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KoREa-Canada Blog 2015

menus such as Indian, Ethiopian, and Japanese, and this time, we decided on Korean food
when Mayte mentioned that she had never tried Korean food before.

Mayte told me she has tried other East asian food before. She likes Japanese food, and
naturally due to her family background, she is used to the spices of South american cuisine.
When I asked her whether she is worried about the spicy pepper paste that goes in
Bibimbap, she smiled and said she will be fine since she can handle the strong taste of
cayenne pepper. Personally, I can’t handle hot taste of pepper, so I was impressed with her
tolerance.

While we waited for the food, I explained to her what
Bibimbap meant. When she realized that the word literally
meant mixed rice, she showed interest in how Korean
words work and figured out that she could find the parts of
the word Bibimbap in names of different menu, for example
Bibimnaengmyun(비빔냉면, Cold spicy mixed noodles) and
Bokkeumbap(볶음밥, Fried rice).
ABOVE: Mayte is trying her
Bibimbap for the first time.
Mayte’s overall impression of Bibimbap was positive,
BELOW: Mayte’s Dolsot-Bibimbap
and she especially liked how it was easy to digest. She said with extra mushroom and beef rib
she would be happy to introduce her family to Korean food toppings.
BOTTOM: She also tried my Dolsot-
in the future.
Bibimbap withKimchi(김치) and
Bulgogi(불고기).

dolsot-Bibimbap ingredients
(for 4 people)
2 cups rice 2 small carrots
400 g beef 1 small daikon
1½ tbsp soy sauce 2 small zucchini
140 ml sesame oil 1 bunch spinach
3 tbsp crushed garlic 1 cup bean sprouts
pinch of sugar, salt and 4 egg yolks
pepper gochujang(chilli paste)
1 cup sliced mushrooms

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