Korean BBQ

The most famous Korean food in Japan is know as yaki niku (Korean BBQ). My first night in town my hosts took me to a typical BBQ joint. The way that it is prepared in Korean is a little bit different from Japan. The meat is typically wrapped in lettuce or shiso(I forgot how to say this in English-a kind of minty tasting leaf) with kimchi and/or raw garlic. I liked the fact that every restaurant we went to brings a bottle of water out to the table, and every meal includes several side dishes of vegetables and kimichi of different varities. In this picture there are vegetables with a miso based sauce and green peppers which were quite spicy and tasty. Surprisingly, we rarely ate rice with our meals.

After dinner myself, Jae (a guy who lived in San Francisco and Houston for 6 years), his wife, Jeleesan's friend Jenny(she lived in Australia for several years), Jeleesan, and Edward went to a Hoff (a Korean style tavern) for some beers before heading out to a nightclub.

Comments

[Midori]

Hey Pat- Wow haven't seen Edward in years! He looks very happy. Let's catch up one of these days!

[MC]

Hey Midori, Edward is very happy, but still the the same worry-wart. I haven't done monjuaki in a while, we should get together soon and eat some, althought I am going to Hawaii next week for 10 days, so maybe when I get back!

[Edward]

You know what worries me the most, is whether I'll ever be able to stop worrying about things or not.

Lucky I discovered beer in Japan.