Homemade Korean Dinner

19 March 2008

Last Saturday night, new friends invited me to their home for dinner. Rev. Lee and his wife Park, Hye Jung and Yo Seh, their thirteen year old son, live in the same building as I do and it was a special honor to have been invited into their home. Rev. Lee and I are colleagues in the Theology Department at Pai Chai University.

Hye Jung had prepared a delicious meal of salad w/kiwi dressing, duck, beef, mushrooms, rice and kim (seaweed). For dessert, she provided cheese cake, herb tea or coffee and a perfectly arranged bowl of fresh strawberries (it's strawberry season here) that were so large and perfectly shaped they almost looked fake. They were sweet and absolutely delicious! Naturally, we ate Korean style from the lovely wooden table in the living room.

Hye Jung graduated with a degree in music, her major being voice. She has a piano that she also plays and is an artist with oils as well. They took a year of sabbatical in Clairmont, CA and Yo Seh attended school while there. They've also lived in Germany. She speaks very good, but limited English, yet understands a great deal. Yo Seh speaks English very well, but his parents say he doesn't like to speak it back home in Korea as none of his friends do. Lee of course, speaks all three languages very well. We had much to share.

It was a delightful evening eating, listening to the background music of Placido Domingo and enjoying getting to know each other.

Included with this blog are a couple of pictures of the evening before Yo Seh, being a typical teenager, retreated to his computer.

Best,
JB