Cheese?

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Mindy asks:

What is your favorite Korean meal and what is his favorite Australian meal?

 

Let’s start with my favorite Korean meal. I like a lot of Korean food. I really like samgyupsal (grilled pork belly) especially with kimchi. I do tend to order bibimbap a lot because I love all the vegetables. (Luckily I often take photos of meals I order so I can show some).

Bibimbap

I also really like japchae and yukgaejang. And I love lots of side dishes!

JapchaeWhile I do like a lot of Korean food I can still be picky. My husband orders this a lot but I refuse to eat it.

Pig IntestinesYeah… pig intestines soup.

My husband is a lot less picky than me, especially when it comes to Australian food. The only major thing he doesn’t like is lamb, and I swear that’s just psychological, not to do with taste at all. He doesn’t have a particular favorite Aussie meal, he just likes almost everything. Something he has taken a real liking to here is cheese though. He said he hated cheese when in Korea, and having seen the cheese available in Korea, I can understand why. But here in Australia there is such a huge range of good quality cheeses so he has realised cheese is delicious. He also likes eating crackers with dips too, something not really done in Korea.

Over Christmas when we were with my family we had a lot of cheese and crackers. Now usually we set them out on the table for everyone to have for morning or afternoon tea, but my husband would just get them for himself and sit at the table stuffing his mouth. (I also drew my siblings in the background).

cheese and crackers

This is an accurate representation of our Christmas.

In particular he likes water crackers with Mersey Valley Cheese. (Seriously, Mersey Valley, we love your cheeses, they are the best).

  • http://samsoondowntherabbithole.com/ dewaanifordrama

    mmmmmm…you are making me hungry!

  • http://www.facebook.com/brooke621 Brooke Au

    I dun like cheese too, but maybe I haven’t tasted the good one yet~~

    • http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/ Nic

      Maybe, there are so many types :)

  • Jess

    A country with terrible cheese. That would be a hellish blessing. I would lose so much weight haha. I would miss cheese so much though.

  • http://www.facebook.com/mindy.gwinn Mindy Suk Gwinn

    I know that the most I have ever eaten is Bulgogi and lots of it. I was really never introduced to much Korean food growing up, my father would not eat anything but that. I remeber her going outside to eat Kimchi because everyone complained of the smell. I guess I ate a lot of Kimbap too and lots of different banchan. I have asked mom about bibimbap but she said it takes to long to make to get it to the table and then I mess it all up with my chopsticks. LOL. If you like liver and pork and it is available to you I suggest you try Boudin (Cajun type) you can cook it and spread it on watercrakers without the casing. It is really yummy. Has Mr. Gwon had a cheese ball before? If not I have some awesome recipes they are easy to make. Just let me know.

    • http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/ Nic

      He hasn’t! I’m sure he’d love to try it though :) Give me your recipes!….. Please :)

  • http://lovingkorean.wordpress.com/ Oegukeen – Boyfriend in Korea

    I asked my boyfriend a few times if they have cheese in Korea, and he always says: “Not like this…” I am really curious to try Korean cheese now. I also let him try lamb and he seemed rather content. But then again, he would never say no to meat no matter which shape it is.

    I love the picture you drew, your husband seems so content :)

    • http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/ Nic

      I found cheese in Korea to mostly be that thin processed, packaged stuff wrapped in thin plastic. I call it “plastic cheese” because the taste and texture is like plastic. I did find some Australian and other countries cheeses in the import section of a department store in Korea so it is available but just a lot more expensive.

      • http://lovingkorean.wordpress.com/ Oegukeen – Boyfriend in Korea

        Oh yeah, I know those plastic cheeses. Ugh :)

  • http://twitter.com/Poabear Cassie

    Oh god, the cheese! the cheese in Korea tastes like salted plastic D: But i suppose that’s because I grew up with delicious fancy cheeses all my life…

    It’s cool your hubby isn’t too picky. My husband is unbelievably picky! He has issues with American food. He always wants to eat Korean food *sigh* Korean food is hard to make! But he’s lucky I like most Korean foods. He accuses me of being picky, but usually the only things I will refuse to eat are raw beef or intestines haha Maybe once we move back to America he’ll be less picky

    • http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/ Nic

      Oh I refuse to eat the raw beef too! Hopefully he’ll get less picky :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/harsha.pamnani.5 Harsha Pamnani

    wow!!!! i want to try korean food too…….but I’m vegetarian, theres gonna be very few options for me

    • http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/ Nic

      Korean food has a lot of vegetables in it… but also a lot of meat, so it can be hard for vegetarians. There are some vegan and vegetarian restaurants in Korea, but if you are eating just normal Korean food, always ask if there is meat… because sometimes there may still be a little bit of meat in it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/junos Juno Suk

    Totally with your husband on the pig intestines soup (gop chang jung gol). MMMMMMmmmmmmmmm.

    • http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/ Nic

      :P

  • Jesse

    Mersey Valley is fantastic cheese!!

  • schinken schneiden

    your hubby probably likes the intestine soup coz he is use to it in the area where he comes from. i think in Poo-San ^^ they have this soup..i think its called pig head soup or cow head soup?… its similar to what your husband is eating. they are famous for this..^^