Our whole family was together last year we celebrated my mother's birthday a little early with this cake. It is made of dduk and it is used in a lot of ways in Korean cuisine. The dduk used for desserts is sweet, but usually not too sweet. I wish I knew more about different kinds of dduck to tell you what is exactly on here, but I all I can say is I see at least 3 different kinds on there. The orange garnish is dried sweet potato. The fact that is was not too sugary suited my mother just fine, she loved it!
I was in Korea recently to see my family for Christmas. I may have been at least 3 years since we all spent it together and it was really nice to spend it with one another. I will probably post a bit more about it in the coming days. I was waiting for my Grandfather outside of our uncle's house when I saw this strange contraption. My mother said this is how people move out of high rise buildings in Korea:
I had heard of in France how they haul up large objects to bring in through their windows as their elevators are usually only big enough to fit maybe two to three people at best (If you have never seen a European elevator-no really, LITERALLY two or three people), but this was my first time seeing something that actually did it. All I could think of was how fun it would be to ride that thing as it zipped up and down.
If we had these in Manhattan though, I would have never been able to experience getting a call from my sister the day we moved into our apartment a few years ago where she said only this to me: "Hi. I just called to tell you that one of the movers just brought one of the dressers up four flights of stairs. By himself. On his back. Ok, bye."
