Side Dishes

I have noticed how Koreans love side dishes. When we go out for a meal the table is usually covered in side dishes like kimchi (pickled cabbage with lots of hot spices), pickled radishs, some type of greens, cooked or pickled onions, little fish (totally in their fish shape, eyes and all), and the list goes on. Sometimes the table is so full as you will notice in the second picture that we had to put the lettuce on the railing. I should also say that all of the side dishes are free! You pay for the main dish and without saying anything all of the side dishes come to the table. This first picture was taken at the wedding that we went to on Saturday. We all had our own bowl of soup and the side dishes were free for all. Everyone just sticks their chopsticks in whatever dish and eats away. No worries about germs here.
The first dish on the right is of rice cakes. I am not a big fan of these...they are very chewy..maybe they will grow on me soon. But I love the dish on the left in the front. They are like mini pankcakes with lots of eggs and vegetables...so good!
At this restaurant we had galbi (which is ribs). They hadn't brought our meat to the table when I took this picture...the table was already over flowing. They fry up the meat on the table on the black grill. Lish is on the right. She is one of the head -teachers here at Connexus. Jodi and Joe are on the left. We are moving into their apartment this Thursday. We went out for supper after they gave us a tour of the area where we will soon be living. We love the apartment and the area so are really looking forward to the move!