Going to the Korean Restaurant was an experience all on its own. We left church and got on the bus immediately and transferred to the local Korean Town. The trip there was a good five dollars on its own. After the bus rides, we had to decide on where we would eat. I wanted Jjajangmyun but I couldn't find any stores that sold that. So we ended up going where google had led me to when I was looking up places online the night before.
So Kong Dong is a Korean Tofu restaurant chain. Tofu, however, is a bad idea because my boyfriend hates anything bean related... and worse yet, he won't touch food if there's no meat. But we went there anyway and we were seated.
My fear of people talking to me in Korean was wrongly preemptive. Our waitress sat us down and spoke to us in English. We ordered food in English and we were soon served our meals.
My boyfriend chose to have the ever famous galbi. I ordered beef tofu soup and asked for it to be extremely spicy. We waited in anticipation and luckily we didn't have to wait long at all.
It was fun introducing my boyfriend to new foods and I was delighted when he told me he liked what he was eating. In fact, he LOVED the galbi. I suppose I have to make some for him when I can now.
He, as expected, did NOT enjoy the tofu soup. He refused to even try the tofu, avoiding the floating object trying to reach for the beef. He and I can also add that the 'very spicy' tofu soup wasn't very spicy at all. He found it slightly spicy and I found it not spicy. When they served it to us, it was so red that I was almost afraid to try it. It looked quite intimidating, what with its red color and it being served still boiling.
We were also served a nice pot of rice. After they served the rice into our personal bowls, they filled the pot with tea so we could enjoy some sticky cooked rice in tea after the meal. I liked it, my boyfriend didn't. My boyfriend is quite the picky eater.
The aftermath of the dinner left us quite in shock. I was surprised to have eaten how much I did and my boyfriend also finished every bit of meat on his galbi. We were given a ton of food and we left the place extremely full. However, it's American tradition to want dessert... and I just can't abandon that tradition. I was raised on it!
We searched for a dessert shop and found a cute little ice cream store. They sold cakes, ice cream, ramune, bread, and chips. It was much like the average Korean snack shop but so unlike the American dessert shop. However, we stayed there. I ordered patbingsu and my boyfriend ordered something I had never heard of before: Ferrero Rocher ice cream. All it was, really, was hazelnut ice cream with a bit of crushed almonds and a bit of chocolate flavoring. However, it was amazing. I'd definitely like to go back there just for that ice cream.
I was slightly disappoitned when I ordered my patbingsu, however. The girl who worked there seemed to not really know what she was making. She put crushed ice, mocchi balls, sweet bean topping, all sorts of random fruit (I had asked her not to add fruit in) and a really odd powder that I'm SURE I've tasted before. I think it's the rice powder they use on this one type of Korean mocchi. However, it tasted horrible on the patbingsu. I had almost choked on it, actually. I ended up throwing half of it out and proceeded to drink the ramune we had also bought.
My boyfriend and I were quite satisfied and headed back home. All in all, it was a great day. I plan to take him to taste jjajangmyun next. I know exactly where to go as well. Another exciting day awaits us, I'm sure of it.
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