The first Amish store I would like to share is Hayloft Candles.
The place sold homemade ice cream and candles. I didn't pay too much attention to all the stuff till I bought some ice cream, but they had pretty interesting candles. Maybe I should look through more carefully next time.


They had work area right in the store so it was interesting to see the work area.

But I was so focused on getting this ice cream cone that I just skimmed through the store and walked right to the ice cream section. I tried Raspberry and it was only $1/scoop and it was a wonderful ice cream! Not too sweet like store-bought but just right. Mmmmmmm...I want some more....Mmmmmmmmmmmm

It also had a petting zoo right beside the store. It just asks you to make a donation at the entrance.

Here are some pictures I took of some 'starving' animals. Animals seem to be ALWAYS hungry...even our Nine (our dog) is ALWAYS hungry. Sometimes it seems like our Nine seems to eat 24/7.

These animals were all so hungry too..maybe since it was lunch time? Anyhow...this one was just so eager to eat some food that it stuck its head out...I hope it went back in okay.

This peacock...suddenly walked into llama cage where EVERYONE (including the llama who suddenly woke up and paid attention to the peacock) could see it spreading its tails and simply just walked away again folding it back again (show off ...lol). I guess I got lucky with this shot.

And although it was petting zoo..I didn't pet any...looking was enough for me. Eh hehehhehe...although I had some temptation to 'poke' their nose...

And this one was doing whatever it was doing...
There were more animals so if you get to go, say hi to all~

And if I am remembering right, right across this store was small Amish market stand with bunch of homemade stuff and veggies. When we were driving around, I realized that Amish community open up small farmer's markets through out the community as well as right from their home. (You might know better than I do about all of this since it was a new stuff for me.) Anyway this particular market had one big bag of fresh spinach only for $1 something (of course we bought it) and some freshly baked cookies..etc. I regretted not taking enough cash with me. Everything looked so good that I wanted to buy some more to take home.

With all the organic and healthy stuff craze these days..Amish markets are definitely somewhere you can get budget friendly and yummy organic stuff! I'll show you other stores as well...I just wish they were closer.

Yes, there's a dutch market in Burtonsville (which has been 'planning' to move fore months to Laurel). I should go visit it again very soon. I loved their fried chicken wings. But the atmosphere is totally different and seems to be more "Amish" in PA...Let me know what you think of this place if you ever went or planning to..!

Hayloft Candle is located at:
99 South Groffdale Road
Leola, PA 17540
www.hayloftcandles.com

(for past reviews of this restaurant click here...)

Current special deals are if you order special large entree, Tangsooyook (sweet and sour pork/beef/chicken) OR Gganpoongi (like spicy buffalo wings in that restaurant) you get a FREE bowl of Jjajangmyun (Noodle with Black bean paste sauce).

Well, Jjajangmyun tasted ok. I think it actually got better, but don't forget that their Jjajangmyun was REALLY YUCKY the first time LOL.

And Tian started to give out free desserts for everyone, Red Bean Paste with Shaved Ice called Ppatbingsoo.

Here comes our experience...our server didn't confirm our order and and got our orders wrong ending up with extra appetizer for us (which we didn't want.) We didn't touch at all and we told the server that we never wanted that dish and she was almost ready to throw us a fit and started to talk back. We didn't want to make any situations there (Many Korean servers are usually more friendly to foreigners than Koreans...how unfair...) She wouldn't take it back and said that it was our fault. What the $%&^%^%...!

So we had to eat it and pay for it....that just ruined our appetite...from the start.

We wanted to get out ASAP so we just started to eat and was about to walk out and they told us about the dessert so we saw others having Shaved Ice with Red bean paste and fruits so we sat back down. And we got shaved ice with red bean paste....no fruit...nothing...just milk on the bottom....

If you say Ppatbingsoo, you would think of something like the following picture:

I know, I know...it's FREE dessert but we saw others having at least some fruit on the top...(what's this?) The top right corner Ppatbingsoo could be said to be the minimalist Ppatbingsoo...with some small rice cakes and at least jellies or canned fruit...but ours...was YUCK...! I don't know...maybe we had to ask for fruit shaved ice. Someone please tell me that was the case...

However, the other server (not the one who was ready to fight) was nice enough to get us a band-aid for my niece who got a cut and sweet enough to give her Dora Stickers so she wouldn't cry anymore. That was sweet.

Please remember...if you are not Korean you are definitely going to get better service than we did! LOL
How sad...but true throughout MOST Korean restaurants... and who knows...they might like you better and throw in extra something something.

Just remember to double check your orders though...it would be your fault...sigh*

Other Restaurant Reviews:
Bonchon Chicken, VA
Allgreen Market Food Court-Poongnyun , MD
Sushi King Japanese Restaurant , MD
VietGoel/LightHouse Tofu House Korean Restaurant , MD
Jong Kak Korean BBQ Restaurant in Baltimore, MD

Ingredients
500g sweet rice powder
2 eggs
1tsp baking powder/flour
1.5 tsp baking soda
4 cups milk
2 tbsp sugar(can be adjusted to your liking)
1 tsp salt
nuts
raisin
(optional) 1 steamed sweet potato sliced thinly

***Let's Start!

Mix eggs well first.
Add milk and mix again.
Add sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda one by one while mixing nice and slow.
Add sweet rice powder and mix really well.
Add sliced steamed sweet potatoes, nuts, and raisins and mix.
Bake at 375F for about 45-50minutes.
Let it cool, cut, and serve.
Pair it with tea or coffee (or just this) and Enjoy!

Korean braised/steamed short ribs or Galbi Jjim. This is one of our favorite Korean dishes. Agree?
With Daikon or Korean Radish you steam for quite some time to get it tender and all the sauce soaked into the meat. Yummm...and the next...


Korean style pancake or Boochimgae. They can be called Jun and or Boochimgae. This is Mung Bean Veggie Boochimgae (Mung Bean again. Yay!). You dip in the sauce or just eat it as it is. Today we just used same sauce for dipping sauce for Boochimgae and Mook sauce.

This is a very special Korean cake. Not many Koreans seem to know this rice cake. Although it looks like Mandu, it's actually a Dduk that you dip into honey or grain syrup/Ssal Yeot (like molasses). It's stuffed with seasoned bean paste and very chewy. Good for dessert!

Now when you are full and can't eat no more, we have dessert drinks. You might have tasted these from Korean Restaurants. They usually give it out for you to wash down all you ate.
The left one is called Shikhye or Rice punch. It's made of malt powder, rice, and some pine nuts if you want to add some. It's sweet and usually served chilled but you can still eat it while it's hot too. Also, you would need a spoon to get all the rice on the bottom.
The other one is Sujeonggwa/Sujeongkwa or Korean fruit punch which is made of ginger and cinnamon stick. You can serve this as it is or with dried persimmon soaked in the drink. This is also served chilled too.

So that's it for our Menu. For my late dinner, I gathered all the Namool together and ate bibimbap. So good! We'll post all the recipes asap so YOU can also enjoy these. But for now enjoy the pictures please! Happy New Year and hope your new year will be overflowed with lots and lots of joyful events!

These days it's very convenient that you can order turkey or ham and just reheat it for couple hours. We ordered both Turkey and 2 chunks of ham from The Boston Market along with cornbread. It cost us little over $100. Our dinner was for a family size of about 20 people. Everything was good!

Other markets offer holiday dinners too. I personally like Giant's Thanksgiving Dinner. For about $40 you get a Turkey, dinner rolls, mashed potato, gravy, cranberry sauce, and stuffing! They say it's good for about 8 people but I think it's way more food than 8 servings. Plus their cranberry sauce was really good! Yum.

Well back to our own Thanksgiving Dinner...

Young garnished the Turkey and prepared all other sides.

Our sides and ham.

One of my other aunts prepared this delicious dessert. It is a oven baked dumpling wrap filled with cream cheese and sour cream mix which is topped with fresh fruit. It was really good. Gotta get this recipe and give it a try.

How was your Thanksgiving?

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