It is Saturday morning and normally on a weekend I would expect to wake-up late and maybe have
some waffles or pancakes for breakfast but instead I've been dragged out of my apartment
way too early to eat Ox Bone soup.
In the cold!
I'm on?
Woo!
One of the nicest things about this restaurant here is that it has the heated floors, which
in Korean is called Ondul.
We were walking around in the subzero temperatures and now we're warming up our butts on the
ground.
What has arrived at our table is called Seolleongtang and it is an ox bone soup with brisket.
This is what it looks like - it has got kind of a murky white color.
I'm going to stir it.
This is instant noodles and here is the brisket.
This soup comes with rice as you can see and we also have some veggies and kimchi that
we can supposedly add to our soup.
Kimchi in a jar.
I think this is what we add to our soup - all kinds of onions.
Oh, more of the radish kimchi.
She is chopping up the kimchi.
That is how it is done.
Doesn't that look good?
It sure does.
Is it time for the first bite?
Okay, let's try the broth first.
I can not say it is very flavorful.
It is like water.
Yeah?
Let's add more things to it.
Okay.
We've just grabbed the salt - hopefully this will make the soup a little less bland.
Let's add a little.
Do you want to add some more.
Alright, let's give this a stir.
Try a bit with the broth.
Experimenting here.
That is better but it needs more.
Lots more!
We've found even more seasonings here.
We've got some pepper in an attempt to really spice things up a little and to add a little
zest.
Let's stir it.
Let's try that now.
It is much better - okay good.
I am trying the brisket here.
How does it taste?
It is nice and tender.
It is a real 'nice' cut of meat and not fatty at all.
After doing a little bit of research on this dish, on wikipedia, I read that often rice
can be added into the Seolleongtang, so that is exactly what I'm going to do.
I'm going to take my bowl of rice and plop it right in.
That is definitely going to thicken things up here.
Let's try that.
Not too bad.
Audrey is going to try the noodles.
How are those?
They are really tender and really soft.
Are they soft?
Yes.
The verdict: I can't say I would eat this soup again.
I really wanted to like it but it is just too bland.
It is white rice and plain noodles and a white murky broth.
There is no spice, so I prefer the Hajeonguk or the Dtalktoritang.
I am sad.
Or the sundubu jjigae.
Yes.
Okay, so what did you think of the soup?
Well, I have to agree with you on this.
It wasn't my favorite.
I did finish it but I do like so many Korean spicy and flavorful soups.
One of the ones love are some of the ones you mentioned but also sundubu jjigae, kimchi
jjigae and so many others.
It just didn't quite hit the spot but it was okay.