More food~

I love food. A lot.  Which is why the majority of these pictures are not of the food as pretty as it is when it comes out.  They're from the middle of the meal when I go "oh crap, I should have taken a picture of this to show people back home."  Food pictures and selfies do not come naturally to me.  Nor do hashtags. This is probably why my Instagram has practically nothing on it.  #failing

Anyway, food!

Spicy seafood soup with tofu. Don't know what it was called, but it tasted good even though I had to eat around the shellfish and little bits of octopus/squid tentacle in it.

Barbecue may or may not be my weakness. Pork belly, rice, and side dishes? Yes please.

 

Mix it up on occasion and go with beef...

I also went to a barbecue buffet - all you can grill and eat in an hour in a half, but don't leave leftovers or you get charged - and it was wonderful.  Didn't think to take pictures until the meal was pretty much over :(

Kimbap, a wonderful picnic food or snack.

 

부대찌개/budaejjigae, roughly translated as "army stew." So delicious.

  

닭갈비/chicken galbi, with added rice and 떡/ddeok

라볶이/rabokki, ramen plus 떡볶이/ddeokbokki (떡/ddeok in a special spicy sauce)

 

See all the red/orange in the last few pictures?  That's because a lot of Korean food is spicy and it's awesome. Spicy food for life.  (Though people who hate spicy food can definitely survive here - there are options for you.  I just usually don't choose them.)

This next one I made in my itty bitty kitchen using my new not-crappy, nonstick skillet~  Kitchen sink rice is my go-to meal.  What's in it?  Some kimchi, some veggies, some sausage...everything but the kitchen sink.  I really should start taking more pictures of my home-cooked meals to prove that yes, I can survive with one burner, no microwave, no oven, no toaster oven, a mini fridge, and no dishwasher.

 

I also made macaroni and cheese. It wasn't anything particularly delightful, but I used sliced American cheese and a couple slices of Gouda and it tasted almost exactly like I made it with Velveeta. It wasn't super-pretty, so no pictures of that one.  Same goes for my chicken and rice soup and my potato soup. The soups were pretty fantastic, but I'm not a food photographer so I couldn't capture the deliciousness of them. 

I can make Korean food too! This one is 된장찌개/bean paste stew, which I actually made for the first time back in the States. It tastes much better here, though. Also, the bowl of rice makes every single Korean soup I ever attempt taste better. Korean soups need rice with them. Fact of life. 

 

Caramel popcorn and vanilla soft-serve. Don't know why. Tasted pretty good, though.

 

Hehehe...back to barbecue. This restaurant has the best kimchi I've found anywhere...so far.

Strictly speaking this next one isn't food, it's tea. 오미자차/omijacha, 5-taste berry tea~ It has a bit of a strange taste, but I love it.  It's fantastic cold or hot and I need to get my hands on it so I can make it at home.

I've also finally branched out into delivery food.  There's an app - all in Korean - that lets me order without having to pick up the phone and call a restaurant. Score. I hate talking on the phone in any language. Text? Sure. Email? Sure. Skype? Sure! But phone? No thanks. I put off my hair appointments because it involves calling the salon on the phone.

So this is my first adventure into the life of "it's too cold to go out and I don't feel like washing the pot so I can cook":

It was actually really delicious. I ordered a preset pizza - I didn't pick my toppings - and got potato slices, bacon, corn, onion, and mushroom.  I picked the onion off for the most part, but I did eat some of it.

More food to come! (Eventually)