Today, Reggie (our college campus director) and I had lunch together. He told me of a good Korean restaurant near his house called Golden Garden. I’m always up for trying new foods and experiencing different cultures so I thought it would be fun. So I pull up and it looks really dodgy. Like, restaurant, lounge, then liquor store. There was no garden made of gold or anything shiny that closely resembled it. We go in, sit down and it’s a lot better than the outside portrays. I start looking through the menu and I see this:
Hmm. A steamed skate. Would that be a soggy shoe with wheels? Pass.
Nice. Hot spicy soup with intestines. Who’s intestines? Pass.
I’m beginning to lose hope when Reggie points out a fried rice dish with beef. Sounds pretty good. Our food was accompanied by all of these Kimchi dishes and it turned out to be really tasty. I did however stay away from the little dried fish. I don’t even like the normal big ones.
Stephen
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April 24th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I forgot to mention about the outside. i hardly even noticed. I find that with a lot of mom and pop joints, the best food comes in shady packages.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Reggie, I’m writing that down with a dash beside your name. Brilliant.
April 30th, 2008 at 1:03 am
it’s true!
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Okay, so I’m just now getting caught up on all your blogs, articles, posts, comments, etc…. But wanted to say good call to stay away from the little dried fish. I tried one in China one time and I thought I was going to die…then I became a vegetarian.