Chicago

There was my cousin's engagement party in Chicago last weekend. And I went to Chicago last early Friday to see my relatives and Chicago downtown also.

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A day before short trip, I studied about Chicago for 3 hours and I focused on Grant park, John Hancock Center and the Art Institute of Chicago.

I was worried about the weather because I heard that the possibility of precipitation of Chicago was 30%. However, the weather was really good and I and my friend could enjoy the amazing atmosphere of Grant park. :)

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Next time, we went to the Art Institute of Chicago.

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This picture is drawn by Pompeo Batoni. I could feel the obvious contrast of masculinity and femininity. The mascular man in the armor and the beautiful woman with willow makes perfect harmony!

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I have no information about this picture. But, I like the depict of woman's eyes.

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And, another interesting picture.

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On Saturday, I went to the John Hancock Center observatory. The scenery of Chicago was really good. I could see 360 degree of Chicago, Loop and Lake Michigan.

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I stayed in Chicago 3 days with one of my relatives. It was really good time. The time in Chicago was totally different from New York. - peaceful- :)

dong-gu-rang-ddang

Whenever feel bored or feel stress from something, making dong-gu-rang-ddang helps alleviate me.

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To make this food, you have to mince all of the ingredients.

It takes time, but I like using knife. It feels so good to me. :)

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Mix altogether with flour & eggs. And make the balls.

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Apply the flour and eggs again. And fry.

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The following is the recipe : http://www.cookscentral.com/recipe.asp?res=1249

Beef Casserole & Fried rice

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This Monday evening, I took my friends in my apartment and had a good time. I cooked my food, my friends brought beers. I was thinking all day long which food I would serve for them, and I made up my mind to make beef casserole, fried rice & beef soup.
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I flavored the beef casserole with teriyaki sauce, hot pepper paste, soy sauce, hot pepper powder, soy sauce.. etc..
In the fried rice, I added chopped shrimp, beef, and vegetables(onion, scallion, carrot.. etc).
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I want to erase the spoon on this picture. This spoon is ruining this picture!
In my opinion, the key point to make this food delicious is add plenty of onion, scallion and garlic before heat. These vegetables add juicy flavors to beef when they are heated.
The following is the recipe : http://www.cookscentral.com/recipe.asp?res=1247
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I added chopped shrimp into the fried rice & flavored with soysauce slightly. Because I'm a huge fan of shrimp. Many people says shrimp has lots of cholesterol, but I don't care about that. How can I give up the great taste of shrimp? :)

The following is the recipe : http://www.cookscentral.com/recipe.asp?res=1248

The key point of cooking shrimp is 'don't over cook'. If shrimps are over-cooked, it lose its own tension.

And the following is essential.

Guggenheim Museum

Last weekend, I went to the Guggenheim Museum with my Korean friends. It was really good.

I appreciated about the fact that I can see this 'real' paintings every week.

Pablo Picasso.Women with yellow hair. 1931

Curry Chicken Salad

Whenever I fry something in my apartment, the smoke detector goes off! However, I don't see any smoke when I fry something. The smoke detector is so sensative. My cousin always advice me turn on the ventilator, but I forgot to turn on the ventilator all the time.

The following food is curry chicken salad.

For me, the two difficult things about frying chicken are making proper batter and knowing the proper temperature of cooking oil.

I believe that the picture of food contains more than recipe.

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tip1 : scattering the bread crums onto the batter makes the fry delicious.

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the following is the recipe of this food : http://www.cookscentral.com/recipe.asp?res=1243

soysauce-marinated eggs

I'm not sure I can call this as a cook or not, but I like this marinated eggs very much.
It's so simple, so I think it's good for the lazy person (like me). :)
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tip1 : String is better tool then knife when you cut this boiled eggs.
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the following is the recipe:
http://www.cookscentral.com/recipe.asp?res=1236

Whitney Museum

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This is my first time of visiting museum in NY. I went to Whitney Museum last Friday evening. It was really good and I have a good time to think about a lot of things.
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George bellows - Dempsey and Firpo. 1924

This was my favorite. I can feel strength from this picture.