Korean Food

The Won Buddhism Temple where I attend Saturday group mediation sessions is largely Korean. When I volunteered for a work session this past Saturday, I was treated to an authentic Korean lunch! Evidently Koreans typically serve a lot of side dishes with their meals and ours was no exception; it included cucumbers, pears, radish, onion/garlic relish, boiled egg, rice rolls, and Korean pancakes. The entree was cold noodle soup to which we added a little bit of each of the side dishes (except the pancakes); the pancakes kind of serve the same purpose as bread to us westerners, at least that's the way I interpret it. There were leftovers when finished and the cook was nice enough to give me some of the pancakes and rice rolls - delicious!