The joy of eating from twenty side dishes all at once.

Time to dig in and enjoy!
It was Gichol's birthday last weekend, and to celebrate we took him to a traditional Korean yongyangdolsotbibimbap (yes, definitely a mouthful, pun intended) restaurant. This dish could loosely translate as nutritional mixed rice and veg. in a hot pot, but is much tastier than it sounds,thanks to the amazing variety of side dishes that come with the main earthenware pot full of black rice, ginseng, jujube, and mushrooms.
Australians would storm a restaurant like this en masse if it were located right in the heart of the Sydney foodie scene back home. The careful balance of sweet, sour, salty, spicy, bland or astringent, coming from all those assembled side dishes makes this local specialty a must for travellers to Korea. Unfortunately, it seems that only dishes like kalbi and bulgogi have made it onto the international stage at this time - certainly an opportunity for enterprising Koreans awaits.