Garden Party!

wow. one of the best saturdays in a while.

apparently because we are the first foreigners to ever have a plot at the community garden, the lovely management offered to throw us a bbq party in exchange for a little PR. they told us just to invite all of our friends and they would take care of the rest. seriously?

so, we did. and when we showed up w/ about 20 friends, i was in awe of the spread they had prepared. a long table, FULLY loaded w/ all the fixin's for a killer korean bbq. plates piled high w/ samgyeopsal (fatty slices of pork belly), baskets of fresh greens, loads of fresh mushrooms & garlic, red pepper sauce & sesame oil for dipping, dotorimuk salad and plenty of soju and makgeolli to get us all a bit too tipsy. plus, frederik and i (not knowing how much food they would have, and for vegetarians) whipped up a huge batch of pesto pasta salad and some fatty vietnamese spring rolls w/ peanut sauce. gorgefest. after hours of feasting and drinking, the garden folks then had the gall to serve everybody noodle soup ... which, to my surprise, was gobbled right up by smiley faces.



so, we finally got to share some of the green, gardening goodness w/ a sweet crew of friends. i have been blessed. :)