Domestic Goddess

Wow Nancy! Thank you for this beer-y foodie report, I truly enjoyed it!

milgwimper - Hubby's work doesn't start until 1:00 pm and he gets overtime for working until 8pm. No worries about the questions, keep 'em coming! I love those rice paddy snails too. My kids were horrified when I ordered a cup last year and proceeded to slurp and suck the buggers all the time when we were walking around the Peach Festival. My eldest son had this horrified look on his face while I continued to eat all the snails. LOL

Broadway - your dog looks like he's saying "I was only playing with it, Mom".

milgwimper - I was gonna ask what a saury was and googled it and found out it was one of those common fishes I always encounter in the street markets here. I love it grilled and dusted with cornstarch & fried too. No, my whole family didn't go as my eldest son is back in the Philippines and hubby still had classes until 8:10 pm (and he didn't want to walk in the mud and squishy grass). Peter - I also echo that motion. eGullet Gods we need a drool icon.

Dessert was peach cobbler pie... (with peaches given by hubby's boss). Plated for my hubby (who had seconds)....

Looks VERY comforting. YUm! What all did you have? chicken, lapcheung, carrots, scallions, medium grain or short grain rice? Did you use stock to cook everything or just water? I have lap gnap, lap yuk, lapcheung and was thinking of claypot rice myself. You just pushed me over the edge. ← I too, would love to have the recipe for this.

After a long hiatus, I finally decided to take dinner pics again. Tonight's mains were fried chicken fillet sandwiches. Dessert was peach cobbler pie... (with peaches given by hubby's boss). Plated for my hubby (who had seconds)....

Sheena, I just found out that the prices I quoted: $14-20 per box were for the ones with the smallest peaches. The bigger peaches retails to almost $30 to $40 per box. Wow!

Jennifer - there's a pool of drool now on my keyboard looking at all those food pics. The beef! The fresh wasabi! Those sushi slabs! Oh be still my heart.

Hi Peter! No, the shellfish were not geoducks. It actually looks like a huge mussel and looks like a half opened fan. The shell is very dark-green in color (almost black) and is used to make mother-of=pearl items like windows, lamps, decorative knickknacks. We went to the festival around 6:00pm. I guess it was really dark with the dusk setting in and the heavy rains adding to it.

Thanks Heidih! Yes, there was wonderful crunchy pork skin (I ate it all -Mommy privileges). The dollop of sauce on the leaf was dwenjang sauce mix (fermented soybean sauce). The red sauce on the cabbage was ... KETCHUP! LOL, I didn't eat this but it sure made a for a great dipping sauce for Billy who didn't like the dwenjang sauce. Yes, those are slivers/pieces of raw garlic. Somehow, it made up for a nice flavor when you eat a piece of pork with it. Thanks for enjoying my report. It was well worth it after getting this nasty cold.

We passed by a seafood grill restaurant and here are the assortment of fish available for grilling: Fillets of squid. Samchi (Spanish mackerel) More fish and some shrimp at the back. Remember those baby back ribs? Well here they are grilled and ready to serve. Not only do they grill ribs but also sweet potato yams. All this walking under the rain, patiently waiting for Mommy to finish taking pictures, my son had enough. He wanted to play some games. This game is simple, you toss a coin (a 100-won) and whatever square it lands, you get the coinXthe number on the square. Tricky part is that the coin shouldn't touch any line. Billy skipped this for the ball toss. And the ring toss... He also played some darts but I didn't get any pics of that. We then smelled this fabulous scent of grilled pork and spied this. Billy declared he was hungry and actually requested some pork. While waiting for our pork slices to be served, Billy showcases his prizes from the games he won. And finally, our pork platter is served. I also ordered rice, some hot soup to warm us up and a couple of softdrinks. Well, there's my report on this year's wet Peach Festival. Hope y'all enjoyed it as much as I did.

The Peach Festival also showcases a lot of small vendores selling different housewares, carved wooden items, clothes, etc. There was huge dollar-store tent set up in the middle of the fairgrounds. Billy poses in front of bed/linen display. Purses and wallets on sale for $5 dollars. We now get back to foodie pics. Baby back ribs being prepped for grilling. The seller was taking the silverskin off the back of the ribs. Steamed king crabs that retail for around $20 to $30 per huge piece. Live fish in tanks for sashimi. I don't know the name or variety of the fish. Huge shellfish (about a foot long) served either grilled or raw. This restaurant stand serves stirfry intestines with potato noodles and veggies. A dish served to passersby for free sampling. Twikim (Seafood and veggies deep-fried in batter) foodstand. They also serve steamed dumplings (both meat and kimchi ones). More huge king crabs. These are usually served with a gochujang-based dipping sauce. A friendly vendor picks one up to show me a closer look. Pardon the blurry picture, there are also lots of stuffed squid available in the seafood restaurant stands. The squid is stuffed with carrots and chives. Too bad it is raining, these covered piles of food are different stacks of intestines, sliced pigs ear/face, pork, chicken, etc. There are also Chukpal (boiled pigs trotters) to be ordered. Again snacks like Takkotchi. Here there are two kinds, the spicy red kind (with gochujang sauce) and a sweet-savoury one (soysauce based). This looks like braised kimchi and for what dish or use, I don't know. More Sundae sausage pics for Sheena. Huge oysters bigger than my palm, washed by the pouring rain. More pics coming right up.

The Peach Festival is divided into two sections: the peach displays and the food/games grounds. This food tent is located in the peach displays. A huge pot of Kalbi Tang (Beef Short Rib soup) simmering happily away. Tteokbokki snack - long rice cake sticks in gochujang (red pepper paste sauce) with fish cakes and leeks. Heads up Sheena, the next couple of pictures are for you. Sundae sausages with steamed offal. Sausages being sliced for an order. In another tent, they were selling Peach Maekkoli (a fermented drink usually made out of rice). Billy and I now moved down to the gams/rides section of the fair. Billy was fascinated by this drinks cart. A blurry shot of the roasted chestnut stand. You can see two roasters on the cart. I love this kind of chestnut (small, mandarin ones). I think it is sweeter than the bigger chestnuts. Now we come up to the food/restaurant stands. Here is an adjuma (woman) tending the stirfry station. Note the interesting display of empty soju bottles in front of the whole section. This restaurant stand has the best roasted pork in the fair. There are several restaurants who offer roasted pork but this one serves the tenderest pork (not dried out) and more bang for your buck (lotsa pork pieces). If I am not mistaken, these are fried pigeons. (if not squab) For diners who want a light fare, there are udeng (boiled fish cakes) on a stick and in the huge pan on the left (with the metal colander) steamed mussels. Now we move on to one of the many snack stands. This one has takkotchi (grilled dark chicken meat on a stick) and corn dogs. A clearer picture of the corn dogs, fried rice cake (stuffed with fake crab sticks) and plain hot dogs. This stand also sells steamed river snails, silkworm larvae and steamed/grilled corn. Corn here are boiled and then grilled. On the left side you can see clear cups of crunchy sweet potato sticks. More pics coming up.

Last year I reported on the yearly Janghowon Peach Festival. For information about this yearly event, the official website states: The yellow peach, harvested in Janghowon, Icheon, has long been popular for its pleasant scent, nice appearance, and unique taste. From September 14th to 16th, the Janhgowon Peach Festival will be held at the terrace land of Cheongmicheon (stream) at Janghowon, where visitors can buy peaches and also have experience of picking their own. A harvesting experience will be given to the first 80 visitors to the festival on the 15th and the 16th. This is a good experience, as it is rare in Korea for non-farmers to have the opportunity to harvest peaches. This year's festival was marred by heavy rains brought by a typhoon. Still, for the sake of eGullet and my youngest son (who looks forward to the carnival games and rides), we went on a drizzly Friday. Here's a shot of the fair grounds. You can see my son's yellow umbrella on the lower right hand side. You can also see a fried donut cake vendor and a roasted chestnut stand. Last year I forgot to post pics of the peaches featured in the festival. I do hope these would suffice for this year. Here is a close-up of the luscious peaches on sale in the fairgrounds. Each box retails approx. between $10 - $20 each. One of the displays they had there were these red cars. I dunno what they are for but they sure do look like small Zambonis. Foodie pics coming up...

Or you can make BALUT!

Pille - I'm also really looking forward to your blog. One of the things I'd like to do in life is to travel Europe and your blog will be a nice introduction to your country.

DylanK, for the shao qie zi, what exactly is dirty oil?

That is one cute little grater! May I ask where you got it and for how much?

Peter - if quinces can be mailed, I'll send you a bag. Quinces are falling off the tree outside my apartment as I speak.

Tracey, coming in late to thank you for a great food blog. Keep riding' like a wind.

I second that motion.

Yay! Peter is eating again! What a wonderful first round of foodie pics. Can't wait for the next installments.

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Dan, I added my sliced okra after my veggie trinity cooked in the roux, which was just before I added the stock. I wanted the okra to be thoroughly cooked and it helped thicken my gumbo too. I didn't make it too thick since I wanted to slurp some soup with my rice.