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Chocolate and Dessert Tasting at Solair Wilshire

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

“Celebrate Love & Romance with Chocolate & Champagne”

The first in a series of events designed to showcase exemplary non-profit organizations, the evening will feature gourmet chocolates, champagne, celebrity guests, and gift giveaways.  Experience champagne truffles, exquisite petit fours, red velvet cupcakes, and hand-crafted chocolates flavored with rose petals; kalamata olives; lavender; or habanero chili.

Chocolate and Dessert Tasting at Solair Wilshire

Proceeds will benefit the Koreatown Youth and Community Center.  There will be opportunities for networking, philanthropic giving and direct involvement in the local community.

WHAT:
Select Chocolate Tasting with Champagne & Wine

Featuring L’artisan du Chocolat, Teuscher – Beverly Hills, Chocoholics Anonymous, Bosco Cake Salon, Del’s Frozen Lemonade, and more……

WHERE:
The Solair Sky Deck

3785 Wilshire Blvd. @ Western Ave. (across from the Wiltern Theatre)

Free Parking – entrance on Oxford @ 6th St.

WHEN: Thursday, 11 February

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

HOW:
For online pre-sale tickets, please visit www.mcchocolates.eventbrite.com

$35 per person or $60 per couple (dessert only)

$55 per person or $100 per couple (including champagne & wine)

WHY: To benefit the Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC)

The Koreatown Youth and Community Center has served youth and their families in greater Los Angeles since 1975.  KYCC provides over 30 programs and services which promote community economic development, academic advancement, youth achievement, and environmental stewardship.  KYCC meets the needs of the most vulnerable populations by eliminating barriers to success.  They have a direct impact on the lives of over 26,000 young people each year.

Contact Marcia Choo at (213) 700-5314 for more information and to ask to have your name be put on the list.

Korean Play “2 Nights 3 Days with Mom” in LA

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

You must have seen posters featuring this image all over Koreatown. It’s for the Korean play 친정엄마와 2박3일 (2 Nights 3 Days with Mom), which is among the most attended plays of all time in South Korea.

Korean Play 2 Nights 3 Days with Mom

Korean Play 2 Nights 3 Days with Mom

It’s the story of a daughter dying from cancer and spending her last days with her mother. A sad story but gosh, how happy they look in the poster. I found it even at YogoZone under the iced water of all places.

"2 Nights 3 Days with Mom" Playbill in Koreatown

"2 Nights 3 Days with Mom" Playbill in Koreatown

The play will be performed the weekend of February 20-21 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. You can call 323-588-5000 for information; they will refer you to Radio Korea (213-487-1300) or the Joongang Ilbo (213-368-2522, 2511) for tickets.  I haven’t been able to get through — the lines are either busy or go unanswered.

Ebell Theater’s address: 4401 W 8th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone Number: 323-939-0126 (can merely confirm that two shows will be performed on each day; will give you the 323-588-5000 number to call)

Good luck getting tickets!

Insooni Concert in Los Angeles

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Photo taken inside Koreatown Plaza on Western Avenue


Insooni Concert Poster in Koreatown

Insooni Concert Poster in Koreatown

Insooni (Hangul: 인순이; born Kim In-Soon (김인순) in 1957) is a famous South Korean singer who made her debut in 1978. She is an acclaimed R&B diva who has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York.  Born to a Korean mother and an African American father, who served in the US military, she was brought up by her mother alone.

The concert will be on February 12, Friday, 8 pm, at Nokia Theater.  To check for tickets, call Powerhouse at 323-692-0303 or visit Ticketmaster.

2009 Korean Seafood Festival in Los Angeles

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

When they said ‘festival’ I imagined something big. This is the smallest festival I’ve ever seen — fewer than half a dozen companies from South Korea…. maybe five. I was disappointed by the paltriness so I didn’t bother being thorough. It’s a sales event with a few samples of dried myeolchi (멸치 = anchovies).

2009 Seafood Marketing Event in LA
2009 LA 수산물 판촉전

Yet I’ve got to hand it to those folks staffing the tables. They were proud of their products and were really hustling in a positive way.

The most dominant item was seaweed. Stacks of giant packs from South Cholla province — Wando Island in that jurisdiction is famous for kim (김 = dried sheets of “laver”). The other kind of seaweed they had was wakame, the brown seaweed that you rehydrate to use in miyeok-guk.

Two seaweed companies: one was Jaewon GlobalNet, the other was Oyang, which was touting its unique patents for making seasoned kim — invention numbers 0455993 and 0455994. Not willing to decipher the technical details from the handout, but the first patent seems to involve a three-part process that does NOT require adding MSG, while the second patent is some sort of two-part process. Will update this later. Meanwhile, visit their website taejo.org. No, they did not give me samples, but the ajumma were very enthusiastic so I’m devoting space to them.

Onggolchan (옹골찬) was selling different seafood banchan (반찬 = side dishes). I was glad to see their very substantial tri-lingual brochure with pretty pictures and quite presentable copy in English, Korean and Japanese. Their website: onggolchan.kr

Menu of Myzingo 마이징어

The unique marketing angle was provided by Myzingo. Are you familiar with ojingeo (오징어), the dried squid that everyone loves gnawing on? Well, this is Myzingo, which happens to be flavored with peanut butter. Momzzang (몸짱) is the squid’s body (mom in Korean) and Darizzang (다리짱) refers to the legs (dari in Korean). Really clever branding. Website: www.myzingo.co.kr

So this “festival” runs until October 25 (Sunday) in one tiny corner of the the parking lot of Hannam Chain SuperMarket. Address: 2740 W. Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90006.

I did see a lot of Korean ajosshi and ajumma (married men and women in their forties) eagerly snapping up the gigantic packs that were on sale. And I bet Korean-American teens might get a kick out of the peanut-butter-flavored squid. If you’re in the area, might as well drop by. The LAPD is also holding their Halloween carnival about a block east with carnival rides, games, food and a haunted house until Sunday 10 pm.

Earth Day 2009 at Wilshire Center

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

The Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC) gave out free trees during Wilshire Center’s 2009 Earth Day / Car Free Day celebration held between Oxford and Serrano on Wilshire Boulevard.

Free Trees on Earth Day 2009 Free Trees from Koreatown Group KYCC

There was this large truck that looked as if it had been full of chest-high trees in bags. By the time I got there at 11:20 or so, the truck was close to empty! The ajosshi and ajumma got their trees! Video hosted on Blogger.

Among the other highlights of the celebration: band playing on the stage right in front of the Wilshire Park Place building (where Radio Korea is located), the farmers market, and a Kids Zone with a story teller (English!) and face painting.