Venture to Korea with Amanda & Abi

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Beer & Cabbage

Alright, eating out here in Busan is a total adventure!

Our school provides us teachers with lunch daily. It is a rather traditional spread. Lunch is delivered and comes in these nifty boxes with a lid and two trays inside. There is usually about 8 different side dishes, a large bin of rice, and an entree (usually fish).  Oh, and you get soup too. It's nice, because if you don't like one thing, there are many other options.

But, then there's dinner, on our own. Last night we decided to be bold and write down a few things we'd like to eat. I was leading the dinner train this time, so we went around the corner to a place we pass regularly. We spoke our three known Korean words, pointed at our paper, and he nodded.

So what did we end up with? Well, a pile of buckwheat noodles in an icy broth with veggies. It reminded me of ramen, but it reminded Abi of some bad buckwheat memory. I ate away and Abi ate enough to not look rude. You know how it is. Cheap meal though - 7000 Won/$7.

Afterwards, we decide to go into another place we had tried earlier in the week. A chicken place that had some excellent cabbage. Shredded cabbage is a rather standard side dish here in Korea, and each place adds it's own dressing. Whatever dressing the chicken people put on - it's awesome! And they speak a bit of English and have cheap pitchers of beer - we like them!

We didn't know if they'd give us just the cabbage without the chicken - but they gladly did. In fact, they gave us two bowls (in Mikey Mouse dishes). Oh, and the pitcher of beer. By the end, they only charged us 7000 Won. We think they figured out we'll be regulars :)

-Amanda

 

posted by: 2SKLadies at 02:18 | link | comments (1) |

#1  02 August 2006 - 03:26

 

Abi would like to say she never feels like she wants to hurt children.... :)

2SKLadies

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