Korean drama : The Moon Embracing The Sun

yeah, just finished another Korean drama, The Moon Embracing the Sun.



Quite an interesting story with pretty and handsome faces. This is the first time I watched Korean traditional drama that set place in the palace. The series is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Jung Eun-gwol and directed by Kim Do-hoon and Lee Seong-jun.

Sun in the title refers to king while moon is queen.

It tells of a touching, poignant love story between a fictional king of the Joseon Dynasty and an intelligent, well-loved girl from a noble family. She was chosen as crown princess, but due to the queen's family clan is trying to gain more power from the reign, she was killed. Fate has bring the Chief Shaman to be her killer and rescuer. She resurrected as a shaman with the helps of the Chief Shaman. She returned after 8 years with very little trace of memories for her past. However, she has not been forgotten by those she left behind. The king, whom she supposed to married to, manage to recognised her and seriously investigate about his crown princess death. At the same time, the king is facing intense political conspiracy from royal clan. The interesting parts lies on how the royal couple survived in the vying political turbulent as well as to reclaim her rightful place as the queen of Joseon.




*top left : young crown prince (cast by yeo jin-goo)
*bottom left : adult crown prince (cast by Kim soo-hyun )
*top right : young prince; 2nd sun (cast by Lee min-ho)
*bottom right: adult prince Yang-myung (cast by Jung il-woo)


*handsome crown prince


*pretty crown princess


*left : young crown prince and crown princess
*right : crown prince and crownPrincess princess.


*left : woon, crown prince swordsman (bodyguard)
*1st from right in the 2nd photo : the cutest of all, crown prince servant, Hyung sun.


*leading and supporting actors and actresses.

Simple dimple meal ready in 30mins. (part 1)

Eating out can be a fast solution to many working couples. No hassle to prepare, to cook & to clean up. However, if you are not a fussy eater, prepare your own simple meal can save your time. No hassle tussle to think what to eat, where to eat, beat the after-work jam, search for parking with tired body & empty stomach. And, the worst thing is stuff your tummy with less nutritious food.

I've been sharing below simple recipes with some of my pals. Here I refreshed them in my blog, hoping it helps to lighten your burden as well as to add spark to your meal time.

Considering the requirements of healthy food, short cooking time and low difficulty level, you may need to avoid frying but more on steaming, blanching, stewing, stir-frying or grilling.

#1. Steam egg with minced pork
- prepare minced pork (half a bowl)
- beat 2 eggs (if you like salted egg, replace 1:1)
- diced some carrots
- sliced mushrooms
- cut in some fresh corns (1/3 stalk)
- prawns (optional)
- wolfberries (optional)

a. Mixed minced pork with eggs, add in half cup of water.
b. then, add in the rest of the ingredient
c. 2 tsp of salt & a dash of pepper
(if you are using salted egg, no salt is needed)
d. steam for 20mins in medium flame.

#2. Pasta in soup
- prepare the ingredient overnight.
@ defroze chicken/pork ribs in fridge, diced carrots, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, celery, soak black eye peas before bed **not the hip-hop group. :-)
Well, to avoid confusion, here is the image of black eye peas.



Put them into your magic cooker in the morning.

- In the evening, reheat the soup; then at the same time, cook your pasta.
Reduced the amount of pasta if you put more beans in your soup.
Try to choose pasta that easier to cook, like elbow, shell, macaroni or farfalline (bowtie).
Tips: Cook them in your rice cooker instead of pots. Set your rice cooker to steam function (normally min setting is 10m). To avoid overcook, check after 4mins. Small pasta should be well-cooked in 4-5mins.

- If you have left over food, don't hesitate to add in to your pasta soup. It definitely enhance the taste. This self made minestrone should warm up your tummy and brighten up your evening.

#3. Sandwich
- buy a roasted chicken from Jusco a day earlier if you can't drop by after work.
- reheat roasted chicken in microwave (if it's from the fridge), then cut into small pieces. Add in yogurt (if you don't have yogurt, replace with Heinz sandwich spread), diced onions, dried fruits like raisin, cranberry, apricot and nuts.
- lightly toast the bread. Top with the yogurt-chicken. Viola!
- Complete your meal with a cup of your favorite beverage. That will make a very satisfying meal.

#4. Miso chicken with blanch vege.

I bet you can't finish the roasted chicken & not sure what to do with it. well, here is the solution.

- Cut chicken into bite size. Blanch few 'siew pak choy' & set aside.
- mix 2 tsb miso paste with 2 tsb of water.
- heat the pan with few drops of oil, lightly saute some garlic & shallots. Add in the chicken, then miso paste.
- Lastly, add in the vege & stir-fry for another few minutes.
- Serve hot with rice.

I still have plenty recipes in my collection. Will share more from time to time. Hope you & your family enjoy trying out these recipes. Don't hesitate to share with me shall you discover something new during your experiment.