February 14, 2008

#170: 37,000 km in search of… 비빔밥

By Aditya

What sucks?

Life sucks,
People suck,
Studies suck,
Mess food sucks,
Gravity sucks.

Lol.. poor joke. I only intended to magnify so many things that actually Suck! It has been a short semester.. so far.. I wish it was longer… I’ve slept so much. Ive slept more than I had ever slept in my life. I sleep and I eat. That is all I do these days. I wish I did something more fruitful.

What am I blogging about btw?

In 2007, I travelled a total of 37000 km. Now so many of you travelled to the US and back! That by itself would make so much :( So let me exclude the flying miles to and back from Korea. That leaves me with 26000 km. Now isn’t that a big number? Over twenty five thousand kilometers of domestic travel. I like it :) But the very unfortunate part of it was that I hardly visited any new city in these 26000 km. Nevermind, I predict 2008 to be a big year, and 2009 to be the year of Aditto!

And the one thing that I am still searching for in India, is a place where I can get to eat Bibimbap! Do you know what that is?

Bibimbap is served as a bowl of warm white rice topped with namul (sautéed and seasoned vegetables), beef, a fried egg, and gochujang (chile pepper paste). The ingredients are stirred together thoroughly just before eating. It can be served either cold or hot.

Vegetables commonly used in bibimbap include julienned cucumber, zucchini, mudaikon), mushrooms, (doraji (bellflower root), and gim, as well as spinach, soybeangosari (bracken fern stems). Dubu (tofu), either plain or sautéed, or a leaf of lettuce may be added, or chicken or seafood may be substituted for beef. For visual appeal, the vegetables are placed so that adjacent colors complement each other. Many areas of Korea typically serve a vegetarian version of the dish which may well be the more traditional alternative.

Wikipedia

So go ahead and check it out!

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This entry was posted on Thursday, February 14th, 2008 at 11:49 pm and tagged with bibimbab, bibimbap, gravity, korea, korean food, South Korea, sucks and posted in South Korea, Travel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

8 Responses to “#170: 37,000 km in search of… 비빔밥”

grace
November 20th, 2009 at 9:33 am

hello- i am writing in asking for permission to use the image of bibimbap you have published here. i would be grateful for your permission. many thanks

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Dolsot Bibimbap
October 20th, 2008 at 11:03 am

I’m sure there will be a place in India that serves Korean food

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#212 Life like what? « The Integral
October 19th, 2008 at 10:34 am

[...] restaurant JK Cafe on Clark in Evanston to have that great delicacy called ‘Bibimbap’ – do you remember? I keep going back to the Korean restaurant to have sushi rolls, to have kimchi, to have odeng, to [...]

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Oliver
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:09 am

Nice Job.

I just went to Korea for 3 weeks and got Dur_Bibinba too.

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Aditya
February 21st, 2008 at 9:17 pm

hi meghna…
i sure love traveling…

and Bibimbap is AWESOME!

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Meghna
February 21st, 2008 at 9:12 pm

Hi Aditya,
Never heard of this before but hope to try it out soon! Looks like you like traveling…..My exams are beginning soon yet I too only sleep and eat! Exam phobia eh?

I liked your blog very much so count me in as a regular reader! Thanks for dropping by my blog and keep visiting.. :)

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Aditya
February 19th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

Bibimbap ROCKS!!

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You Know Who
February 19th, 2008 at 2:02 pm

Yuck!!!!!!! Bibimbap SUCKS !!!!!!!!!! lol !!!

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