- What's up you guys? It's Joelle.
And for the next week, I'm going to attempt
to eat like the incredibly talented
and super sweet Korean girl group, TWICE.
TWICE has nine wonderful members.
So in an attempt to squeeze all of this into one week,
I'm gonna be recreating at least two of each member's
favorite dishes and see by the end of the week,
whose dishes I thought were the most delicious.
I am so excited, so ready to feel special.
So let's get on into it.
So we're starting the week off with Jihyo,
who is TWICE's fearless leader.
She is the main vocalist for the group
and is definitely the team mom.
Jihyo actually trained at JYP,
their entertainment company for over 10 years,
which makes her the TWICE member
with the longest tenure at JYP.
She likes to eat healthy and exercise.
So I'm starting out the day with a yogurt smoothie,
which is apparently one of her favorites.
Honestly, I feel like I put so much yogurt in this,
so that it's kinda like a milkshake.
So I'm really excited about starting my day with this.
So good. You just can't go wrong with a good Berry smoothie.
I am so excited for lunch.
I've read that another one of Jihyo's favorites is meat.
So I decided I'd make myself some Bulgogi.
It is so easy to go to the Korean grocery store and get you
their pre-made marinades or just pre-marinated meats.
So you already know that's what I did today
and I'm so excited to eat.
Of course, you gotta wrap your meat
in your som, your leaves.
I'm gonna shove it in there, you know.
One thing I find really interesting about how Jihyo became
the leader of TWICE, is that she was actually decided on by
popular vote of the other members.
I think it's really telling of how much all the other girls
respect Jihyo, that they asked for her to lead the group.
For dinner, I'm having one of Nayeon's favorites.
Nayeon is an incredible all around member of TWICE
as a dancer, a singer, often at
the center of a lot of videos and formations.
But she also has a really interesting career trajectory.
She was actually scouted by JYP as a really young kid,
but her mom didn't want her to become a trainee so young.
So years later, she goes back and auditions for do JYP
and makes it, and convinces her mom to let her train.
One of her favorites was apparently some Sushi.
So I got some Salmon Sushi because apparently that is the
only type of Sushi that she will eat.
This honestly looks so good. Ooooh Yeah, baby.
Even though I personally love all types of Sushi,
honestly, we're going to pick one,
and I think Salmon is a fantastic choice.
Anyways, before we end today,
I want to end it off with a TWICE fun fact.
TWICE was formed by JYP entertainment under
the reality competition show called Sixteen.
Through the show, there were supposed
to only be seven members in the final group,
but at the end of the show, JYP added Momo
because of her dancing skills and Tzuyu was
added by popular vote, thanks to the audience.
Good morning, and today we're starting off the day
with another meal for Nayeon.
She apparently really enjoys the flavor of grapefruit.
So I decided to just keep things simple,
keep it fresh with a grapefruit for breakfast.
In addition, I know many of the girls of TWICE talk about
how they drink coffee all the time,
especially iced Americano.
So to be accurate, honestly, I should probably
just have an iced Americano, like every day, this week.
Really, doing these, eating like K-pop stars videos,
has put me on to iced Americanos.
I never drank them before but they're so good.
I love espresso so much.
Okay, for lunch today, I'm having a favorite of Jeongyeon's.
Jeongyeon is often described as like
the girl crush member of the group.
If you watch any videos of her,
you'll understand why she is so effortlessly cool,
and beautiful and just feels so powerful.
She's the main vocalist for the group,
but has apparently said that if she weren't an idol,
she would go into modeling.
And apparently one of her food favorites is Tteokbokki.
TWICE has actually invented their own Rabokki recipe,
which is just Tteokbokki with Ramen.
In one of their shows, they made a recipe from scratch
and had Jeongyeon's dad try to recreate it
since he's actually a well-known Korean chef.
I was a little skeptical when I saw this recipe,
they were throwing in all kinds of crazy things like
honey rice cakes, marinara sauce,
but also things that I've never used before like quail eggs.
And they even put some yogurt in there,
which is probably the part that I was most concerned about.
Unfortunately, my grocery store was out of honey rice cakes,
but other than that, I tried to follow the recipe
to a T, a T T.
Okay y'all, I'm scared. I'm not gonna lie.
I was sort of shocked when TWICE seemed to devour
their dish and loved it in the show.
But I guess if they designed the recipe themselves,
it must be according to their taste,
and you can't really go wrong with Ramen noodles.
Well, there's so many different flavors going on right now.
It has like the kind of sweetness from the ketchup
and the marinara sauce, it's sort of fascinating.
Honestly, I don't hate it.
It's washed it all down.
I actually have, Nayeon's go to milk tea order.
Apparently she said, when she wants something refreshing
but not too heavy, she'll get a classic milk tea
but with no Boba and 50% sweet.
Having something creamy and sweet when you're eating
spicy food, for some reason is so satisfying.
Micah's is gonna react.
- Mm Hmm. That was good.
- It's good? You like it?
- Mm Hmm.
- Nice. Dinner tonight, I'm very excited to try it.
It's another one of Jeongyeon's apparent favorites
and it is, let me try to say this right, golbaengi-muchim,
and it is spicy sea whelk with noodles.
And I was a little intimidated because
I've never actually had this dish before.
So I'm really excited to try and even though I might sound
a little strange to eat sea snails,
let's just all remember, Escargot is a delicacy, okay.
This honestly smells bomb and I love cold spicy noodles.
Let's take a bite, mmmm.
The seasoning of this is good.
Whoo, it does have a kick though.
Here's my little sea whelk,
it really just tastes like clam.
And to end the day, today's TWICE fact is that pre-debut,
many of the members appeared in ads
and music videos for other idols.
Chaeyoung and Tzuyu were in Miss A's video for "Only You,"
and Jeongyeon, Nayeon, Dahyun, and Sana
all appeared in different videos for JYP's boy group, GOT7.
We're starting today with a Mina classic.
Mina is an incredible vocalist and dancer for the group.
She's also the only member to be born in the U.S,
but she was raised in Japan.
Prior to joining the group, she apparently studied ballet
for like 11 years and had the shortest tenure
at JYP as a trainee.
I saw an interview where she said
that one of her favorite foods is actually Ketchup.
Growing up, she would have Ketchup with
a lot of different foods especially eggs.
So that is what I'm having for breakfast.
I tried to make the Ketchup in the shape of an M,
but it came out too fast so I messed up.
I think catch-up is such a classic combo.
So today's lunch is actually inspired by miss Momo, who is
a main dancer, also vocalist and rapper for the group.
All around, so talented.
She is also from Japan and apparently,
started dancing at the age of three.
She's apparently also a pretty big cook.
She shared some photos of dishes that she'd cooked online.
And one of them was Budae Jjigae,
which is what I'm making today.
It is Korean army stew,
and apparently was popularized in Korea
after the Korean war in the fifties.
And it was made up of pretty much
a bunch of army surplus foods with a bunch of preservatives,
things like spam, ramen noodles, cotu jong,
things that keep really well and was so delicious
so it kind of became, a like mainstay
in Korean cuisine even now.
So the soup base of this, is very, very flavorable,
salty, and spicy.
Everything just like soaks in to all
the foods you're eating, so good.
While I'm enjoying my lunch,
I figured I'll share today's TWICE fact.
While most K-pop groups often release Japanese
or English versions of their songs, TWICE actually releases
full Thai versions of many of their albums.
Already. So it couldn't be a day of eating
like TWICE's Momo without what dish?
That's right y'all, Jokbal, and that is braised pigs feet.
You boil these bones for literally two hours
in a medley of spices, and it turned super, super tender.
And Momo freaking loves this dish, it's almost like
a meme now, so I had to try to make it.
Oh my gosh, that is like the most tender meat I've ever had.
Momo is so enthusiastic about how much she likes this.
I saw this hilarious is a variety show segment,
where she was asked to do a dance with a piece of Jokbal,
like she had braised pig's foot.
And she did a dance, completed with
a one-handed cartwheel and meat was flying everywhere.
It was hilarious. That's when I knew I was like, you know,
I got to try to make this recipe for this video.
So to end today, I figured with all
the excellent dancers in TWICE; Momo, Mina, Nayeon, Tzuyu,
pretty much all of them though.
I thought it'd be fun for my sister and I to try
to learn one of their dances and the "Feel Special" dance
definitely went viral right when it came out
and I never learned it.
So I figured now would be a good time to try.
Sadly again, cannot show you with the music due copyright,
but we love some TWICE choreo,
even over that nice for Royalty-free music.
Good morning, and today's breakfast
is inspired by sweet sweet Sana.
Sana is a vocalist from Osaka, Japan.
Apparently, she has a little on
the shyer side, which blows my mind
because she's such an incredible performer.
I saw this photo of Sana and Taehyung enjoying
some waffles that looked scrumptious.
But from the photo they weren't just regular waffles.
They looked like Leige waffles,
which are a different kind of waffle
that actually uses yeast in the dough, and you add
something called Pearl sugar, which I didn't have.
I just may due with some lump sugar, when you put it in
the waffle iron it melts and caramelizes, so it has this
really delicious outside and soft and fluffy inside.
Honestly, this is a very decadent breakfast,
which is really crispy and caramalized.
It just goes with the whip cream and the fruit so well.
I love TWICE as group dynamic.
In a lot of interviews, they definitely roast each other
but they're also super supportive.
In a recent Buzzfeed interview actually, when asked
who is the most likely to cook for everybody,
obviously everyone pointed to Momo, miss chef.
But Momo actually pointed to Mina
because when they lived together,
Mina made Momo some really delicious Hawaiian poke.
If you've never had Poke, it's a Hawaiian dish,
normally consisting of cut up raw fish
with a little bit of seasoning.
I unfortunately had to buy my Poke.
I kind of feel like it's good to be aware that this is not
how Poke is traditionally eaten.
Normally it's just a fish itself, maybe with some rice,
not with all of these fixings,
where this is basically like a sashimi salad.
And that's not to say that this isn't delicious,
but I'm just pretty sure that Mina made Momo
a much more traditional version of Poke.
Okay. For dinner tonight, I had
to make cheese kimbap to honor Sana.
One of the most iconic clips of Sana is
when she's playing telephone for a Korean variety show
and the word is cheese kimbap.
Just the way she said, it has been memed and clipped
so many times over the internet.
Admittedly, I was a little perplexed
when I first saw this clip because it felt so random,
but truly for me, it was the twinkle Sana's eyes
when she gets the word cheese kimbap right,
that made me just fall in love with her even more.
Kimbap is literally just rice wrapped in seaweed
with whatever you want in it.
So obviously I included some mozzarella cheese.
Instead of regular rice, I made kimchi fried rice.
I'm not going to lie y'all,
I am very proud of how this turned out.
This was actually my first time hand-rolling kimbap
since I was a kid and would do it maybe with my grandma,
but this is my first time doing it on my own.
(embarrassed laugh)
I was trying to show y'all--
I'll wipe that out real quick.
Yummy.
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I will say the taste of the mozzarella
and the kimchi kimbap really go well together.
I also know some of you might be confused as to why
a video of a girl saying cheese kimbap on a variety show,
has the power to garner like millions and millions of views.
And that would go back to something
that Koreans call, aegyo, which is a quality of cuteness
that I feel like has the level of draw
or desirability that maybe Americans
would consider hotness or beauty.
But anyways, before we go, today's TWICE fact,
is that TWICE has actually been featured
in questions on school exams, in both Taiwan and Korea.
So today's breakfast is inspired by Dahyun.
She is a literal ray of sunshine
and it is one of the rappers, inside vocalist for the group,
And she loves sweets, particularly chocolate, And she said
that one of her favorite drinks is chocolate milk.
So that is what I'm having for breakfast,
but I couldn't just have chocolate milk.
So I'm also having a little Korean pastry on the side.
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There's something so comforting about chocolate milk
that just reminds me of childhood. So good.
I know I've already eaten noodles a lot
in this challenge, but apparently ramen
is one of these staples for the girls of TWICE,
and they eat a ton especially cause
they're on the road often and it's super quick,
easy, and obviously delicious.
I also chose ramen for Dahyun's lunch, specifically,
because there was an interview where Chaeyoung was asked,
"if Dahyun was a food, what would she be?"
And she said, "ramen," which makes sense
cause Dahyun is so playful and bubbly.
I feel like everyone likes her,
just like everyone likes ramen.
So much sodium, so satisfying.
Also for anyone who wants to get a sense of Dahyun's
very outgoing personality, you can see
that she actually went viral prior to debuting
with TWICE for a dance that's known as the Eagle dance
that she did as she was leading dance in church.
She was literally like--
So dinner tonight is inspired by Chaeyoung.
She is a main rapper and also a vocalist for the group.
She's also extremely fashionable and really artistic
where she said that if you weren't an idol right now,
she would have actually tried to go to art school,
which is really cool.
She says that one of her favorite foods
is fruits and veggies.
We love a healthy queen and I saw,
and I think it was a Vlive, her having this
really delicious looking a arugala salad with tomatoes.
So that's what I decided to have for dinner tonight.
I'm really excited to eat this because honestly I've eaten
very few vegetables this week, so this is very refreshing.
Anyways,before I go, today's TWICE fact
is that TWICE as debut video, "like OOH-AHH,"
was their first to hit a hundred million views on YouTube.
It hit the milestone in November,
2016 after one year and 23 days exactly.
So, it is quite late now, but another aspect
of TWICE's routine that I thought I'd
try to replicate is their skincare.
Chaeyoung and Nayeon did a Vlive,
showing their nighttime getting unready routine.
I personally really appreciated that they would share this
with their fans because I feel like it's kind of rare
to see K-pop idols without perfect makeup on.
And it just felt so casual and down to earth,
like we're at a sleepover taking off our makeup altogether,
and you already know I was taking furious notes to figure
out how they get that incredible glass-skin.
In the live, Nayeon and Chaeyoung used three cleansers,
starting with a makeup remover wipe, a foam cleanser
and an oil cleanser to get all that stage makeup off.
Chaeyoung used some essence, and then they used
a classic Korean sheet mask, which Nayeon says she uses
literally every day and they ended it off
with some lip balm, night cream and eye cream.
I can't believe it is the last day of our challenge,
where we're kicking off today with a Tzuyu breakfast.
Tzuyu is the Magnay of the group a.k.a the youngest member.
She's also the only member from Taiwan.
She is an incredible vocalist and dancer
and has even inspired a skateboarding mobile game,
which I sadly couldn't download because
they don't offer it for iPhone.
She is known for loving bread and pastries.
So of course I had to have some bread in my breakfast.
Additionally, I saw in a recent interview
that on a trip to Thailand, she really enjoyed
this drink called Tangmo Pan.
It is a super refreshing watermelon smoothie.
So that's what I decided to pair my pastry with.
It is so refreshing and light, it honestly reminds me
of like a tropical cocktail that you might get,
but it's literally like 9:00 AM right now.
So obviously I'm having mine alcohol free.
I am already so hungry for lunch and I'm really excited
making another favorite that Tzuyu has mentioned
in an interview, and that is Gondre-namul Bap,
which people sometimes call Korean fissile with rice.
It apparently was commonly eaten in Buddhist temples.
That's supposed to be really good for you.
I'm just having mine with a bunch of veggies
and Banchan, Kimchi, all that good stuff. Mmmh.
That's like a really yummy kind of earthy flavor.
I know I often make a lot of meat dishes.
This is an excellent vegan option
that I would highly highly recommend.
In addition to eating healthier most of the time,
Chaeyoung also says that she really likes gummies.
I think a lot of the girls in TWICE
actually have said that they liked gummies.
Asian snacks are the best.
And my sister here, is a gummy fiend.
So figured we would try some of these different gummies.
- We eat these all the time.
- And those are, those are good.
- We love some Fettuccine.
- These are another classic, individually wrapped pieces.
- Solid.
- I'm trying a little strawberry gummy, it's so cute. Mmh.
- Mango, It really does taste like the fruits.
- I thought these looked really cute also,
the little peach gummies, a little booty peach.
- It was a good texture.
I think Fettuccine is my favorite, so.
- I think I have to agree,
glad we had to try one TWICE as guilty pleasures.
If you want to partake in some Asian gummies as well,
these stuff's really good.
It is our last meal of eating like TWICE.
So I thought end it off with a meal
that I know all the girls enjoy together.
And that is Japchae, which is
just stir fry sweet potato noodles with veggies,
and normally some beef.
I made mine vegetarian though.
And Goguma Mattang, which is candied sweet potato.
I unfortunately made the rookie mistake
of buying American sweet potatoes instead
of the Korean Goguma sweet potato,
which is white rather than orange,
but when you're frying and candying a sweet potato,
I feel like it tastes good either way.
In a recent interview I watched,
TWICE was talking about how they often would order
food together and eat together,
which makes sense because they're constantly traveling,
training on the road.
And I think it's really sweet that they share so many meals.
Honestly, it's like having a second family
because they spend so much of their time together.
So obviously I'm starting out with the Japchae,
which is the savory dish they made.
A seasoning with a soy sauce and sugar is so easy.
So definitely an A1 dish.
If you're new to cooking, it's kind of hard to mess up.
And of course, before we move on to dessert,
I have to finish off with my final TWICE fact,
and that is the official fandom name, ONCE was announced on
November 4th, 2015 through their official Instagram account.
The group said, "if you love us, even once,
we will repay your love with twice our love..
We will work hard so that you can look at us once and fall
in love with TWICE. Let's be together until the end"
Got to finish off the video with some dessert, Mmmh.
That crunch, the crystallization is so good.
And honestly, y'all, as I'm looking back on this week,
we made so many delicious meals, but I have to say,
I think if you're going to make one dish from this week,
I would recommend Momo's Jokbal.
Just the complexity of the seasonings, are so delicious.
And if you're a vegan or vegetarian,
I definitely would recommend just trying
that little marinade with all the seasonings
and rather than braising pigs feet,
definitely some potatoes, some veggies,
all that good stuff would taste delicious
in it over some rice.
I had so much fun at recreating all of
these TWICE foods this week.
I hope you learned a little bit more about TWICE,
as well as about Korean culture.
And if there's anyone you'd like me to eat like next,
let me know in the comments down below
and I'll see you in the next one. Bye.
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