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Many asked what happen to TikkoSS? How come he disappears? More importantly where is TikkoSS now? To satisfy all the curiosity, let me answer one by one.

Nothing happen to me and I am as good as usual. Still pretty slim and sexy + leng chai also (please note that leng chai is relative). I did not disappear. It is just that I decided to take a long vacation to the land that I have never been before. But where? Many called it Korea but TikkoSS’s called it kimchiland.

Technically, I planned for Japan but after the recent earthquake and radioactive leak, I tried to avoid being a superhero like Mr. “Not So Incredible Hunk”. Not to bore you with my grandfather story, Let’s see what I plan to share with you.

FOOD OF COURSE. I went to this 1/2 restaurant (as another half of the shop is for something else) which I have no clue what is the restaurant name, what is good on menu and worse still, I don’t read and speak Korean.

The restaurant is just about few minutes walk from Best Western New Seoul Hotel in Tyaepyeong-No road. Nothing unusual except I felt slightly claustrophobic dining in this place.

Having menu list in Korean restaurant only give me one assurance, I will not be slaughter for overprice food but it meant nothing more than that as all in an alien language. The food is not expensive for Korean standard as it ranges from 3000 to 5000 won (approximately 3 USD).

I am sure you will wonder how I order my food when language is the biggest barrier here. Well, I use what I called it “Point and Pray Technique”. Point anything on the menu and pray for best one.

Now come the thrilling part which I called it “check if your prayer works!”.

First they served me Kim Chi with pickles (no surprises as I have expected for it). The second one is Korean Curry Noodle which turned out to be a slightly diluted curry instant noodle followed by Korean vegetable pancake.

Beside the noodle, I love the pancake and I don’t think there is anything much to comment about the Kim Chi. It is free and free flow anyway.

I pointed 3 times on menu on 3 different food sections. I am hoping for one starter, one main course and one dessert. I got right for the first two, pancake as starter and noodles as main course but my dessert is The Famous KIM CHI Fried rice?

The Famous KIM CHI Fried Rice is well done but the waitress should have stopped me from ordering it. Maybe she did warn me that I have ordered too much or maybe I don’t understand single words from her except her sweet smile.

Because of affordable and delicious food (or her sweet smile), I will go back again to this place again. If you happen to be in Korea, tweet me and maybe we can hang out together too! Stay Tune..

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Cornflakes Cookies

Ingredients

130 g Cornflakes (Crushed lightly)

110 g Sugar

110 g Butter

130 g Self-raising flour (Sifted)

½ tsp Vanilla essence

1 Egg yolk

Method

1. Beat sugar, butter and egg yolk until creamy. Add vanilla essence

2. Add self-raising flour. Put the mixture into fridge to chill for 30 minutes prior baking

3. Add cornflakes and mix it well

4. Pre-heat oven to 175 deg C

5. Shape the conflakes dough into the preferred shape and bake for 8 minutes. Ready to be served

Potatoes with Mince Pork

Ingredients

4 cloves Garlic (Finely chopped)

2 Potatoes (Thin slices)

30 g Mince pork (Marinate with Ingredients A for 30 minutes prior cooking)

2 tbsp Light soy sauce

½ tbsp Oyster sauce

1 tsp TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredient

1 tsp Cornflour (Mix with 2 tbsp of water)

1 cup Warm water

Ingredients A

1 tbsp Light soy sauce

2 – 3 dash Pepper

½ tsp Sesame oil

Method

1. Heat wok with ½ cup of oil. Fry potatoes until for 30 seconds and set aside.

2. Heat wok with 3 tbsp of oil. Fry garlic until golden brown and fragrant.

3. Fry mince pork for 5 minutes. Add fried potatoes.

4. Add warm water, light soy sauce, oyster sauce and TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredient. Simmer over low fire for 10 minutes.

5. Add cornflour mixture and ready to be served.

Orange Chiffon Cake

Ingredients

190 g Sugar

8 Eggs

1 tsp Vanilla Essence

2 ½ tbsp Orange juice

1 Grated orange (Avoid / minimize the white part underneath the skin. This is bitter when added into the cake mixture)

130 g Self-raising flour

1 pinch TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredient

Method

1. Beat sugar and egg (add one egg at a time) until creamy. This has to be beaten at least 1.5 hours to ensure the cake fluffiness

2. Add vanilla essence, orange juice and grated orange into the creamy egg mixture half way through the mixing time

3. After 1.5 hours, add self-raising flour. Well mix the flour in the egg mixture to avoid lump of flour after baking

4. Grease baking tray with some margarine. Pre-heat the oven and baking tray at 200 deg C

5. Bake the cake at 200 deg C for 5 minutes and reduce the temperature to 175 deg C for another 35 minutes. Ready to be served

Stir Fried Long Beans with Eggs

Ingredients

100 g Long beans (Cut small pieces)

3 cloves Garlic (Finely chopped)

1 tsp TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredient

½ tbsp Oyster sauce

1 tbsp Light soy sauce

2 Eggs

Method

1. Beat eggs and add light soy sauce into the egg mixture

2. Heat wok with 2 tbsp of oil. Fry garlic until golden brown and fragrant

3. Fry long beans until soft. Add oyster sauce and TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredient

4. Add egg mixture over long beans. When it turns golden brown, overturn the egg.

5. When both sides are golden brown, it is ready to be served.