I took Molly to meet my Korean friends Jung-suk, Joanne, and Jenna. They taught us how to make kimchi jjigea (not pictured), chon, and jjapchae, three very delicious Korean dishes.
Chon, which is basically a rice flour pancake with greens.
Chon is cooked like you would cook a pancake.
And this is jjapchae, a kind of noodle/beef/vegetable stirfry.
Funny Konglish shirts. Can you read them?
Molly, Jung-suk, and Joanne.
Me, Molly, and Jung-suk.
We later found out that what we thought was a chair was actually a table, and one is not supposed to sit on tables. It would have been really helpful if it had been labeled too. *haha*After shopping we went to eat lunch. We ate budae jjigae, a relatively new dish introduced into Korean cuisine during the Korean War. During the war years, food was relatively scarce, and many Koreans who lived around the American military bases used whatever they could find or get from the soldiers (mostly SPAM), mixed it all together, and made "base soup," or budae jjigae, the Korean version of stone soup. Since the war this dish has become gourmet, and that is what we ate.
Budae Jjigae has sausage, ramen, kimchi, rice cakes, and vegetables.
As we walked to the restaurant, we saw some cool landmarks:
First Bank of Korea, built in the 1800s.
a Statue of SignificanceI think all of the fun we had during Molly's visit could be summed up in one picture:
...we threw a good lucky pig at the window, and it made all the difference.Check back for Molly's Visit Part II: the Revenge of the Manties.
