2 years!

Hello everyone!

Last weekend David and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary! It was an early celebration, but we weren't going to be together on our anniversary (booo,, long distance..) so it seemed like a good time  =)  Boy, time has really flown by, and it has truly been an incredible 2 years together.

cutie pie  =)

sorry, i'll try to keep the cheese level down,, but I mean, there's going to be some cheese involved. it's an anniversary post after all!  haha

Even before we were dating, I remember how he would randomly show up at my apartment with medicine whenever I was sick.  He has always been the sweetest guy, and whenever I have issues or complain about something, he always tries to fix everything for me =)  now I gotta be careful about what I complain about  haha   but I feel so lucky to have spent the past two years with him.

Anyway, to celebrate, we went to Indochine at Nizuc!  The lighting was very dim, so the pictures aren't so great, but we had a great time!

such a beautiful restaurant!

We began with a little soup, which was perfect for the chilly evening that we were having,

then a little curry dish that they brought out in a pitcher and poured for us around the little group of delicious veggies in the middle.  I had never seen curry served that way before!  haha

For our main course, we ordered lamb  =)  It's becoming a tradition to have lamb during our anniversary because we had it last anniversary as well!  haha

so yummy!  =)

we wrapped up our dinner by being our normal goofy selves and enjoying some fried ice cream and another delectable creamy goodness  (I totally forgot the name of that one haha)

It has been a wonderful 2 years, and I can't wait to explore more lamb dishes in the future with this guy !  ;)

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

--Janny

Go Big Red!! UNL/Husker Fans Gathering in Boston!

Hello everyone!

Shawn, one of my roomies, and I were in Chi Omega Fraternity together during our undergrad years, and when we realized that another UNL Chi O lives in Boston as well, we knew we had to meet up  =)  Kirstin and I were in the same pledge class, and it was so much fun to get together again and reminisce about our time together at Chi O  =)

For this occasion, we met up at the Porters Bar and Grill to watch the Huskers kick butt.  

There is no official UNL alum group in Boston, but this one might as well be one!  There were so many husker fans, and it was so fun to be back in that game day environment.  Kirstin, who was a Husker cheerleader, led the way when the school song played  =)

I have to say, the food at the bar was pretty good!  I don't drink, so I can't vouch for their beers, but Kirstin and Shawn really enjoyed their beers as well.  Can't remember what they were, but they had cinnamon and sugar around the rim!  hah

It was such a fun night reconnecting with old friends, watching the Huskers among incredibly energetic and invested fans, and meeting new people!  That's the great thing about being from Nebraska, especially being in other cities now.  Once people realize that they are all from Nebraska, it instantly opens up a very friendly line of conversation, and in no time, everyone is hanging out like they're old friends  =)  

I was never a huge football fan during my time at UNL, but I genuinely enjoyed watching the game at the bar with everyone.  Something about the energy, the collective gasps and the groans and the happy shouting during touchdowns...  It was really quite exciting  =) 

Oh, and btw, we won, so that makes everything that much better of course  ;)  

It was a wonderful night, probably the most 'college-y' night I've had in... many years  haha and I can't wait to see and hang out with more Bostonian-Nebraskans sometime soon!

Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful weekend, and ave a wonderful start of the week tomorrow!
thanks for stopping by!
--Janny

YoSukGoong restaurant

Hello everyone!

So I'm finally back to blogging about our trip in Korea and Taiwan.  This one is the one that was promised in this post like.. almost 2 weeks ago...  haha

but while we were in Gyeong Ju, we visited this restaurant called YoSukGoong, and it was so amazing that I thought it deserved a post of its own.  Tell me if you agree afterwards  ;)

The restaurant was a palace belonging to a princess YoSuk during the Silla era that has been transformed into a restaurant by the Choi family (an uber rich family, apparently).  We decided to go there because we saw it on TV (yes, we are one of those peeps who watch food network, even in foreign countries  =p) and it seems that everyone else was also in agreement about how good the food is there! I mean, look at all of these plaques proclaiming its deliciousness!  They use family recipes, and I believe it's the 13th generation daughter-in-law who is running the restaurant.

Once you walk through the traditional doorway,

you're greeted with this view!

isn't it so beautiful?!

We walked through this little doorway, and was lead to our own little room by our waitress to have our meal! 

It felt like we were coming to have a meal at someone's house (a few thousand years ago, of course) because every room is furnished like it would have been back then.

Anyway, after marveling at our surroundings for a bit, we finally noticed our meal table, which already had so many dishes on it!  We made a reservation, so that's why everything was prepared for us already. If you are planning on visiting, I would highly recommend making a reservation before you go.

Couldn't have asked for better company to enjoy this amazing experience with!

Soon after we sat down and took these photos, the food started coming out, and let me tell you, it did not stop coming out until we were all stuffed!

These were all traditional Korean dishes (of the wealthy) so there were some dishes my cousins and I tried for the first time!  We had to look up what they were on the brochure  haha  

so here we go, the never ending stream of amazing dishes!  definitely no complaints here  =D

some dumplings and Galbi (beef ribs)

jellyfish!  so interesting!

Mushroom soup

not sure what these were, but they were so good!

PaJun, Korean Seafood Pancake:::a fancier version of ours haha

some more amazing pork and beef dishes~

Spicy deliciousness that was this octopus dish

sweet and sour pork-esq dish

mmm avalone

we had a good laugh over this crab salad 

Korean Miso soup!

and this fish that was prepared so amazingly!  each piece of meat was already taken off from the bone, and then reassembled to look like the fish again, so it was so easy to eat!

and the aftermath...  haha

oh, and did we mention our view from our dining table?   not bad, eh?  haha

At this point, I saw our waitress come in with another plate of stuff on it, and I remember saying in dismay, "There's more...?!"   Thankfully, it was just some dessert of tea and watermelon.  Thank goodness because our stomachs were about to burst...

After we had more than our fill, we took a stroll around the restaurant/palace to enjoy the beautiful grounds, but more importantly, to walk off some of the exorbitant amount of food we had just consumed  haha

What I loved the most about eating here was that it was not only about the delicious food, but also about the experience of eating traditional Korean food, in a traditional way, in a traditional place.  It's a great place to bring not only guests from foreign countries, but also for Korean people to visit because let's be honest, no one has that much time to make all those Korean dishes regularly at home, right?  =)

If you're visiting Gyeong Ju, I would highly recommend visiting YoSukGoon for a meal and a stroll!

Thank you for stopping by!

--Janny