8.16.2011

i came back from the church retreat yesterday.

i got to trade pokemon with my crush's little brother(hes 11)

and i gave him a hug.  >/////////<

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school is almost about to start ;A;

noooooooooooo

im done with my hetalia cultural foods contest entry \(^o^)/

this was copied from my deviantart picture description:

full view plz

entry for the cultural foods contest :iconaphetalia-club: .

i drew east asia. china, s.  korea, japan, taiwan, hongkong.

i think i overdid it. i shouldve just remained simple. /sob

and after reading something, i feel bad about entering the contest. but its my first contest and i probably wont enter another one anytime soon.

i swear this is my last time with this coloring style. i hate this style.

from right to left.

tea(china)

basically herbs + boiled water. 

http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/chinese_tea_ceremony/ 

baozi (steamed buns)(china)

its flour bread thing that can have a variety of fillings.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101213200702AArwZpm

mak kimchi(korea)

napa cabbage + spice and fish. i failed at drawing it. otl

http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/easy-kimchi

sushi(japan)

fish + seaweed + rice + other things. raw meat can give you tapeworms.

http://www.sushirecipes.org/

mochi!(japan) :iconmochijapanplz:

mochiko + water + suger and sometimes with red bean or ice cream filling. and food coloring. i like mochi.

easy recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/simple-mochi-146183

hard recipe: http://en.christinesrecipes.com/2009/05/red-bean-mochi-recipe.html

baozi again.

in china and chinatowns you can find all kinds of decorated kinds of baozi. yea...

same goes with the 2 green eared bunny thing and whats in hongkong's mouth....

http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/7994/baozi-steamed-buns

pearl tea(taiwan)

because taiwan makes the most pearl tea aka milk tea bubble. 

i almost choked on one of the bubbles/pearls once. it wasnt fun. but the bubbles taste really good, my mom told me they were made out of plastic. lol

http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/taiwan-pearl-tea.html

tang yuan (Gluntinous Rice Dumplings/汤圆) (taiwan)

there different kinds of tang yuan, but i wanted to do the common pink and white ones, since taiwan wears pink and white. ive seen them in rainbow colors.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006021009924

http://nyonyafood.rasamalaysia.com/tang-yuan-recipe-gluntinous-rice-dumplings/?pid=119#image-608

bing tang hu lu / suger-coated haws on a stick(taiwans holding it)

traditional chinese candy.  ive never seen them in america, and i only ate one before and that was when i was 5. ;A;

its really sweet. its only sold in china during winter though. and i failed at drawing this also.

http://www.suite101.com/content/crystalized-fruits-on-a-skewer-a43918

http://appetiteforchina.com/blog/bingtang-hulu

this is such a long description. lol

sesame balls(hongkong)

you can find these in chinese buffets. derp. unlike you usually dont see tang yuan there.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2IwZvF5zs4

white rice (hong kong)

you should know. 

http://www.ricerecipe.com/

putting country's names next to the food was so you had a better idea for the location.

the frame was really hard to do. since i cant make straight lines.

hetalia (c) himaruya