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Was just eating dinner just now at Tampines Mall, and while I was queuing up for another stall in the TM Foodcourt and I breathed in a familiar scent from far-away…!! My Spider-Sense was TINGLING~!~! The stall next to mine was selling Korean cuisine and I don’t know what led me to it (usually Korean food sold in Singapore turned me off) but I didn’t regret!

I ordered what I loved most in Korea, Bulgogi! (Actually it wasn’t that hard to decide what was best, in Korea I only remember eating Bulgogi, Ginseng Chicken and Steamboat and more Steamboat and more Stea…)

Instead of getting what you see in the photo above, the semi-korean auntie served me a cauldron of murky red liquid, I thought she gave me the wrong dish but I gave her the benefit of the doubt.

Bringing the strang pot back to my table, I stirred the contents and to my relief there were Bulgogi pork bits within the stew. The next moment was beautiful, I gathered a wholesome chunk of tender morsels and tucked it into my mouth.

HEAVEN! I just was transported back to Seoul when my teeth sunk into the craftily marinated meat, the succulent juices burst out and seeped into the crevices of my tongue. I felt like I was still in Korea, warm on the inside and (air-con) cold on the outside.

Really today is a testament that that food can really bring the eater another time and place.

Jaimes feels warm on inside.