The End! I’ve left Korea forever indefinitely. I’ll leave you with a few of the foods I will miss!
1. Dak Galbi.
This spicy chicken stir fry was one of my favorites. Its cooked in a cast iron skillet at your table with potatoes, leeks, cabbage, and gummy rice cakes. At the end I like to add some bokumbap (mixed rice) which makes a nice spicy, crispy fried rice using the leftovers in the pan.
2. Gamjatang.
It was originally a peasants soup with only pork bones to flavor the broth. It still has the pork bones but now they have the most tender, shredded, flavourful pork attached. Its stewed with a little of everything in a mildly spicy broth. There are egg noodles, potatoes, vegetables, cellophane noodles and sometimes a few other surprises.
3. Sundubu Jjigae.
This is my default lunch option. It’s a spicy broth (probably fish broth) that is boiled with fermented tofu, some spring onions and a mussel or two. At the very end an egg is dropped in the boiling broth. Korean soups are usually made by placing all the ingredients in a single serving bowl, boiling it over a gas flame, and serving immediately.
4. Mul Naengmyeon:
My default summer meal: chewy buckwheat noodles in an icy tart, and slightly sweet broth. Topped with cucumber shavings, sesame seeds, a hard boiled egg, radish kimchi, and (best of all) sliced Asian pear. ( I don't have my own photograph for this one... thanks)
5: And for dessert!
Patbingsu is shaved ice topped with sweetened condensed milk, sweet adzuki beans, gummy rice cakes, nut powder, and slivered almonds. On occasion (like it is here) its also topped with ice cream and fresh fruit.
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