First home-cooked Korean meal (Americanized)

After almost 3 weeks of being in Korea, I finally gave in and decided to start eating in my apartment what most Koreans eat at home -- rice.

In the last two weeks my diet mostly included: sandwiches (with the fresh bread I'd buy from the bakery since they have no bread isle), yogurt, cereal, fruits that I can buy at home (apples, bananas, peaches, grapes), and eating out at either Korean restaurants or western culture-based restaurants.

It worked well for a while except for one big problem: All of those things are expensive.  Why?  There is no demand -- nobody here buys it.  For instance, a box of Kelloggs cereal is about $7 and the little 500 ml of milk was $3.

Since I was done at work by 6:30 tonight, I took a quick 3 block walk to the supermarket to buy some more cost-effective items.  Cooked my first batch of non-instant rice (since that doesn't exist here) and sauteed some vegetables with a teriaki sauce.  To top it off, I even bought a small package of pre-made kimchi for 90 cents (fermented cabbage) to replace the yogurt that I'd normally have (since it has more probiotics than yogurt).

To make it complete, I sat on the floor and ate on a traditional Korean table with traditional utensils -- a spoon and chop sticks.  And yes, I may be finally mastering the art of chop sticks -- I've come a long way since my first horrid attempt in 3rd grade during our "trip around the world" and continued to struggle even during college when trying to eat chinese food with them.

So long milk, cheese, bread, yogurt, cereal, and raviolis -- its been fun, but I have to enjoy other things right now.