Korean Weekend Part Two

Spa World, how have you been so close for so long and I never knew how wonderful you are? Not only are you a relaxing spa day escape, but you have a lovely restaurant with good Korean food too! http://www.spaworldusa.com/Soon doobu (spicy soft tofu stew), rice and panchan (assorted small plates of pickled things). I may be obsessed with this, which is odd for a summer as hot as this year's. Bubbling with an egg, soft tofu, scallions and vegetables, it's a deeply comforting stew.

Steamed Mandu (vegetable dumplings). Maybe I miss the crunch from the pan-fried mandu? Very good, and surprisingly light dumplings.

Dolsot Bibimbap (rice topped with fried egg, seaweed, spinach, daikon, kimchee and mushrooms in a hot stone bowl with a spicy kochujang paste on the side to mix in to the desired heat). I like to mix a lot of spice paste into the bowl and a sunny-side up egg that is slightly runny. The hot stone bowl continues to cook the rice on the bottom to make the rice browned and crunchy.Korean-style zaru-soba (cold buckwheat noodles dipped into a light dipping sauce). Korean vegetable noodle soup.