I've never been to a samgyeopsal restaurant before but I have plans to try it out soon with my family or close friends. It's just that it's difficult to invite them now compared to before because everyone is busy with their own lives, especially in academics. Our schedules and vacant days are not aligned with each other leaving an impression on us that we need to set an appointment first just to spend days like before. A pretty good indication that we're in the process of "ADULTING". More ways to go.
But since I'm still craving this and my mother as well. I suggested to my mama that if we can't go to the nearest samgyeopsal restaurant then what if we bring the samgyup to our house? A smart idea, don't you think? With an exertion of convincing power, I manage to persuade mama to try it out and she said that we are about to do it on dinner night. Samgyup as our dinner? I will not be full for sure as well as the others. So basically, rice will never leave the Filipino table. Lol.
In the afternoon, my parents go to the market to buy some necessities. They spent about an hour before they finally got back home. The first thing that I did is to check if mama purchased what she need to purchase for our dinner. I need to make sure because you know sometimes they tend to forget things already, the consequence of being old. Additionally, I'm a bit excited because I waited for it a long time ago so my eagerness to try this with my family skyrocketed.
At exactly 6:00 in the evening, we prepared the things for our samgyeopsal session. My mother started to cook hams and bacon while I on the other hand is thoroughly rinsing the lettuce leaves to make sure that dirt, small worms, and insecticides are not present especially since we will eat the leaves raw. Compared to the traditional way of eating Samgyeopsal wherein you will cook hams, bacon, and other side dishes on the table we preferred not to do so because we believe that it will take a lot of time. We're not that patient when we are hungry so we chose the best easy path.
After washing the green fresh lettuce leaves, I compiled them and put them on a plate. One plate is not enough so I divided it into two, I don't want the lettuce to look like a mountain of leaves though so it's better this way. I also prepare the other two plates for the hams and bacon. Since those two are oily, I put some table napkins at the top of the plate to absorb some oil. I tried to design it in some way to look more pleasing on the camera but I failed to do so. Look at those arrangements! Haha. But at least I tried. It's just that, it's not my forte and I need some more practice to do.
Everything is ready when I notice that the sauce is not yet prepared so I rushed to heat it. It is the Ssamjang Sauce. My mother bought one spicy and not spicy since my sister doesn't like spicy foods. Once heated, I put it in its original container and arrange the placements of the foods on the table before taking a picture. A blogger won't forget to capture a photo first before doing the main deed, am I right?
After that, we called papa and my other sibling to eat. And as expected, they didn't forget to remind us about the rice. Rice is life for us, gain calories, gain weight!
Just a short background about this dish, Samgyeopsal is a South Korean delicacy that we often see in different Korean novelas. It means three-layered meat. I don't know when Filipinos started to adopt this but one thing is for sure, a lot of Filipinos enjoyed this so far that's why a lot of Samgyeopsal restaurants opened in different malls and communities.
How about you? Have you already tried this one? If yes, how's your experience? Did you enjoy it? If not, do you have plans to try this soon?