I have had a cold for about 2 weeks now so my co-teacher took me to a traditional Korean tea house so that I could have some red ginseng tea. Red ginseng is the good stuff that comes from North Korea and it supposedly be more beneficial than regular Korean ginseg, which is many times better than ginseng from other countries.
We took off our shoes and nice smelling incense greeting my nostrils as I entered the tea house. The place was decorated very nicely with wook panels, solid-wood tables, and some ink brush scrolls hanging from the walls. First, we had some house tea with dok (no, not dog), which is chewy pounded rice that is rolled into cylinders and cut into small pieces. Some pieces of Chinese lemon jelly was also served with the dok.
The ginseng tea came in a bowl, which made the experience all that more pleasurable. The taste was slightly bitter to the tounge and tasted like something that is really good for you. I don't know how much of the feeling came from the fact that it was supposed to be good for you but, in any case, I really felt like it would help me with my cold.
After the tea we went to have a Korean beer at an Indian restaurant called Baghdad Cafe...the black and white pictures on the wall made led me to believe, correctly I found out, that the owner was a big fan of the old movie Baghdad Cafe. The restaurant in jointly owned by a Korean women and her friend's Nepali husband.
Well, I am going to try and get some extra sleep tonight and see if the ginseng and/or beer helps me with my cold....
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