먹방 (Mukbang) Monday - Korean Food in the USA

This morning I woke up at 4am and it actually wasn't an unpleasant experience. My mind was alert, I wasn't groggy, and I exercised before 7am! I can't take all the glory for this uncharacteristic happening. The truth is that I went to sleep last night at 7pm, drawn to the bed right after dinner by intense jetlag!
I travelled back to the USA for a dear friend's wedding, but only stayed one week, long enough to fully adjust to the time change. Maybe I'll keep this schedule going? I actually like being up so early, but I'm not sure I'm willing to sacrifice my night owl ways just yet.

Now on to the mukbang!! While I was in the states, I wanted to share some of my new food adventures with my family, and I obviously documented it.
These are my siblings trying my current snack addiction: 김 (gim) = seaweed! I don't think they like it as much as I do...


I was so happy to find Korean pears (which you can see in this mukbang monday) at the Asian market! I think my family enjoyed them too, although they couldn't believe that they were really pears and not giant apples.


For dinner one night, I cooked one of my favorite foods, Korean-style curry! I used a Japanese curry packet, adding it to chicken and veggies, for a super easy dinner served over rice with kimchi. I also bought a Korean savory pancake mix to make 파전 (pajeon = green onion pancake). At my mom's insistence, we added scallops to the second pancake! One thing that we didn't say in the original pancake mukbang was how to serve the pancakes. They are either served whole on the serving plate and cut up with chopsticks (not an easy endeavor, especially for foreigners, AKA me!), or they are cut up with kitchen scissors into wedges. I didn't even realize this was weird until my mom pointed it out! Koreans cut lots of things with kitchen scissors: meat for BBQ, pancakes, kimchi, noodles, etc.


I brought a ton of Korean masks so we could relax in style. Even my nephew James wanted to join in the fun!


P.S. On the long plane rides to and from the USA, I watch an entire Korean drama! Thinking about this has made me realize that I should post about k-dramas and k-pop! My drama list (with ratings and recommendations) is coming soon! ;)