Tapas?????

Had a dinner with my professor and friends at one of the sophisticated restaurants @ Apgujeong. Well, what to expect from this stylish restaurant.

I would not have gone into one of these had I not been invited. I mean..I would have had hard time deciding what to eat...being a vegetarian.

So...of all the arrays of food being ordered the other night, I could not make up my mind of what to eat. But, of course it did not mean that I did not eat anything.

Well, I should have caught each food as they were being served. But, the only thing that I remembered taking a picture of....is this Tapas. I think this is a Spanish dish or Mexican dish?* (need citation:) ^^

anyway...this is how it looked like.

I thought I would not be able to enjoy, but as it turned out...there were some other food I could easily enjoy. Too bad..I did not take the pics of them.

* One thing for sure, I did have a great time experiencing different food at a somewhat different world, i.e. Apgujeong. 

A Dinner with Ilya's Parents

I've been wanting to post this entry for quite some time since I did enjoy the time when the parents of my  pal right here in Korea invited me to have dinner with them. So, it was Ilya's parents' special visit to Korea that made it even more meaningful. Ilya--my friend and kind-of-my-younger-brother from Kazakhstan  --had been so busy the week his parents visited him in Korea last December (2011).

 We had this special dinner at a Chinese restaurant just around the block near our campus.
I remembered vividly that it was a chilly and windy night of December. But, the warmth of the dinner and especially Ilya's parents and auntie made it worthwhile for me to remember the occasion.
One thing I treasured: they even ordered just a special food for me since they'd known (thanks to Ilya) that I happened to be a vegetarian.
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Some of our friends were also invited in the dinner: Aigerim, Yelena, Aizhan (three of them from Kazakhstan), and Taekcho (from China).
The best part: it was such a wonderful occasion since it was (surprise...surprise) a customary (is it?) in Kazakhstan to bring along some present to their guests. Wow what a treat.









I mean...I got this whole bunch of candies and fruits from Kazakhstan...that I would not have tasted, had I not known these friends of mine. Amazing, right?
(more pictures and stories of these colorful candies later on^^ my other entry).

Another thing that I want to keep in mind was the fact that both of Ilya's parents did invite us to their homeland should we have a chance of going there. Why not. It would be such a great trip should I be able to realize this dream of going to Ilya's country--someday. Fingers crossed? ^^. Some say dreams do come true, right?