His hometown is Yeongcheon (where I was working at the time), but he was studying in Gwangju, and had been spending time in Canada. He saw my videos on Youtube and contacted me. We met for coffee in Yeongcheon. I learned that his young cousin attended our school (very diligent little girl). Not many days later, he invited me to visit him and his girlfriend in Gwangju, and he invited me to attend church with them. I accepted the invitation. It was my first time going to Gwangju, which was about a four hour bus trip away from Daegu.
Some people call them Korean pancakes. In Korean they are called "hoddeok" (pronouced "hoe-dthahk -- from what I've noticed, the "dd" sounds like a "dth" and the "eo" sounds like "ah."). Anyway, I love them! and they are often on a grill cooking at rest stops where buses stop to let passengers refresh themselves. Once stepping off the bus, I could smell these cooking. YUM! Three of them cost me 2000 wons. Each is stuffed with brown sugar. I've seen some pumpkin seeds in them. I think they are great with coffee or just a carton of cold milk. I've learned how to make them at home.
After I arrived in Gwangju, we all went to enjoy a stew called (by pronunciation) "boo-day-jee-gae," which is basically what I call "hobo stew," that is canned meat and hotdogs cooked with water and veggies. Some people add ramyeon noodles to the mix. Its name means "army based stew."
After eating the stew, we joined mix of Koreans and foreigners at a coffee shop to do some discussion in English.
After the Korean church service, the church provided lunch. There was no reason to leave hungry. My friend invited me to attend an English service with he and his girlfriend. So I did.
After the English service, attended by about ten people in all, we all were treated by the speaker to the Shabboo-shabboo meal pictured below.
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