Unintentional food post

 I haven't been taking many pix of things other than food lately, so that's what you're getting this time around.  I don't figure you'll mind too much.  The only thing of note that's happened lately is that S hurt himself pretty good at the gym this week, so I was his errand-runner at work for a few days.  I told him that he'll get the bill at the end of the month.  It'll likely be a boozy bill.

This is the chicken and broccoli macaroni and cheese that I made for J on Wednesday's date night.  It was a lovely evening and I used three cheeses - guyere, cheddar, and parmesan.  It turned out really nice.  Funny, this was the first time I tried something like this without a recipe and it was good.  That made me happy.

So on Thursday, J and I went to the pension office in the AM to get everything ready for when she jets out at the end of the month.  Afterward we went to the Apothecary for brunch.  Normally I don't eat on Thursdays, but I felt like it, so THERE!  I had this aged beef pocket sammich.  So yummy.

Friday was business as usual, and then on Saturday I met up with J(S) in Seoul and we went to Love Hut Cafe.  It's a vegan place in Seoul that looked pretty darn good, so we were excited.  We got there and found out that it is also a tiny grocery store!  It was so cute watching J(S) be so excited about the opportunity to get food that he can't usually get where he lives.  

I wanted to try the ice cream, but we ended up not getting dessert.

This was my frappachino and the fries that I insisted we get.  He got a soy burger which he said was really nice, and I got... 

a vegan pizza.  He helped to eat it, too.  It was standard thin crust, tomato sauce, olives, tomatoes, green peppers, and some kind of vegan sausage.  The cheese was also vegan.  The biggest difference was that the cheese was slightly more melty than I'm used to.  Otherwise, it was quite a yummy meal.

I was intrigued by this red bamboo salt, until I saw the price (over $40).  For those who want to zoom in and see what's so special about it, stop reading.  Everyone else, "Bamboo salt is a fine quality salt made my a thousand year old traditional process known by Korean Buddhist monks.  It is made by filling natural salt inside bamboo, sealing it with loess, and burning it with pine wood until it melts down.  (This process is repeated many times until it acquires the desired quality.)  Bamboo salt changes to a red color when it contains high level of bamboo, loess, and pine essence, it has been called 'a hundred times red salt' because you can only get it after repeating the same process many times."  I didn't buy it.

After eating, we went to Father's Beer to get some booze in our veins.  When we were there, I found these which made me think of Ana.  Ana, what do you think, could this be the rose beer we found for you in Amsterdam??

We were the only 2 people in the bar all night.  Seoul has gone to level 2 social distancing which means that all the bars and restaurants have to shut down or move to take-out only at 9pm.  The cafe's are also all take out only.  This limits hanging-out options, just FYI.

This was a GOOD brew.  I mean, anything with a phoenix on it has to be good, right?!

This was also nice.  At least, it was nicer than what J(S) got, he went for 'omega' beer.  The thing was, he didn't notice until after he got it that it was a sour ale.  Apparently he's not a huge fan of sour ales.  Tho this did lead to a fun story about when he was a kid and they would eat spoonfuls of citric acid for fun.

We had 2 rounds of Kozel dark... and I noticed the 'panic line' which is just FUNNY to me.  So that was Saturday night.  Sunday I met up with J and her boyfriend A for Mass.  It was a good 2nd Sunday of Advent, and we even got to see 3 first communions and 7 confirmations.  It was fun listening to J explaining to A what was going on and why Mass was actually an hour long instead of just the usual 40 mins.

Since J had plans with A after Mass, I met up with J(S) again and we decided to finally get our Dos Tacos.  We met up and I treated myself to a Dr. Pepper (they are kinda hard to find in Korea).  

J(S) was able to find himself something to eat (potato burrito and refried beans), and I had... 

This.  This... beautiful, huge burrito.  I got the meat and avocado burrito - and the meat was chicken.  HUGE improvement on the nachos that I got last time.  Tho I did notice that they are offering pork nachos as a specialty, so I may need to go back and try those.  After that, he hit up a vape store and then we parted ways.  So even though the trip to Nami was delayed, we were able to have a good weekend.  We also discussed keeping the booking for Jan 2, which is when we should actually be able to go and see the lights.

So that's pretty much all that's new from Korea.  I'm doing laundry now and watching the Smurfs.  I know, so wild.  LOL - much love, all!  MUAH! :*