BULGOGi CRAZE. =]

BULGOGi! Tried it? Well you should!
I first found out about it when my friend invited me over his house after I asked him why he was ranting on and on about this bulgogi food he kept whining in school about. He said it is was this great Korean beef that was marinated with some soy sauce and urged me to try it. I was quite hesitant, but I’m always one to try new types of food. And I just simply couldn’t believe it. It was out of this world. The taste was like no other. It was… GREAT!

A few days later my dad comes home from work bringing home some kind of food he said his friend from work gave him. I open up the plastic and didn’t recognize what it was. I thought it was some other Filipino dish. He told me that it’s some type of Korean food his coworker gave him. I automatically tried it and knew it was bulgogi. It had that sweet sensational flavoring.
The same weekend of that week, my dad, sister and I felt hungry and were absolutely tired of fast food and home cooked meals. We ended up driving around la stumbling upon this small Korean restaurant. I automatically thought of Korean BBQ! However when looking at the menu both my dad n I were hovering over the menu point at one specific dish that instantly made our tongue tingle.

So my dad automatically says okay we;r ready to order and asks for bulgogi. The waiter then asked us if we wanted it cooked already or if we wanted to cook it ourselves on the table. Yes, it was one of those you make cook your own food restaurants. I wanted to try it out but my father disagreed. He chose to have it ready and cooked. We were extremely starving and said that it would effect our judgment on whether it was ready eaten or not. He feared we would end up with food poisoning saying that we would just rush the cooking. I must say, he was right. Once we got our drinks, we couldn’t stop drinking. My dad had to pry my drink as well as my sister’s out of our hands. Imagine having to cook and watch? Our patience would have never helped, so brought to the table ready was a wise decision. It took quite a while, but once it was delivered, it took our breathe away. We were stunned and overwhelmed with all the little bowls that consisted of various condiments to eat along with the bulgogi. They had kim chi, tofu , pickled radish, hiyashi wakame (seafood) and many other greens. The plate that held the chicken bulgogi and the beef bulgogi were amazing. It was one of those dark sizzling platters where you could tell that it was freshly cooked. Even thought I knew he wasn’t as expressive as I was, he craved for some too. It was definitely worth the wait. Maybe next time we’ll be able to cook it ourselves. =]