October 20, 2011 – Pork Ssam

Today was some more stewed pork (possibly leftovers?) served with lettuce and chili paste for making wraps. I’m a big fan of the Korean technique for eating this — fill the lettuce with pork, rice, and chili sauce, then you are supposed to eat the entire thing in one bite. Although it was a little clumsy at first, I soon got the hang of it. This meal was served with the standard cabbage kimchi and and a kind of traditional korean soup. The soup is a kind of fish cake with sliced turnip, seasoned with red pepper and some salt. It was not bad but the ssam stole the show today.

October 19, 2011 – Pork Stew

This meal was some kind of spicy pork with cabbage served over rice. Very delicious. It was served with a kind of egg drop soup and cucumber kimchi. Dessert were pear slices and sugar toast slices.