Makgeolli!!!

 I never saw so many lines up of makgeolli (Korean rice wine) like the one being served at this restaurant. Hmm...I think I am lost at words knowing that makgeolli has so many varieties like these ones.

So, I stumbled upon this restaurant and got myself intrigued to take a picture of the list:)

the owner did not mind me taking this picture.

Makgeolli is similar to Indonesia's air tape beras ketan. Well..I am not sure..but since both are fermented ..I think they're similar. 

Dynamic Busan: (part 36): Makgeolli

Continuing my previous post on Makgeolli making experience. 

After we mixed all of the ingredients, we put them ito a bottle jar and ready to put some water into it..

Some teams were still busy mixing the makgeolli ingredients..

And some were already on their last part of making the makgeolli: the water's inside the jar and what we needed to do was to close it tightly...

and they would look like this.

Now ...back to the rice wine cupcakes again. See the shimmering moisture sprouting from the bamboo oven?

Once again..this is what they looked like. the texture itself is quite traditional-looking cake, right?

worth to try.

I'm a bit numb of having to stand....for a couple of hours...so why not take a chance of putting on a jibsin or Korean traditional slippers.

We finished our experiences of making rice wine cupcakes and makgeolli with a smile.

This was the picture I took just outside the very place where we made our cupcakes. It really was rural, right? But with a small touch of putting a coach overlooking the view, what a life! It was such a nice way to spend an evening there...^^

Dynamic Busan (part 35): 술빵 & 막걸리

We were transported to a small village just outside Busan to experience the making of Makgeolli (Korean traditional rice wine) and wine-cake (well, I do not know how to translate the 술빵). 

We arrived at the place...

The first thing that we noticed was how fully packed with traditional coking utensils this place was. It was a feast to the eyes to see soooo many cooking wares that I did not even know what their names were. 

See the ingredients and the cooking wares on the table? we were divided intro several groups to make our own 술빵 (sulpang) and of course 말걸리 (makkeolli). 

First: the 술빵. We had to mix flour, a cup of rice wine, shredded pear, and carrot and a cup of water...and...then we mixed mixed mixed them up all together... (see the spoons?)

After it was done, we took a spoonful of the mixture into a cup and put a nut on top of it.

what's next? we put them on a bamboo-made pan and put them on the stove for about 30 minutes or so.

Waiting for the rice-wine cup-cakes to get done....

While we already put our mixture on the stove, some groups were still busy making theirs. So, I could take a picture of how they looked like before being heated. See the cups? each cup was just put right on top of it. It's a garnish--- I guess.

Since we did not want to leave an leftover, we might as well use up all of the ingredients and the mixture to make as many cup-cakes as possible.

Then...while waiting for the cakes, another activity was........making makgeolli. Korean traditional rice-wine. See the big round stuff there? It's a gosh.I forgot what' it was...but it was called 'ragi' in Indonesian, or a fermentation factor in makgeolli^^ 

See the rice up there? we use cooked rice (and some wheat) I guess...and we'd put them together..

First, we got to crush the 'ragi' so as to make them into smaller bits which later on be added into the cooked rice and put /mixed some water into it.

As we were making the makgeolli, the rice-wine cupcakes we made were already done. 

They looked like this.

Drink and Get Drunk, anyone?

Wow, I don't Drink: that's one thing.
Let alone get Drunk: that's another thing.
I found it intriguing to see all of those kitchen wares spread
all over the place, some were in their place: I presumed.
Some were out of place: If I was not mistaken.
To see them just barely lay there gave me an idea of
taking a chance of using one of those to strike...
a pose.
Got it right there...
as if a jar of makkeolli* gushing through my throat
swashing away...
the heat of thirstiness....
(wait: it's Autumn)..
Anyway...it was a mere pose
of someone narcissistic
like me...
(wait: are you?)
* Makgeolli, aslo known as Makkoli or Makuly (takju) ( and referred to in English as 'Korean rice wine'), is an alcoholic beverage native to Korea. It is made from a mixture of wheat and rice which gives it a milky, off-white color, and sweetness.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makgeolli) for further reference.