My sweet addiction: shaved milk+fresh house made red bean paste+house made rice cakes.

Okrumong 오루몽 was among some my favorites.

So I was thinking about writing a serious post on all of the places I went to during my 2 month stay in Korea. Oh what the heck, I just had to start this post off with a large image of my favorite Korean dessert-Red Bean Bingsoo (aka 'Pat bingsoo').  Growing up in a Korean home, you just knew that it was the best treat when your mom busts out the ice shaver that takes like 30 minutes to shave a cup of ice, pours milk and bean powder, throws some fruit and rice cakes, and of course the glorious red bean paste. Then when you have 2 younger brothers, forget it.  Game over.  You can barely get spoon of this down without a battle.  I wasn't a huge fan of red bean paste during the early years, as I just couldn't figure out why it tasted the way it did.  Definitely an acquired taste.  Did you know that a persons taste buds changes every 7 years??? Is what a teacher friend told me once...which I can definitely relate to because I hated fish growing up, and now it's my first choice of protein. Random story.  But true.  Anyhow-I love how simplicity of this dish, and the key is to have shaved milk, house made red bean paste, and house made Korean rice cakes.  Definitely tempting to make my own version of this in Brooklyn.  Next summer that is :)

So my favorite part of this trip was the red bean bingsoo.  There were some amazing things that I tried for the first time, or new discoveries. However, the *winner* was definitely this dessert.  I think I ate it uh...every week? haha.  This explains the extra kilos my body picked up along the way.