Ttaro Means Separately. Everyone Puts the Rice In Anyway.
A beef soup with cow’s blood in it, served at 7 a.m. two minutes from Sinsa Station. The rice comes on its own plate. That is the whole point of the name, and nobody respects it.
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Kongguksu Is Only Sold in Summer. The Salt or Sugar Fight Never Ends.
Kongguksu is sold for about three months a year and seasoned at the table, which is where the trouble starts. Most of Korea adds salt. Jeolla adds sugar. Nobody has ever changed sides.
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Kongnamul Gukbap Comes in Two Versions at the Same Restaurant. Nobody Explains the Difference to You.
Nambu style or boiled style — same soup, same price, and nobody explains the difference. What toryeom is, what to do with the sueran, and why the 7 a.m. customers are all sitting alone.
