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Warnings at 2009 Korean Festival in Los Angeles

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Ah, two items close to my heart. No smoking and being photographed…

장터내 모든곳에서는 금연입니다.

Warnings at 2009 Korean Festival in LA

본인의 동의 없이… 사진이 촬영 게재…

By attending the Korean Festival, you consent to being photographed, filmed and recorded as members of the Korean Festival audience and consent to the use of any such film, image or recording at the discretion of the Korean Festival.

Someone should have told the lady selling the chaltteok gwaja. I had posted about CW’s chaltteok cookie, and this woman was at the festival selling something similar, so I was really interested. I started taking photos with my iPhone and was about to pick up a sample so I’d have something new to report on this blog. Well, I don’t know what her problem was… she started complaining about my taking pictures and wouldn’t offer me a sample, which she had been handing out to attendees. Other companies who pay thousands of dollars to have a table at these fairs rush to give out samples because that’s part of marketing their business. She must be in violation of some trademark or patent… CW did patent their technology…

And of course, I am so glad that “Smoking is prohibited in the entire Festival Area. Prohibido fumar en esta area.”

Don’t forget to check out the schedule for the remaining days of the 2009 Korean Festival in Los Angeles.

Korean Chaltteok Cookie – Chocolate Flavor

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Chaltteok Cookie - Cacao Flavor
The chocolate version of the CW’s chaltteok cookie, this gwaja is Invention Patent No. 0626971 — sticky rice encased in a soft, hollow cookie. What a way to combine traditional Korean and modern Western in a baked goodie! CW translates their product into English as Korean Biscuit.

Chaltteok Cookie - Cocoa Flavor The picture on the wrapper shows the filling as white, but actually the chaltteok inside is dark brown in color.

Ingredients list as given in English: sugar, cocoa, wheat flour, corn syrup, corn starch, salt, glutinous rice. The label on another part of the box says it contains 2% “cacao.”

Six of these individually wrapped cookies are contained in a box which states that its price is 2,000 won (Korean currency). The box bears a sticker containing nutrition facts and other information in English.

Chaltteok Cookie - Chocolate Flavor

국내산 찹쌀이 함유된 청우 찰떡 쿠키

Each cookie weighs 20 grams, which equals one serving. Each serving contains: 74 calories, 13 from fat. One gram of total fat — no saturated or trans fat. Two milligrams of cholesterol, 55 milligrams of sodium. Fifiteen grams of total carbohydrates — no dietary fiber, 6 grams of sugars. One gram of protein. No vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium or iron.

Net weight: 120 grams (4.23 ounces). UPC 8 801204 202335. Made by the Korean confectionery company Cheong Woo known in hangeul as 청우식품. Product of Korea. Available at HK Super for 99 cents when on sale.