I eat
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If someone would ask me to name the best chef in the world,
I would say that it's my mom right away without any hesitant.
She's been cooking for more than I ever know. I and the rest of my family know how
much she loves to cook and to see us getting excited with her dishes.
The best thing about my mom's table is that it's full of unexpected things.
From the tiniest details on the plate to salad dressing, she always tries something new,
and it never goes wrong!
I and my sisters sometimes jokingly tell her to open a restaurant on a very fancy
place to just let people to experience her food.
Well, if she'll really make it come true, we promised to work without any salary!!
I've been taking pictures of my mom's dinner tables whenever I wasn't in a hurry
to devour on that meal of the day.
Most of the shots would seem very new, strange or unfamiliar to you,
but I always wanted to share some of these tasty dishes of my mother.
So proud of my mom's passion & pride on her own food,
which were delitastedenough to turn all of us into picky foodies.
A good veggie meal even though it got beef going on.
I have no idea what to call this one-plate meal because this was my mom's creation.
All I can tell is that it was full of various seasonal vegetables like agaric mushrooms,
young garlic stalks, sweet pumpkin, and spring onion.
This happened on a day we call Gim-jang, an annual day for kimchi.
Gim-jang is one of traditional korean days (not holiday tho!)
when people get together to make new kimchi to eat for upcoming season/year.
The best part of this is that we get to taste the fresh kimchi with pork.
It's like an afterparty of the big event where all the people gather around & share food.
Another Korean dinner table.
The one on the left was when we came back from Tokyo last year.
We were craving something very korean & spicy,
and my mom cooked this amazing meal on that evening-
spicy fried pork with veggies, tofu, and steamed sweet cabbage.
The right one is another typical meal we had.
This one here may look really weird to many of you, but these taste sooooo nice!
Yes, we all know any time is the right time to have full barbecue for dinner.
(or even every meal!)
These shots always get me mouthwatering, so I secretly keep these two
on the corner of my phone gallery......
Even though this is like a meat overload, my mom never forgets to add
the same amount of greens as much as meat on the table.
When mom puts her unique creativity on the dinner table.
The left one is full of autumnal colors & tastes.
Warm brown rice, fried seasonal vegetables, savory soup,
and roasted eggplants with balsamic cream & red onions.
The plate on the right over there is full of sushi!
Yes, my mom even cooked sushi.
Smoked salmon sushi with pickled red onion & homemade yogurt dressing on top.
Lastly, this post obviously goes to my mom & her talented tastebuds.
And to all the mothers' custom dishes that only their family knows.
ⓒJKDAWN
