Another note about eating out. Summer is a very special season in a Korean restaurant because they make a special dish that is perfect for a girl like me. Don’t try to find it in the winter (when it would also be delicious!), but July is just about right. It’s called samgyetang, or chicken ginseng soup, and you might see it posted on the wall as a special.
This magical little dish arrives in a heavy iron cauldron that is literally bubbling as the waitress puts it down on the table. At first glance, it looks like a little chicken is sitting in a bowl of broth with some green onions floating around. But that little hen has been simmering for a long time. When you poke it with a spoon, the meat starts to fall off the bones, and when you open it up to see what’s inside, it’s filled with rice, cloves of garlic, ginseng, and dried plums that have been soaking up all of its chicken-y goodness.
It starts as a cornish hen, but it turns into soup as you break apart the chicken and mix all of its surprise innards into the broth. Add a little sea salt that comes with it, and you have a feast fit for a starving person on a yeast-free, sugar-free diet. Trust me, it’s tough to tip a heavy bowl like this to spoon out the last of the soup. But it’s worth a try.
Free to be me and yeast free 