chili paste.
all this is eaten using the fingers of your right hand only. rolling a small ball of rice, you use the rice to scoop up the rest of the food. when you’re done, a small metal bowl of water sitting to the back of your plate is used to rinse your fingers.
the older i get, the less i enjoy eating meat. it’s been a struggle to get our cook here to cut back on meat dishes. so while i’m perhaps as adventurous as the next guy, the idea of eating cow brain and lungs simply did not appeal to me. while the rest in our group plowed their way 