East Asia Blog Round-Up : 11/3/2012

It’s Sunday and therefore it’s time for another edition of the Eye on East Asia Blog Round-up.

• Aeri’s Kitchen - Aeri shares her recipe for fried fish cake and egg guk (어묵 계란국).
• An American in North Korea - Joseph shares some stunning photos of a mass gymnastics performance at the Arirang Mass Games (아리랑 축제).
• Appetite for China - Diana prepares some tasty kale and sesame soba noodles.
• Asia Pundits -  Migukin shows you how to properly enjoy the noraebang (노래방) experience.
• Beyond Kimchee - Holly shares her recipe for Korean-style braised tofu and radish.
• Big Sushi, Little Fishes - Aaron writes about his memories of the March 11th earthquake.
• Borrowed Culture - Fabrizio hikes along the Jinshanling (金山岭) section of the Great Wall.
• Contemporary Japanese Literature - Kathryn reviews the book March Was Made of Yarn : Reflections on the Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Meltdown.
• Dale’s Korean Temple Adventures - Dale explores Sinbulsa Temple (신불사) in Ulsan.
• Expat Hell - The Expat writes about the Korean Costco experience.
• Fifty Storms in Japan - Elizabeth talks about the impact the March 11th earthquake made on her life.
• From Our Ger - Susie has a fun-filled day out with some Kazakh eagle hunters.
• Haikugirl’s Japan - Ali shares her thoughts on this year’s Hyper Japan convention.
• Hoops & Homonyms - Ian and Jenny list the things they will and won’t miss about living in China.
• Japan Navigator - Ad writes a biography on the author Matsumoto Seicho (松本清張).
• Jay Dee in Japan - Jay shows off his family’s beautiful hina doll (雛人形) set.
• Just Another Day in Japan - Joe wonders whether it’s still worth learning how to write Japanese by hand.
• Korean Modern Literature in Translation - Charles talks about North Korean diasporic literature.
• Life Behind the Wall - Jo lists some of the customs surrounding pregnancy and childbirth in China.
• Life on Nanchang Lu - Fiona enjoys some farm-style home cooking with the Xu family.
• Nanoomi - Shin Kim writes about her day trip to Chuncheon (춘천).
• Ogijima - David explores Kurashiki’s (倉敷) Edo-era merchant neighbourhood, Bikan (美観).
• Out to Lunch - Carolyn shares her recipe for a cooling sweet and sour jicama salad (糖醋地瓜).
• Patrice in Matsusaka - Patrice learns how to become the ideal Japanese woman, or nadeshiko (大和撫子).
• PRC & Me - Matthew explains why Mandarin is not as tough to learn as many people think.
• Rurosha - The author pays his respects at the Tokyo Metropolitan Memorial Hall (東京都慰霊堂).
• Seoul Sub-urban - Charlie and Liz explore Seoul’s tiny Chinatown in Myeongdong (명동).
• Shinpai Deshou - Katie visits the Japan Cat Network’s shelter in Inawashiro (猪苗代).
• Shizuoka Gourmet - The author shares his recipe for chawanmushi (茶碗蒸し).
• Surviving in Japan - Ashley looks back on that fateful day of the March 11th earthquake.
• Sydney to Seoul - The author compiles a list of useful resources for learning Korean.
• Taiwan Duck - JJ Lymm shares her recipe for the popular Taiwanese dish braised pork on rice (滷肉飯).
• The China Beat – Jeffrey interviews Michelle Dammon Loyalka, author of the book Eating Bitterness : Stories From the Frontlines of China’s Great Urban Migration.
• The Lobster Dance - Leah takes a stroll through the scenic Rikugien Park (六義園).
• Tokidoki Tokyo - Tom tries to find his feet in Manila.
• TsukuBlog - Avi learns how to make homemade miso (味噌) paste.
• Unbrave Girl - Sally speaks about her love of glutinous rice balls (汤圆).
• Webs of Significance - YTSL continues her trek along the Wilson Trail (衛奕信徑).
• Writer. Traveller. Tea Drinker - Becky talks about the positive aspects of travelling solo in China.
• YoWangdu - Lobsang writes a short visitor’s guide for the Potala Palace (པོ་ཏ་ལ) in Lhasa.

That’s all for this week. The next blog round-up will be posted on Sunday 18th March 2012.

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