After all, as my friend Adam put it, I'm a gastronomista, or "a savvy woman who turns blogging about what she ate last night into a mini-industry." I have yet to sign a book or movie deal. But I have the ghetto photojournalistic shots to prove how tasty life can be.
My friends John and Susan left their newborn daughter at home with her maternal grandfather to take me out for a Korean lunch on a recent Sunday. I was introduced to Saritgol on Olympic Boulevard a few years ago by John and Susan. We ordered the very same dish on our second visit to the restaurant, whose Korean name is translated as thatched roof, evoking the country cooking served in the small, unpretentious, wood-paneled eatery. This is the scallion pancake that we nibbled on before our main dish arrived.
This is a medley of kimchee and side dishes. Though they may look bland on the cream plate, they sure do pack a fiery punch on the palate. I don't know what the Korean name is for all those side dishes, but they are the best part of going out to eat Korean food.
This is our main dish: braised black cod in a sweet-spicy red sauce with daikon.
The black cod and daikon are marinated in the red sauce for hours before they are cooked. The daikon looks like a transparent Mars. While John and Susan ordered the barley-speckled rice, I stuck with the pure white rice, which quickly turned pink after I spooned clumps of the cod and daikon onto it. I was proud of myself for being able to pluck all the kimchee and debone my fish with my slippery metal chopsticks.
This is the impromptu art sculpture composed of Rose-branded toilet paper in Saritgol's bathroom.
I was born in the Year of the Pig, which means my personality is marked by loyalty, intelligence, chivalry and passion. My family always gets me piggy presents. My sister made this sock piggy for me out of a pair of socks and some buttons. Cute!
Tu also gave me some pink slippers that match my new plush pet. With such great friends and a loving family, I look forward to next year's birthday month.
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