man in the fridge

i went out with my Korean classmate with her friends for lunch in a classy Korean restaurant. hmm, the ambiance was Korean, the waitresses were very pretty Korean, well what do i expect American atmosphere? silly me. well, the menu was like a thin encyclopedia…it was much heavy than my global business book(contains about 900 pages in heavy print). and when i was trying to read the menu i could not understand a thing, so i asked my classmate which is by the way named sue,but i call her auntie sue because she is much older than me, and she suggested that i should try buguli(i forgot the spelling but i think they sound the same) it was a marinated beef served with soup rice and kimchi. so i opted for that one. i was just trying to keep quiet since they were all Koreans and i could not understand a thing(and auntie sue told me that it was a good thing that i dont understand their language cause they were swearing alot) ahh thats good! everything is new for me, i never really tried to explore Korean cuisine and Korean culture(so im an alien in this restaurant, where 95% looks like they came from the movie sassy girl) and it was my chance to move out of the dim sum and plain noodles. everything was going fine not until i realized one thing.

i forgot how to use the chopsticks!!! no kidding! it should be a mechanical skill and an idiot would only forget this thing. so count me in, im one of those idiots. and the funny thing was it was only two weeks prior to that i have been enjoying sushi using chopsticks and my mom taught me well(tough luck and sorry ma) i really could not figure how to use it. and so i told auntie sue if she could request for a fork for me, although technically being a Filipino we could eat with our bare hands but i dont want to spoil the fine experience. and auntie sue was blabbering "oh mau you should learn how to use the chopsticks, it would disgrace your Chinese ancestors" great! my ancestors now might be on their belly laughing at my situation! great thing they dont visit me at night and i am praying they would not have internet access in the after life, cause if they do, they might comment on this blog telling how idiot i could get. and young, auntie sue’s friend told her, leave the boy alone, let him be… ahh that was a relief. but if she only knew what was going on in my head i could have been given a good washing of brain so that i would not forget motor skills like that!

anyway, going on, i was eating the food, and i must admit it was good! well here comes young interrupting, asking me how is the food and i answered nice. and she was frowning, come on mau, you do better description on the food. ahhh great now i should be more descriptive. great, real great. i hated writing short stories because i suck in describing. but to give you a better picture, the color of the beef was brown, i think it was tenderized well to be soft, and it was garnished with onions and marinated with special spices and mushrooms. the taste of the beef was tangy, spicy and a little bit salty, with the zest of sweetness that would roll in you tongue as you bite the meat. and the aroma just goes in smoothly to your senses waking up your hungry stomach, and you eat it with rice and it was very very sumptuous. whew! i hope this would be enough to compensate the question asked by young. and oh by the way, for the drink, i ordered still water, i hope you all know the taste of water because it will be so hard for me to describe the taste of water. hahaha(im am laughing) and for the finale, we had our melon for dessert or i think it was honey dew, i am not so sure. but well it was worth it. and when it was paying time, i reached for my wallet and brought out £20 for my share on the lunch, they all threatened me, that if i pay will be killed. geez my stomach felt rolling upside down.

it was not leap year but the girls are treating a boy out for lunch. it could be manna from heaven for some but not for me, i feel so ashamed. but still i am grateful for having foreign friends here in this weird city called London. oh by the way, im going to practice my chopsticks skill again, because i promised auntie sue i will learn it in two weeks time. i just hope i will not forget again. tough luck! wish me luck though!

mau

MALAYA!

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