Korean Food

Posted on 2007/09/21 23:35:19 (September 2007).

[Friday 21st September]
Was again feeling a bit down in the dumps when I woke up this morning, but did at least manage to make it into the office today.

After work, Chie and I had the usual "what are we going to do for dinner?" phone call, and somehow we hatched a plan to go out for some Korean food. There was a place next to Holborn station (called Asadal) which Chie had been to once before, and had rather liked, so I was keen to give it a go as well.

It was really very good indeed - and I was particularly impressed with the range of vegetarian dishes they were able to produce (my previous experiences of Korean restaurants had been less-than-favourable in this area). We started with a selection of kimchi, which was simply delicious, and then followed this with a Korean pancake (whose name escapes me), a tofu dish, and some bibimbap (a Korean rice dish). It was all really very good. The drinks were also very much to my liking - a bottle of OB (a Korean beer) followed by a bottle of Jinro.

After dinner, Chie tried to take me to a Japanese bar she'd been to the previous weekend, but it turned out to be booked for a private party. So instead we just headed back home, and spent the remainder of the evening wiling away time on the Interweb.

lol John, how do you know you didn't actually get "kimchi inu" or "bibimbap inu" ?

Posted by Kev at 2007/09/22 22:03:43.

Kev: Because dog's meat it's quite sweet and he would have been able to recognize it right away... :) (yes I have had dog several times and I like it)...

Posted by Lox at 2007/09/23 10:13:47.

Is the Korean word for dog the same as the Japanese word then...?

That aside, I can't help but think Korean cuisine gets a bit of a bad rap for the whole dog eating thing. Korean food is pretty rare in this country - I imagine outside of London it is nearly non-existent. It's a bit of a shame as there are some really interesting things (dogs aside), and it makes a nice change.

Posted by John at 2007/09/23 19:43:43.

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