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I ate fern tonight. It was one of the many ingredients in my bibimbap. We also enjoyed kimchi, pickled radish, peppers, onions, pickled potato, mushrooms, seaweed, carrots, bean sprouts (pickled and not), and rice cakes coated in soybean flour. I'm beginning to think Koreans eat more vegetables in one meal than I touch in a couple weeks. So I'm attempting to acclimate before I move.


While browsing the menu, we stumbled upon a fun typo (sorry it's blurry). 



"Yakki Kyoja - Japanese style fried dumping"

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  1. JoannaSeptember 27, 2009 at 11:34 AM

    get used to the funny konglish.

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  2. Sara CampbellSeptember 27, 2009 at 12:29 PM

    Ummm...that was definitely worth a picture! Glad you're enjoying those veggies! ;-D

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