EGGCITED: 2014

Korean Casual Restaurant, Mujigae

5:44 PM

Eatin' Experience...

It seems Korean wave has been attract lots of young people in Jakarta. Start from the Korean celebrities, movies, k-pop, k-drama, culture and also food. Many young people are curious with Korean dish. See this trend makes some of enterpreneur make Korean restaurant in Jakarta. It includes Mujigae Restaurant.

In fact, the Korean wave makes me feel curious about Korean dish. Then i decided to go to Mujigae Restaurant in Margo City, Depok. Before I ate in this restaurant, I ever taste the similar kind of restaurant, Mu Gung Hwa. Actually, Mu Gung hwa is a supermart in South Jakarta but they have a small restaurant inside of it. Well, my visit to the Mujigae Restaurant just like bring back the memory of Mu Gung Hwa's Korean food which is very "Korean real flavour". But how about Mujigae restaurant?

So, lets start it!
My first impression when walk into this restaurant is the interior design. Mujigae is full of color on teh walls and chairs. This interiro make a fresh and young ambience. When I entered and walked to my table, all the servers greet us with "annyonghaseo" that means "hallo" in Korean. Then, the unique one from this restaurant is the way you order a menu. You can order the menu by using an iPad that available on the table. You do not need to call a waitress with your hand or voice. Just click, order a menu then all ordered foods of you will be delivered on your table. Actually, this way is so much easier.

Mujigae Menu
Well, I decided to order beef sausage toppokki and a package menu of bulgogi & korean fried chicken with rice. Toppokki is a Korean rice cake. This food is very popular as a Korean snack. I think, Mujigae is success to make Korean food taste familiar for Indonesian taste. For beef sausage toppoki, you will find, beef sausage, toppokki of course and tofu crisp. It is a good invention of a toppokki because, you can enjoy it with beef sausage and tofu crisp give a nice texture. The taste is very gochujang flavour. Gochujang is a Korean chilli paste that often found in Korean dish. This toppokki served in a hot plate which is a modern twist for Korean food.

Move to the rice package of Mujigae. I ordered bulgogi & korean fried chicken. On this menu, you will find a cup of rice, kimchi, japchae, bulgogi and also Korean fried chicken.Actually, this menu is not much different with Indonesian food where you will find chicken, beef stew, sohun and rice. But, i think the combination of all the menu on one spoon is great. You will find a sweet, sour and little spicy on it. So, if you are a beginner in korean food, i recommend to try this!

So, overall, I think Mujigae Restaurant has a great taste with a great place. If you want to hang with your friends and enjoy some Korean dish in modern twist, I think this place is good for you. Oiyaa... you can even request a Korean song in this restaurant. Cool right!

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Strawberry Pop Tarts - Sweet Sour Savory Tarts

3:36 PM

Cookin' Xperience...

Perhaps, you are boring to eat strawberry in the same way like me. Strawberry has tangy flavor that only a few people love with it. So, if you have lots of strawberry, you will need this recipe. Strawberry pop tart is a nice tasty cookie with pastry dough. if you are not a fan of cookie, do not be worry, because the dough of tart is a pie crust, so you will get savory buttery flavor.

It is a nice recipe because you will find lots of flavor on it; sweet, sour and savory pop tarts. pop tart is a great idea of cookie that combined with any kinds of sweet sour fruit like strawberry.

So, you can enjoy strawberry in great flavor. Here is the recipe:

homemade strawberry pop tarts

Shortcrust Pie Pastry:
230 gr of all purpose flour
Pinch of salt
100 gr cold butter
2 tbsp castor sugar
2 tbsp cold water

Fresh Strawberries

Strawberry Jam:
Fresh strawberries
Sugar
vanilla
water
Instructions:Make a pastry crust:
first of all, you have to mix flour with cold butter with your clean hand until become a nice butter flakes. then, add sugar, salt and water into a mixture. Mix and knead the dough until mixing well (don't over knead). after that, wrap it with plastic wrap and then chilled the dough into a refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

Make a Strawberry jam:

Strawberry jam

Heat a stove into a low heat. Put all strawberries into a sauce pan, add water, sugar and pinch of powdered vanilla. Cook them into a low heat until strawberries become soft and then smash it with fork until become a smooth strawberries. Once all strawberries are completely smashed, you should make the mixture until right consistency. It should be thick enough, just like a jam

Make pop tarts:

Strawberry jam on tartlet

Preheat an oven to 165 degree Celsius. Take a crust pastry dough from refrigerator, then roll it up to a coin thickness. After that, you can make it in any shapes that you like, now I made a round pop tarts. Mold a sheet or pastry into a round shape with round cake cutter. Then, put it on a baking tray which has covered with baking sheet.

Strawberry jam on tartlet

then, place a teaspoon of strawberry jam into a pastry, brush on the edge of pastry with egg wash then cover it up with other round pastry dough. crimp around the edge with a fork to make it closed tightly. Then, make hole with your fork above the pastry. This way will give an access of steam inside cookie during a baking process. Lastly, you can brush it with egg wash. Put it on oven for about 15 minutes until nice and cook.

Make a melting chocolate:

Melt bar of dark milky chocolate with a tablespoon of butter. Finely chopped chocolate place in a heatproof bowl that fits snugly in a saucepan. Half fill saucepan with water and then bring to a simmer. place bowl on top and making sure it does not touch water. Stir it wit metal spoon gently and add butter once the chocolate melts well. Butter can add glossy look on your melted chocolate.
Once all pop tarts has been cooked. Cooling down it until a room temperature before adding melted chocolate. Put melted chocolate into a piping bag and then pipe it on the pop tarts as you like. Chocolate will add nice sweet on your buttery pastry. Then, serve it up. You can even store it in a cookies jar. For more tasty pop tarts, you should cool it in refrigerator and eat it. Yummy!