I have these two Koreans living below me and whenever they cook I always think of ways to break in and get their food. My fridge had a six pack of beer and one slice of pizza, college days. Anyway one day I think it was a Sunnday I hear banging on my door and it’s one of the two korean chaps below. She told me to come and enjoy. But majorly got pissed off at my empty fridge. A little bit more but will leave it there.
I’ve had similar with Vietnamese, Chinese, and Indian friends in college
If their family found out I didn’t have an abundance of food, they’d drag me to their home and feed me until I was about to burst
Lol that was pretty much the end to the edit I did. She just went through my apt like it was her own. She looked in my cubborts and fridge and she got seriously pissed off. Well at least thats how her kid told me and we must have went to every Korean/Asian place in the city. And I found out later she was wheeling and dealing. We got a trunk full of groceries for 50 bucks. Then went to another and another and another. The OMG the liquor store was surreal cause at the time I was a severe alcoholic. She saw this bottle of Sake or something that cost about 200 or something and got it down to 75 dollars. We ate together which was weird due to language barrier. We drank and drank and drank. I thought I was king of the drinkers for the longest time. Hell I even out did a Navy officer. This woman when toe to toe with me on whiskey and sake. Best part was and most people will say its creepy. After we fell asleep we woke in the lawn chairs and she was holding my hand. Which was a trip because last thing I remember was her patting the top of my hand while I smoked my cigar. No one ever believes this story but it did happen it was really surreal.
I’ve found Korean love to share their culture and if you show any interest they will shower you with their culture, it’s very nice. I think it’s pretty common though with a lot of people if you show interest. Food is also a big deal to them since it wasn’t so long ago that Korea went through a major famine, people were starving, so they make sure that their neighbors are fed, which is a lot more than I can say for US.
and whenever they cook I always think of ways to break in and get their food
wdym? not sure if im understanding that part correctly as intended…
it just sounds like nice people sharing what they have.
I mean it like an off the cuff comment. The cooking is so vastly different from americans even the smell you want to put in a candle to smell it everyday. It is just that good as a college student who never had anything pretty much out of American that you would risk a Breaking and Entering charge just to get to it. It is literally that good.
Sharing food if you got too much with your neighbour is a thing just like many other countries. We occasionally receive some food like that from people living in other floors in the same building. I’d see it as an extension of it, though inviting people is definitely much less common.
That was probably my fault I was always raised that if someone comes over Stranger or not you ask them if they want a drink or something you can help with.
Well, neighbours are usually much more trustworthy than some strangers. Everyone gets told to not eat whatever strangers give you here too. Maybe it’s weird that neighbours are simply trusted, but I prefer that over being unnecessarily cautious.
