I didn't know the quality difference between the cafeteria food and proper Korean till last Tuesday night, when I discovered samgyeopsal. It's the best meal I've had yet. Do not go for samgyeopsal if you're starving; if you do, you're in for a lesson in patience: you cook the meat yourself at your table.
Picture at right:on grill
-fatty pork slices
-kimchi and sprouts
-mushrooms
in small dishes:
-sesame oil
-garlic
-sauce (soy base)
-red sweet chilipaste
also
-finely chopped cucumber
-lettuce and sesame leaves
And that's only the first roundof pork, since it all can't fit on the griil. We (5 of us) had about three times what you see in the picture!
Cooking 삼겹갈:
You cook the meat. I went with my language partner Seong Jun 성준, two other Koreans, and another ETA. Seong Jun took charge with the cooking: checking and turning the meat. When the meat is mostly cooked, it is cut with scissors. Seong Jun was very particular about this; one of the girls (Korean) starting cutting the meat while he held the meat with the tongs, but he took the scissors to cut the meat it himself.
Eating 삼겹갈:
There are several ways to enjoy 삼겹살, all delicious:
1. Just eat.
2. Dip in soy-based sauce.
3. Dip in soy-based sauce and eat with slice of cool crisp radish
**4. Wrap it!
-in lettuce or sesame leaf or both
-add meat (1 or 2 small pieces)
-add sweet red chili sauce
-add finely chopped cucumber
-add grilled mushroom and/or garlic (optional)
-wrap the lettuce/sesame leaf around to make a ball
-eat it (all at once)!
Definitely a good meal, and very cheap--only 6,000won (~$5) each.
This is Seong Jun (English name Stephen), my language partner. He's studying for the TOEIC (Test of English for International Conversation) so that he can be placed on an American base for his military service (all Korean males are required to serve 20 months) so that he can improve his English even more. He's a freshman business major at Kangwon University. Sometimes we hang out, sometimes we study, and sometimes we get 삼겹살! There's more English than Korean conversation, as I can hardly string together sentences, let alone interesting ones. He's always at the dorm and loves to correct homework, mine and the other ETAs.
You cook the meat. I went with my language partner Seong Jun 성준, two other Koreans, and another ETA. Seong Jun took charge with the cooking: checking and turning the meat. When the meat is mostly cooked, it is cut with scissors. Seong Jun was very particular about this; one of the girls (Korean) starting cutting the meat while he held the meat with the tongs, but he took the scissors to cut the meat it himself.
Eating 삼겹갈:
There are several ways to enjoy 삼겹살, all delicious:
1. Just eat.
2. Dip in soy-based sauce.
3. Dip in soy-based sauce and eat with slice of cool crisp radish
**4. Wrap it!
-in lettuce or sesame leaf or both
-add meat (1 or 2 small pieces)
-add sweet red chili sauce
-add finely chopped cucumber
-add grilled mushroom and/or garlic (optional)
-wrap the lettuce/sesame leaf around to make a ball
-eat it (all at once)!
Definitely a good meal, and very cheap--only 6,000won (~$5) each.
This is Seong Jun (English name Stephen), my language partner. He's studying for the TOEIC (Test of English for International Conversation) so that he can be placed on an American base for his military service (all Korean males are required to serve 20 months) so that he can improve his English even more. He's a freshman business major at Kangwon University. Sometimes we hang out, sometimes we study, and sometimes we get 삼겹살! There's more English than Korean conversation, as I can hardly string together sentences, let alone interesting ones. He's always at the dorm and loves to correct homework, mine and the other ETAs.
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