the teachers decided to cook for the sunday lunch at church this week. and, we came up with an "american menu" that best fit into a budget, simplicity and accessibility in korea.the menu? hot dogs, pasta salad, chips, pretzels, oreos. nothing says americana like a bunch of unhealthy, carb-heavy food.
we needed to get to costco (the mecca of american food seekers in foreign lands) and (with virtually no warning) i was swept away to go on tuesday night with ella and esther's families.
side note~
two simultaneously irritating and endearing things about korea/koreans:
1. they are virtually incapable of planning ahead. if there is a plan, they will change it. they seem to thrive on spontaneity, or perhaps, they just lack the ability to think beyond the moment. i'm not sure. but i love this sometimes and hate this sometimes.
2. they often have conversations about non-korean speakers right in front us. so that we hear "blah blah, laura, blah, blah, laura, kimchi, blah, blah". and also, they have conversations and then forget to tell us (forget that we didn't understand the language) and then seem confused/surprised when we didn't get the memo about something.
oh yes, working in a foreign country is such fun.
here is costco's food court and, here are esther and ella eating (yes, you are reading this right) spoonfuls of diced onions mixed with mustard. cups worth of onions mixed with only mustard.
folks, we are in korea, realities and normalities are out the window.
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