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I hope you all had a Happy Valentine’s Day, whether you are single or have lovers. Rumour has it that thesedays Valentine’s Day is the best night to go out and have fun for singledoms. Why? You guess!
In Korea, we have White Day as well as Valentine’s Day. On Valentine’s Day women give chocolates and gifts to men, and in return they get candies (very unfair because chocolate is much yummier!) and gifts from men on White Day, which is a month later, 14th of March. I have no idea how that traditon started, but I always wonder if it was candy companies’ marketing to sell their candies.
Since Korea is a very fair society, we have a day for singledoms as well, so called Black Day! Those who didn’t get anything on Valentine’s or White Day get together and eat Jjajangmyun (Korean noodles with black sauce made of black bean, onion and pork meat) , and sympathise with each other or curse happy couples or whatever.
An Aussie guy who tried this dish in Korea compared it to Italian spaghetti bolonais. If you are really hungry and have not much time, this is what you should go for. It’s the quickest delivery menu, so cheap and massive.
You can also get the sauce in a pre-made packet that can be microwaved for 3 minutes and mixed with rice. It’s very convenient. I remember having a lot of it growing up. When my mum wasn’t home or there weren’t many sides dishes to eat, my siblings and I would just get a few packets from a corner shop and throw into a pot filled with boiling water. We didn’t have a microwave then, I think? If you want the recipe, check out this site and you can replace seafood with meat or anything you like.
Today, after the big romantic night which involved lots of naughty food and booze, I felt a little hung over and needed something to boost up my energy. Apparently, chilli is good for a hangover, full of vitamin C, more than an orange. And I found some crab sticks in the freezer and some fresh basil, AND roasted capsicum in the fridge. It was lucky that I got some capsicum for cheap price at Paddy’s market the other day and roasted the whole lot and kept it in the fridge after peeling the skin off. 
I threw chillies, onion, garlic and fresh chopped tomato in a pan and a gourmet Spicy Crab Penne was made in 5 minutes. How quick was that? The taste was fantastic! Then I wondered why it had more crab flavour than the pasta I once made with REAL crab meat. Humm….*thinking*
Ingredients are easy to get anywhere and it’s so quick to make. I suppose my Korean friends can try it and enjoy the taste of Italy!
Humm.. resuming my blog after a long silence and not having to apolosie to readers is quite unusual, since I didn’t have many people visiting here. 
I can just write a new post pretending nothing have changed in my life and no one would notice there was even a long gap between posts.
But I’m going to acknowledge that there has been a lot happening in the last few months I was away. Good things and bad things. I am back in Australia and starting all over again, despite the fact that it’s hard to get my head around the fact that I AM in Sydney, the city of the sun and the beaches. The weather has been crazy here this year, with continuous wet days. No worries for draught for the next few years, hopefully.
The view from the rooftop of my apartment is beautiful, especially at night. Watching fireworks while having a barbeque was fun on Australian Day. I’ve been enjoying being at the heart of the city, but I often think about what it was like to live at Coogee beach. Luckily, bad weather keeps me from missing it so much.
The illuminated Anzac bridge and motorways around it look very pretty.
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