I Can Live On This For A Year

Just thought y’all might like to see what I’ve been eating for the past three months. Cheese kimchi dol sot bibimbap!
I think this is the third time I’ve blogged about bibimbap, but I could eat this every day. And oooooh, kimchi (notice that second bowl of it, above the main dish, because that’s what I [...]

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Red, Hot and Bothered

“I think you should not eat so much spicy food,” my Korean co-teacher told me one day, after watching me load up in the kitchen during lunch. “It might disturb your stomach.”
I shrugged sheepishly. These days, it’s hard to determine what my body desires the most–rice or kimchi.

In spite of my vegetarianism, I’m pretty adventurous [...]

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Tiramisu

When I was nineteen I worked for my university’s cafeteria.
On orientation one of the most gorgeous Filipino (and half white–why are mutts always so pretty? Seriously, someone tell me.) men I’d ever seen sat next to me. He was tall, tanned, lean-muscled and had these large, soft, almond-shaped eyes. I was instantly smitten.
We hung out in [...]

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Great Feasts

I’ve spent enough time taking photos of what I eat.
So I figured I might as well give them a set of their own on Flickr.
Eating in Korea is an experience all in itself. (Although it sometimes requires an open mind, some daring and one eye closed.) What you’re looking at is just one of the [...]

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A World Cup Affair

Yes, I know I haven't posted for the past few days, but I've been sore from my Taekwondo classes.
My mom's worried I'll get too skinny here–it's the kimchi, I swear!–so out of undying love for her I had a pasta dinner in Gwangwhamun while dining with D. Then I ordered two slices of cake at [...]

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Fruit and Cigs

I've decided that when I go back to California all I'm going to eat is fruit.
Every week I set aside a certain amount of money for fruit. Vegetables are priced reasonably here, and a bag of white rice lasts forever since I don't eat that much. But fruit has become an indulgence for me.
Yesterday I [...]

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First Bibimpap!

I've been spending an insane amount of money on cheese and egg bibimpap from this restaurant near the school, and as a result my wallet has thinned out a bit.
Also, my waistline has expanded. Koreans usually eat in groups and food is a shared experience. So one bowl of bibimpap is meant for two or three people! [...]

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All Sweet With No Substance

After work I passed by a vendor selling gigantic red bowls filled to the rim with strawberries for only 5,000 won. Fruit is insanely expensive here, so I forked over the cash and shoved fistfuls into my mouth as I walked back home.
They tasted like the plastic they came in.
“No amount of money is worth [...]

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