Korean food is delicious

So part of our ongoing cultural research into South Korea has been learning about the people, and specifically what they eat.  We were lucky enough to have the chance to sit down at an authentic Korea restaurant located in Indianapolis called Mama's House Korean restaurant.  As I've stated before in an earlier post food is going to be one of my biggest issues adjusting since I am a pretty picky eater.  That is what I thought at least, because when we went to Mama's it was an explosion of awesome in my face, with the flavors being delicious yet a million times healthier for you than American cooking.

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Mama's is unique since it is such an old restaurant they get away with having the ability to cook your food right on the table with little mini grills which use large mortars of red hot charcoals to cook the food.  

Under that mysterious grill lies hundreds of degree of deliciousness

We were given the dinner portion for 6 people, while eating in Korea it is customary to get a bunch of different things and share with the entire group.  The meat in the above picture is a pork marinated in a soy sauce.  There were also large slices of beef marinated in the same sauce.  There were a million different sides  to the food, all of which were balanced to meet your daily dietary needs.  To eat this delicious meal you simply had to grab your meat, wrap it in lettuce (with any extras you may want) and shove it right in your mouth.

So much food, so much food.

Personally I liked the pork better than the beef, not only due to it being right in front of me, but it just had a more savory taste.  I filled my lettuce wraps up with wild onions, pork, bean paste, and white rice which was honestly one of the best meals I have ever eaten.  

After the meal

We were lucky enough to eat with a Korean friend of Manda's grandparents named In Suk.  We will post more about her in another entry.  She has been helping us prepare to go overseas by giving us all the information we will need to succeed.  We're very excited to get started.  We just hope to be out there very soon.