The Banpo Bridge (Korean: 반포대교; Hanja: 盤浦大橋) is a major bridge in downtown Seoul over the Han River, South Korea, connecting the Seocho and Yongsan districts. The Moonlight Rainbow Fountain (Korean: 달빛무지개 분수) is the world’s longest bridge fountain. that set a Guinness World Record with nearly 10,000 LED nozzles that run along both sides that is 1,140m long, shooting out 190 tons of water per minute.
Banpo Bridge Fountain times:
Monday ~ Thursday: 12:30, 15:00, 20:00, 20:40, 21:20
Friday ~ Sunday: 12:30, 15:00, 17:00, 20:00, 20:40, 21:20, 22:00
The show lasts for 20 minutes.(Operating hours are subject to change.)For detailed information, please refer to Homepage (Korean).
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There are several birthday traditions in the Korean culture. There’s a saying that you should eat noodles on your birthday because the long noodles represent long life. Also, seaweed soup is a big must on your birthday. Back in the day, Korean women ate a lot of seaweed soup after childbirth in order to replenish the iron in their blood. So we eat it on our birthdays to remember our mothers.
I got to eat both today. :)
Name: 잡채 (“jahp-chae”; Glass Noodle Dish”)
Ingredients:
- One onion
- half of green onion
- Half of red bell pepper
- A fistful amount of leek
- Sesame seeds
For Sauce (IMPORTANT: the lady who wrote the recipe used a paper cup and a spoon for her measurements! Keep that in mind):
- 1/2 cup of soy sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon of diced garlic
- 1/2 tablespoon of oligosaccharide
- 2 tablespoons of sesame oil
- 3 tablespooons of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
- Black pepper
How To Make It:
- Place the glass noodles in a bowl of water for 30 minutes. If you allow it to sit there for an hour, it becomes softer.
- During the wait time, make your sauce. Take all the items listed in “sauce ingredients”.
- Cut your veggies into edible sizes. :)
- Place the glass noodles that are ready into the frying pan (or wok if you have one), and pour the sauce over it.
- Then pour 5 cups of water (according to the recipe, she used paper cups as her measurement…so…). Boil it in medium heat for 8~9 minutes. Stir as the water is boiling.
- After the 8 minute mark is up, put in the onions. Then the red peppers. Then the green onions…then the leeks.
- When the veggies are done, your dish is done! Add in a bit of sesame oil to make it tastier. :3
And you can put any vegetables or meat or seafood into your dish! I think with meat you should cook them separately and then add them in with the glass noodles.
Enjoy! Personally I love putting beef, mushrooms, spinach, carrot slices, and onions. :9
