry plak msg. aiyoo. dah nak dkt kul 8.
sherry nak dtg kl n lepak umah sy next week! yeayyy!
since, pas abis spm. kte org baru jmpe skali. yerr.
tu pun time dia d matrix. wahhh. lame sudah!

last2. bangun jgk tdow. as if x tdow blk pas subuh. huhu.
bangun. berlari lagi. n settle sume pukul 10 setgh. makan.
n 3x tukar baju! haha. baru nak dating dgn kwn.
kalo dgn future husband xtaw ah! XP wakakaka...
almost 1 o'clock, baru sampai mid valley. tnggu fatin kejap.
then we all beli ticket wyng dulu.
the curious case of benjamin button.



at 1st dah blur2. tataw nak tgk cite nih or punisher. then.
cite nih! haha. even cite ni da agak lame [12th feb d mlysia].
jam baru pukul 1:10pm. fatin ajak g JJ. sbb die tgk sgt ramai org.
[akid n nora. mcm tataw plak aku duta JJ kan? haha =P]
owhhh. skali rupenye ade JJ member card SALE!!! 24-25 feb only.
and special utk JJ member card holder sahaje. die pnye sale.
SUPERB n gile babeng okay? sgt ramai org!!! wahaha.
i didn't plan to shop at 1st. but then. huh? 70% sale.
dont blame me 4 buying 7 pieces of t-shirt! haha =D

anyway. it's a nice movie. brad pitt handsome nak mampos!
time die mude ah. tp, lame2 sy dah hilang focus! sbb cite nih lame!
2 hours & 40 minutes. ++ iklan = 2 hours & 50 minutes. beku!
freezing dah mcm ape! fatin pon dah lapar. wahaha... asyik tgk jam.
bkn sbb cite nih x best. cite ni agak menarik. its 1 of a kind.
tp sebab dah almost 3 hours dlm hall, hukkk. jd ais~

then. we went to foodcourt. talk3. it's 6 already.
went to F.O.S 4 a while. and. OMG!!! cute t shirts again.
okay. and then. buy 1,free 1. huu? 1= rm30.
so, if two = rm30. sooo. 1 = rm15? okay!
i take it. haha. yerrr~~~ 9 pieces of t-shirt already.
then. we waited 4 the ktm. as usual~ lambat! aiyoo.
and i arrived at setiawangsa at 7:30 pm.

balik je umah. rehat jap yg amat. x tukar baju pon.
terus g carre4 wngsa maju. aiyoo. mama la. maw beli brg.
ishhh. ade baju cantik lg. tp. huu. abaikan~ wahaha.
then. ade t-shirt lg. i dunno. all of sudden nmpk.
mama beli. n... i take another 2! wahaha. it's cheap ok!
i mean, reasonable. so. total = 11 t shirts 4 2day!

haha. sudah. esok. sy ke TS plak. bersame khalida.
kwn lame 1 kolej. die ade d kolej sy sem1 je.
then die pindah UNITAR. lame x jmpe!
owhhh. sy kwn dgn sume org.
yg nak berkwn dgn sy. thats it.
hee. sape nak kuar? meh jom2! haha.

FATIN. thanks 4 spending some times with me.
even. mcm agak rushing. haha.
yerlaa. movie tu buat kte beku! haha.
thanks 4 listening too. love ya!

owhhh. take care everyone.
have a nice day. =]