Almost two years—it’s been almost two years since I’ve masticated1 Korean black paste noodles (jajangmyun). Jajangmyun is one of the few dishes I love; I want to eat it. But, I cannot because I cannot find it anywhere.
I’ve given up on jajangmyun, but I was foolishly hoping that a local supermarket would have gochujang. Gochujang is this spicy red sauce that the distracted will mistake for ketchup… I want(ed) gochujang because I wanted a taste of Korea; I was also thinking that I could try to make a jajangmyun substitute dish (bibimbap).
I have a tendency to associate places with food, which is odd because I’m not big on food (my closest friends know my picky habits; they’re always finishing my plates and relieving me of food I dislike). I associate the Musée Rodin and France, in general, with caramel ice cream. I was a vanilla ice cream girl2; I still am. But caramel ice cream is to die for. I had my first taste of caramel ice cream somewhere outside of the Musée Rodin. Its statues are fabulous, of course, but if you go there - view The Thinker and then get some ice cream. ♥ I associate Paris with macaroons; Japan with crêpes3.
Anyway…, I went to the supermarket. I didn’t find gochujang. But I did find inappropriately branded yogurt: yomomma yogurt. Okay, it probably said “yomommy” but I like to think of it as yomomma (as in really bad jokes, as in yo momma so lazy she thinks a two-income family is where yo daddy has two jobs). The yogurt is for pregnant women.
While there, I bought some things—three random things. I bought vanilla rice-based ice cream (it almost tastes like regular ice cream), a small sitck of England’s cadbury milk cholocate, and oatmeal. Yep.
1 I know. I know. I hate this word. I shouldn’t use it. But, in this context, it feels so appropriate.
2 Chocolate ice cream ftl, my friends.
3 I realize that the Japanese associate is weird.
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