| "Passion For Korea" Tour Day 9 (April 13, 2006) Gourmet Lunch |
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| We had a gourmet lunch at the Dongnam Gourmet Restaurant in Damyang. We were served a doenjang soup with bamboo shoots, barbeque pork (yummy), rice and 14 side dishes (many of which included bamboo shoots). The Korean word for "side dishes" is banchan (ban-chan). At Korean restaurants, the waitress does not bring you your chopsticks and spoon. Instead, there will be a container (see green box in bottom left of photo) on the table with utensils, and you just pass them out yourselves. Small napkins (the size of a cocktail napkin or smaller) are also usually provided. |
| We got to keep our bamboo-tube rice bowls. I use mine to hold my pens and pencils. Every time I see it on my desk, I am reminded of the fun we had in Korea. |
| We sat on the floor with other customers. From the photos hung on the wall, it looks like this restaurant was featured on a SBS food program. |
| In many dramas, office workers are shown drinking coffee purchased from vending machines. The vending machine coffee is very cheap (300 won -- about 30 U.S. cents) because you get a small cup that is only about half full. If you select the "milk coffee" from the machine, you get coffee with both milk and sugar which tastes pretty good. Other choices include coffee with sugar or black coffee. Many restaurants offer milk coffee at the end of a meal. |
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