BBQ Restaurants

Living in Seoul we are surrounded by great BBQ Restaurants but as a family we don’t get to go out to them that often. It is usually a special occasion. So, Jisoo does get very excited when she sees the BBQ meat as she loves it. Already as a two-year-old she can tell the difference between cheap meat and good quality meat and can be fussy about it. Only the best meat for her apparently!

When Hugh was young and growing up in the countryside of rural South Korea, meat was still something of a luxury so he didn’t get to eat it every day. He remembers getting upset at his parents and grandparents when there was no meat in a meal. Meat was absolutely his favourite food. Yul will eat meat but doesn’t love it like that. In the comic (and in real life) he was only eating rice and the egg dish. I am also not a big meat eater and just like Korean BBQ occasionally.

I spent most of the meal having to frantically cut up the meat and cool it down for Jisoo, who spent the whole time yelling for more meat. We tend to use the Korean word “gogi” for meat at home, even when speaking in English, so Jisoo was mixing languages here too. This is her copying our examples, rather than her not knowing the difference.

These days Hugh has to be careful about eating too much meat because of health reasons, so it is still something for business meetings and special occasions. His former child self would be disappointed!

Another quick video in our Australian summer series! You may be wondering how this group of people actually came together. Some of us grew up in the same areas, or went to the same schools, and then only later in life have reconnected because we’ve all married into Korean families. Other people we’ve met through the blog or through Korean classes. Australia is becoming more and more multicultural and as the Korean population grows, the more common multicultural families with Australians and Koreans are becoming. It’s great being friends with other couples and families in similar situations, and with some of us living in Korea and some of us living in Australia, it’s rare that all of us can come together like this.