Korean Food Adventure

So, most of you know that I have the luck of being able to travel to Korea in a little more than a week.  Since I don't know too much about the culture of this country, I am trying to study up as much as I possibly can before I go to make the trip more meaningful while I am there.  Dale, my colleague, his wife, Betty, and their son, Michael, invited me to a local Korean restaurant, Cho Dang Tofu and Korean BBQ, for dinner to introduce me to Korean food.  Dale and Betty ordered their favorites Tofu Seafood Soup and Bibimbap (pictured above), as well as a Korean Beef Stew.  These entrees were accompanied by many small dishes of vegetables and other delicacies, such as kimchee.  Betty was curious about whether I would like kimchee, apparently you do or you don't, luckily I am on the do side of the equation, I loved it!  Both the soup and bibimbap was served with a raw egg that you mix into the dish.  Both were really spicy and super tasty.  My favorite part about the meal was that we ate it family-style so we got to share and taste everything.  After dinner, I got a tour of the Korean grocery store next door, which had so many items I have never seen before, like Korean melons and many different premade Korean side dishes.  This was such a fun treat, thanks Dale and Betty, for such a wonderful evening!