It is Summer....and it is hot! Which means its time for a new round of Korean Foods that I am discovering. One of my favorite foods Samgyetang (삼계탕) I discovered is usually only for the summer. The Westerner in me has doubts about this because Samgyetang is a chicken soup and, to me, the best time to eat hot chicken soup is during the winter, preferably after a snowball fight. The idea is that one will ingest hot foods and that it will make your body hotter on the inside and thus the outside won't seem as hot. I think it is just delicious and people have made up an excuse to continue eating it in the summer. I love it.
Another yummy dish that friends have shown me is Pat bingsu (팥빙수). Patbingsu is very unique to Korea. To Western ears, it does not sound very delicious, but I am discovering a taste for it during the hot summer.
Here is a picture of me and friends having some patbingsu at a cute coffee shop:
It is kind of a "everything and the kitchen sink" dessert. Originally it was just ice flakes and sweetened red beans. But now, it's turned into this extravagant creation of yumminess. There's a ice flake base, topped with some frozen yogurt or ice cream. Pour the red beans over that. Then add anything you have in your kitchen. Here, we have some fruit: kiwi, banana, cherries, and I think some pineapple. Then some rice cakes. Throw on some cereal corn flakes (yep, that's right, random cereal) and top with some chocolate sauce and maybe sweeten condensed milk.
It is sweet and cold--perfect for a Korean Summer break!
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