Our new Korean friends
Recently, Brendan had been working out at a gym near his school after work. The trainers at the gym have taken a particular liking to him and attempt to make conversation with him every time he goes. They don't seem to mind if he is biking, running, lifting weights or showering. Any time is a good time to talk to the foreigner.
Long story short, somehow I got conned into having lunch with Brendan, his trainer, his trainer's girlfriend (a yoga instructor) and another trainer from the gym. To be honest, I was intially dreading meeting up with these people on Sunday. If anyone reading this has attempted conversation with someone who does not speak the same language as you, you know how frustrating and ultimately, boring it can be.
The lunch lasted about 4 hours, two rounds of grilled pork, one round of grilled beef, a korean pizza, many sides, and various types of Korean alcohol. I have no idea how Koreans stay so skinny with all of the eating and drining that they do. Surprisingly, it was a pretty fun time. In a long standing tradition, the more you drink, the easier it is to speak another language.
In other news, we made a pizza! Not only that, a deep dish. Chicago style, this is mostly because we dont own a flat pan of any sort. Using a pizza dough mix, sent to us courtesy of Brendan's mom, some onions, yellow peppers, garlic, tomato paste, tomatoes, pork and mozzarella cheese. It was delicious!
Brendan carefully dispersing the ingredientsNote the tiny oven
Our pizza, pre-cheese
Our pizza, pre-munching
A very happy Kelly and Brendan abot to eat some tasty deep-dish
mmmmm....
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