The Cogitation Egress: FRIENDS OVER FOOD (a Taste of Korea)

(January 29, 2011, Saturday, Lunch time)

This is an incident where conversation tastes and costs better than food.

Atlast! Our Korean lunch materialized. It's well-planned that I, Aika and Peps will be spending a lunchtime in Korea Town. Because of schedule conflicts and budget constraints, the schedule of the date was moved, but in the end, we managed to fix everything just for this date to push through.

Days ago, I've been dreaming of Kimchi (Korea's staple food). I really got excited in our date, and to think that I can have the chance to taste authentic Korean food where I only see on the television.

On the day of the date, I met up with Peps, Aika, and Miles (since she's around the metro, we invited her as well) in the terminal and took a jeepney ride to Korea Town. Fortunately, we immediately saw the Korean restaurant that Peps referred.

We were surprised that the food was quite costly, and only few dishes are familiar to us. The food was actually good, but my taste buds won’t lie to me, that nothing beats Filipino food.

Then I’ve noticed that Miles is out of the mood. Maybe because she spent too much on a food that she doesn’t even know the name. I told her that she must not spoil the fun. Right then and there, I thought that this dream date was a misadventure after all.

We continued eating. Then when were finished, we started playing pranks on Peps and other common friends that we have. That’s when the fun started. I never laughed that hard for a long time!

Indeed, when you’re surrounded by good old friends; food, place and all that seems meaningless because of the quality of conversation you are having. Extravagant restaurants and fancy food are just secondary to the memories being shared especially when you're with your favorite friends.