A Fun Friday Filled with a Variety of Food Feasts

It feels like the day never comes, but before you know it, Friday is already here again, near the end of another week. And the weekend passes even faster, without even needing to say it.

So this week, Friday has arrived once again. It’s the last Friday of October. That said, as always, I’m planning to make the most of it with plenty of food.

When I get to work, the first thing I think about is usually what to eat today. I worry about it every day, but somehow I always end up ordering and eating similar foods, and that strange repeating loop keeps going.

It’s a fun Friday, but since I’ve been working hard, I decided to order bibim naengmyeon, something I can slurp down quickly, for the last meal. Naengmyeon is one of those foods that are fun to choose from, but today I picked Daechi-dong Hamheung Naengmyeon. Since there’s a bit of distance from Daechi-dong to Apgujeong Station, I was worried the noodles might get soggy, but when I ordered them and received them, they weren’t all that soggy. I also liked that the bibim naengmyeon had not only radish but also cucumber, so I could enjoy the texture while eating.

Naengmyeon comes with half a boiled egg, right?

Do you eat it before the naengmyeon? VS eat it after the naengmyeon? VS eat it in the middle?

Which one are you? I think it varies a little depending on the type of naengmyeon, but for bibim naengmyeon, I usually eat it before the noodles. For mul naengmyeon, I either eat it in the middle or break up the yolk and mix it with the broth. It seems to depend on my mood that day.

If I had only eaten naengmyeon, it wouldn’t really have been a fun Friday food feast, would it?! Of course, naengmyeon alone might have been enough, but that wasn’t the end—it was just the beginning. Next up was takoyaki, which you could think of as a snack. It feels like there are so many Japanese snack foods topped with katsuobushi. But when the katsuobushi clumps together, it can feel chewy, and surprisingly many people dislike that texture. (Honestly... that’s me.)

You might have thought it was takoyaki, but it isn’t. It’s takoyaki with a boiled egg inside. So it kind of reminded me of gyeran-ppang. If it didn’t have the katsuobushi and sauce, it wouldn’t be all that different from egg bread.

The combination of naengmyeon and bunsik was more fitting than I expected. At this point, I can honestly say it wasn’t just a little feast—it was a pretty huge variety of food.

Actually, I really do order bunsik at least once a week. Whenever I do, I usually order from places known for their spicy flavor, but today I chose the regular tteokbokki. Still, tteokbokki has some of that spicy kick, doesn’t it? The glossy sheen makes it look so delicious, right?!

It had been a while since I had rice-cake tteokbokki, and the chewy texture was nice. I think rice-cake tteokbokki definitely has its own texture and charm.

There are always side dishes that you can’t leave out when eating tteokbokki. Absolutely cannot skip them!! Since I couldn’t decide what I’d like, I prepared assorted fried snacks. I don’t know who first came up with the saying that anything fried tastes good, but I know exactly what that feeling means~~~

It had been a while since I ordered soondae too. One thing I can’t quite understand is people who only order soondae. If you don’t eat the liver or lung, doesn’t it feel a little disappointing? Or maybe very disappointing? Even the side organs besides the soondae itself definitely come down to personal preference. Some people like liver, some like lung or heart—seeing that really makes it clear that everyone has their own food preferences. Even within the same family, people can have completely different tastes.

The last food feast I’m introducing today is steamed dumplings. Since I’d only been eating fried dumplings for a while, it had been a long time since I had steamed dumplings, and the chewy skin made me think once again that steamed dumplings are truly the best.

That’s how I wrapped up Friday with a satisfying food feast. Have a happy last weekend of October.