Today we had a good lunch. Like everyday we had rice (? bap) and the soup was kimchi stew (???? kimchi jjigae). This soup has kimchi, pork, and a little bit of other vegetables. Then we had tofu (?? dubu) with soy sauce, kimchi (??), and fried dried seaweed (??? ?? kimjaban muchim). Today we had a sweet thing at the end of the meal called ? (tteok). It is a sweet rice cake that is very sticky.
Food-o-meter- 9/10
Health rating- 9/10
Bites- about 61 on average
Courses- Soup, 3 sides, dessert
Price- About 2,500 won ($2.50 US)
Pieces of hair- 0 (everyday!)
Goodbye and thank you for reading our posts.
Teacher�s Note: Sorry the post from the kids is so short today, we were busy catching up on work missed due to the typhoon day we had earlier this week. My students really enjoyed hearing from everyone who commented, so I thank you all! It was a great week.
I will not answer some of the final questions that we didn�t get to in class today. Chopsticks and spoons are used in Korea almost exclusively. There are forks and knives in western restaurants but chopsticks are always offered, too! I�ve gotten quite good at them since I arrived :) There is no reason to switch over to the knife, fork, spoon tradition of the west. For Koreans (and I�m sure the rest of Asia), using chopsticks is second nature and just as easy for them as using a fork is to the west!
There are a lot of Korean sweets and western influenced desserts, but we don�t eat them often at school. Rice cakes (like the one we had today) are the most popular and are sometimes filled with things like sweet red beans or sesame oil. Dairy is not really part of the traditional diet in Korea, like other east Asian countries which is why you rarely see it in Korean food.
Thank you all again for such a great week. I urge all of you who are interested in Korean food to go out and try it (or challenge yourself to cooking it!) and donate to Mary�s Meals. Let�s support Veg and her truly outstanding project! Lastly, for those interested in life in Korea and Korean food you can find out more at my blog.
