I realise that most of my posts about Korea tend to center around food. I'm actually not a huge food lover to be honest: I eat when I'm hungry...and the affair between Food and I stops there. I don't eat for emotional comfort, I don't eat out of boredom and I am certainly no food addict. However, it would seem that I have a deep interest in Korean food.
Today I went out again for lunch with colleagues. We went to a tongkatsu restaurant. Pork cutlet is yummy and it's one of my favourite meals by far. I always get lunch paid for as I am the youngest in my department and Korean culture dictates that the elders (usually) pay for the meal.
I decided I'd order something randomly from the menu. Oh, the adventure! Random ordering is ALWAYS hit or miss in Korea. My order was erring on the side of miss today - the pork cutlet arrived in a bowl full of boiling onion water. The usual sides were there, but I couldn't figure out why my pork cutlet was swimming in water; and I struggled getting the pieces out the bowl with my chopsticks.
Happily, I can report that the tondkatsu soup was very tasty, as was the German/Canadian diplomat sitting at the other table. Another happy work day!!
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