Asian food is one of my favorite types of food. In fact, I think Vietnamese is my comfort food. But today I’m talking about Korean food as it is my newest food discovery.
One of my good friends is Korean-American and probably the only young mom who makes her own bone broths. Every time I go over to her house she’s got homemade kimchi, homemade broth, rice, and some sort of amazing soup or noodle dish all going at once on the stove. She even showed me how to make mochi at home! I’m in awe….
Anyway, while I’d love to show tons of photos of her food, tonight I’m going to share another Korean food adventure with you. Saturday for lunch I had my second experience at New Oriental Market – a Korean market on N. Lamar (Austin, Texas) that has a cafeteria. The first time I tried this place I was nervous and went with the safe bet: Bolgogi, Korean BBQ. It was super delish!
Beef bulgogi and side dishes - kimchi and bean sprouts and rice
This was in the mid summer when it wasn’t diabolically hot yet.
Saturday, it was the hottest day on record and so I went crazy and ordered a cold buckwheat noodles soup (Naengmyeon). This soup was amazing! It had a vinegary broth and was full of what I think was asian pear and cucumbers sliced like french fries, as well as a hard boiled egg and buckwheat noodles.
Naengmyeon - notice the ice cubes of broth to keep it cold!
I was in awe of the deliciousness of this dish. It was so cool and refreshing, sweet (the pears) and sour (vinegar). Plus I really liked eating out of a giant metal bowl.
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