They Have Discovered One of My Loves

#sol19- March 7, 2019

It started just two weeks ago and already I am feeling spoiled beyond belief! It started with a lunch date. Two weeks ago I invited one of my students to invite a friend and bring their lunch to the classroom. It was meant to be a treat for the first student, who had had a recent disappointment. The invited friend (from South Korea) surprised me by bringing in a Korean meal for me-bulgogi, japchae, and kimchi- yum! I happily enjoyed the leftovers at home later as well.

Her mom was thrilled to hear how much I enjoyed the lunch. Lo and behold last week was my birthday and that mom brought in another lunch for me-lucky, lucky, me! Again, leftovers were enjoyed!

Today, as I was racing across campus to supervise the students involved in the musical another mom stopped me (she is from North Korea). “I brought you a snack,” she smiled handing me a heavy container, “dumplings.”

I did not have time to really stop but passed on my thanks. A few minutes later, once the students had signed in I sneaked a peek (and okay, a dumpling too). Mmmm- there were two kinds of dumplings- mandu and stuffed rice balls in tofu skin. I gave away one of each to a friend, but the rest were all mine! They were so good, so full of flavor, that even though I thought I would save some for tomorrow it did not happen-what a delicious dinner. I only wished I had pictures to share. I am truly spoiled. Clearly, the word is out that Ms. Erika loves Korean food!