Goodbye Year of the Dragon & Our Little Dragon’s 100th Day Celebration
새해 복 많이 받으세요! Happy lunar new year! It’s the start of the year of the snake and the end of the year the dragon. 2012 was a crazy year for us. Sunnie started a new job, we moved, and then welcomed our son, Tevyn, into the world less than a month after relocating!
In Korea, the traditional first big celebration for a new baby is the 100th day celebration, 100 days after the baby is born. Families have a big feast and invite friends and family over to celebrate the birth. We of course had to do the same and cooked up a vegan Korean feast for our guests.
We had many of our favorite dishes at the celebration, including japchae
and soy curl bulgogi
and green onion pancakes
kim-mari, fried seaweed rolls
and a variety of rice cakes, along with yak-gwa cookies
and finally some yoo-boo cho-bap (tofu pockets stuffed with seasoned rice).
What a year for us 2012 was! Tevyn is also my excuse for not posting as much as we’d like to. My nickname for him (among others) is Captain Timesuck! That’s his official superhero name until he gets old enough to claim his own.
So, his 100th day celebration was all about the food and friends. I’ll post about his first birthday celebration later this year and some fun Korean traditions we’ll be observing then.
Best wishes and blessings for a wonderful year of the snake!
The Vegan 8 Korean 
How do you season the soy curl bulgogi? And congrats on your son’s 100th Day!
We just use our typical bulgogi sauce recipe. You can see it in the soy curl bulgogi sandwich post .
Thanks! And happy new year!! 😉
Happy 100th day Tevyn :). All of that wonderful food in his honour? I think I had best be quiet about that because my children got NOTHING on their 100th day ;). Thank you for sharing this wonderful experience and these equally wonderful recipes 🙂
Thanks, narf77! Happy new year!
Thank you narf77! Happy new year! 😉
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Wishing you great health and happiness with your young man!
And health and happiness to you too, Connie!
Thank you Connie. Happy new year to you too!
That’s one cute munchkin you’ve got there! Awwww! Happy 100th day to little Tevyn (love his onesie too).
And all that food… makes me so hungry. Would love the recipe for the green onion pancakes and yoo-boo bo-chap, if you find a moment of time in the future. Meanwhile, you can just keep posting pictures of your adorable little one!
And Happy Year of the Snake to the whole family! Maybe it be filled with joy, health and prosperity!
Best wishes in the new year to you and yours, alua! The yoo-boo cho-bap we just bought a kit in the store that comes with the seasonings and the tofu pockets; although, you can also buy the pockets separately. We should be able to do some posts on those sometimes. In the meantime, a great sub and awesome part food is the fist rice recipe. So you might give it a try!
Thank you – alua! Happy new year to you as well. Yes, we love his “vegans are cute and cuddly” onesie! 😉
Wow! What a surprise! Did I miss a previous announcement? 🙂 Congratulations, he’s a cutie.
Also, did you notice that Maangchi’s latest recipe is Gung Jung Ddeokbokki? Hmmm. 😉
Thanks, Lu! No, you didn’t miss a previous announcement, just a couple of very subtle hints about being behind on posting. 😉
And as for Maangchi’s recipe, ha-ha! I call shenanigans! 🙂
She’s feeling the pressure from the competition! LOL.I love Maangchi, but I’m rooting for my vegan peeps. Just kidding; I know there’s no competition. BTW, I just got Ani Phyo’s Raw Asian cookbook out of the library, and it’s got some great raw versions of various Korean staples. The best thing to me is the recipes that are basically already raw, without things like substitutions for rice and such–she just recasts them in a way that’s almost 100% raw, like various namuls that would have otherwise required blanching. I’m trying her spinach namul with lunch today and am waiting for my oi kimchi to ferment.
Man, I was dense about the hints. You sly ones. Congrats again!
Haha, thanks, Lu! Yes, we saw that Ami had several good Korean recipes in her book! We aren’t too adventurous with raw food, but you should let us know if you like those dishes!! 😉 Happy lunar new year!!
새해복많이받으네요, Sunnie! Congratulations again on your lovely baby! The spinach namul was good, but definitely different from the cooked version, even after marinating and wilting. It had that raw texture and not the slight sweetness and more developed taste of cooked spinach. I have cucumber kimchi for lunch today. It smells pretty good after 3 full days fermenting on the counter. It’s amazing how powerful the garlic is at first and then mellows out. I’ve also been eating soaked buckwheat groats for breakfast, and it’s great. Really tasty. I need to invent a more delicious-sounding name for that dish, though. Aish! 🙂
GAH! “받으세요,” obviously. 😦 Stupid typing fingers.
Haha.. 😉 I actually didn’t even notice! Happy new year Lu – glad that the oi kimchi was good. Thanks for sharing how the dishes turned out!!
Your baby is adorable. Congratulations to you all for making the important 100th day milestone! That is an impressive dol-janchi spread. I think your vegan versions of the typical feast foods look delicious. Happy new year!
Thanks, Jane! Happy new year to you and your family as well!
Congratulations on your cutie’s 100th day celebration! I just discovered your blog and I am over the moon about the vegan Korean recipes. I’m looking forward to trying some of yours.
I have a recipe request for you. How would one make jjajang dokbokki?
Hi, SWF! Neither Sunnie nor I have actually ever had jjajang ddeokbokki, but our recent Shindangdong Style Ddeokbokki recipe does use jjajang in it. We would guess that if you’re looking for only jjajang sauce for your ddeokbokki, then just pick up a jar and follow the directions for the sauce, cook the ddeookbokki with maybe some cabbage and onions and add the sauce. Good luck!
Thank you for the tips! I will have to try to find some jjajang at my closest Korean market. If I figure out how to make it, I will send you the recipe.
I can’t wait to make your kimchi. I used to eat kimchi chige at least three times a week when I lived in Seoul. It was one of my favorites! I make a pretty good stew, but I am not confident in my kimchi-making abilities. (I buy Trader Joe’s.)
Sorry for the late congrats. I had a procedure done that took awhile to get over and I am getting ready to go in for major surgery next week, so I have been out things. But… Congratulations on your baby boy! He is so adorable! Wishing you all well. Julie
Thanks Julie! We hope you’re doing okay, and best wishes for your surgery next week. We will be sending best wishes and healing energy your way.. take care!
I decided to check in today and see what other delicious vegan korean recipes were lurking on your blog… and it looks like a big congratulations are in order!! 🙂 🙂 Wishing you all the best!!
(And thanks for the yummy recipes!)
Thanks so much, Kate! Best wishes to you too! 🙂
I think this outfit would be appropriate for the vegan youngster.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/100218422/lettuce-turnip-the-beet-organic-cotton?ref=shop_home_active
Haha. We have several vegan onesies but will have to consider this one too. Thanks!