Korean Story Set

bimbimbab bulgogi

“Ench!, njang! salamdeul-eun wae eojjaessdeun e naleul ttaleula ida?! notohan sonsil, yeogi seong su issseubnida! step up! salamdeul-eun wae eojjaessdeun e naleul ttaleula ida?!,” her hard drive to herself as she hides behind the restaurant. Damn it! Why is that guy following me on, anyway?! Loss too, I got the surname here! Damnit damnit! fuckin' hell! Why is that guy following me on, anyway?!

He turned his head back and felt something touching him. Quickly, he jumped out of his squat. Then, look at the woman in front of him.

“Miane!,” said Arka by bending her body.

“I am sorry, I dont be able to wear Korean language. Can you speak english?,” asked the woman.

“Oh.. Yes, I can speak English. I think you don't authentic inhabitant Korean, right?”

“Yes, I am from Indonesia.”

“Are you, really?”

“Yes. Really i. Why you shock to hear that?”

“Because I same with you. I am from Indonesia.”

“Sorry, I didn't know you were from Indonesia.”

“Hehehe. Yes.”



Quickly, Arka encouraged the girl to go deeper into the restaurant. Then, prying and hiding under the table when Arka saw the person who was chasing her.

“Why are you hiding.”

“I think, he is lion.”

“What? Lion?,” asked the girl.

“We? Oh.. I am sorry. I think, it’s delusion.”

“Can I help you?,” ask by pulling Arka's hand to sit on the chair. Then, call the waiter to bring the dish food.

“Aigoo! I Miss it,” said Arka when her food had come to her.

“You never eat that?”

“Yes! I just eat bread and modern food in this country.”

“Hahahaha. What you athentic Indonesian people. Why you speak English if you are able to speak Indonesian language?”

“I am just little for it. Because my aunt from Indonesia. She’s lives in Indonesia. And My Father from New York. I was born in New York. My Mom from Korea. I am more then live in New York. The around seventy years. And, I live in Indonesia, just two years for study culture and control my business. Then, I lives in Korea ten years,” Arka explained.

“Oh..”

“What’s your name?”

“My name, Felly Anggi Wiraatmaja.”

“I am have name Arkana Aditya. Because this is Korea. My name, Lee Young Pal.”

“Lee Young Pal,” murmured Felly repeating.

“Why you case race with person some time a go?”

“Because, he is need me for lead meeting with client.”

“And, you hidden in here?”

“Yes! Because, I don’t like them is behavior.”

“Why?”

“I must found wife. I think now not period Joseon!,” said Arka explained by still eating Bimbimbapnya.

Felly could only smile looking at the man in front of her. Arka ate so voraciously. He really enjoyed that meal. To the extent that, many people see Arka like a hungry person.

“Miss Felly, thank you for food. We are very like you Bulgogi.”

“Oh, yes. I happy to hear that. You are able to come back in here. I will lunch new food.”

“Enterprise?!,” jolts Arka as she listens to Felly's conversation.

“Yes, I think this.”

“Ibwa! yeogi tie ol su issseubnida! Aracchi?,” said Arka spirit by brandishing a pair of chopsticks. Oye! You guys, can come back here! Understood??!

“Neeee!,” replied the schoolchildren simultaneously.

Felly was unable to do anything as he looked at the spirit twinkle in Arka's eyes. That man, has caught Felly's attention. How not? Restaurant owners with businesses that are everywhere and never interested in a man, can now look at men with a long duration of time.

“Ahjumma! I must go to the office. My father will angry if know I in here. Ah cam! Thank you for bimbimbap! Bye!”

“Bye!,” reply Felly soft.”

“Oh Ahjumma! Forget something. Can you come in my garden party? Tomorrow! I wait you! Hmmmm or I coming in your home?,” while he is at the end of the door.

“No, no, no. I will come. Don’t worry okay?”

“Ahhhh! So good! Okay, I will go come back! Bye!,” said Arka by leaving her wallet.

“Arka! Your wallet jesus in here!,” he said weakened as Arka began to drift away.

“Nona, why don't you sleep? Isn't tomorrow you will have a photo shoot?,” asked the waiter Felly when he saw Felly bowed seriously staring at a wallet.

“Cancel all my schedules tomorrow. I'll have an event!”

“But..”.

“Say to the manager for the initial setup of my shoot!,” said Felly by leaving his servant.

For a moment, his servant felt astonished. How not? The employer is a robot that cannot be stopped while working. As long as he is sick, his mind is always working, working and working.But everything changes after tapping the wallet.

“Yoboseo?!,” asked Felly from across the phone. Remember, there's no name on that phone.

“Hay Miss Felly's. I think, I must call you. Sorry, I disturbed in your night.”

“Oh. Carcass. It’s nothing. By the way? What happened you call me in the night?”

“I am just announcement for you. About may address. So, I scared you dazed.”

“So?”

“So, I will send my address via massage. Bye and wait for five minute!,” pinta Arka.

Felly woke up from his sleep. For a moment, he muttered inwardly about the man. He felt, strange. At night like this, why didn't he sleep?

“Gwangnam?,” muttered Felly as he had opened an SMS from Arka.

“Isn't this close from here?!,” Inner Felly.

Gwangnam is one of the cities that is only made up of elite people. Like Indonesia, Gwangnam is Jakarta.

“Hey!,” greet Arka to Felly when Felly has arrived at the party. So magnificent is the party. With a red dress full of gems and reliable high black that is so elegant makes her look so beautiful.

“You are beautiful!,” said Arka.

“Thank you!,” replied Felly with a smile.

Without Felly expecting, Arka took her hand to walk towards her friends. Then introduced Felly to his friends. In fact, Felly gasped when there was one of them was a native Indonesian. Blasteran.

“Felly! I think, we must go leave this place.”

“Why? This is your party, Arka.”

“I think, I miss your bimbimbap.”

“What? You miss aa food?”

“Yes! Please! I am promise pay for you.”

“No, no, no. Do it’s not problem. Okay, let’s go in my resturant.”

“Yes!!! Thank you very much!”

“You are welcome!”

They go together to Felly's restaurant. Arriving there, Felly cooked Arka's favorite food with a new taste. Then, serve it to Arka who was waiting at the dinner table.

“Ahhhhh! Matta!,” said Arka in Korean.

“You are my remamber about something!”

“What it is? Tell me now!”

“About, someone.”

“Who is this?”

“He is the former my lover. People, what really I love. I have never can forget him. Until now, I still often remembered with him. He has said at me, if he will find I thought we have disjointed. Far as any of our distance. But, vanish altogether. I have a long wait him. He really the no. Each night, I always longing him. You know, you are same voice especially with its property”

“Bagamaina if that person has been in front of you?,” asked Arka by opening her glasses.

Felly could only cover her mouth and nose. He never thought that the person he had been waiting for was nearby.

“Awwwww!!!! Pain!,” hiss Arka when the exposure landed on her cheek.

“Why aren't you being honest with me, huh? Why are you hiding from me, Arka?!!”

“Felly! I understand how you feel. I, too, understand what it's like.But, I'm doing this because of a fear I can never shake when I have to look you in the eye. Sorry, for making you wait too long.”

Do you think I am happy in your way?!!! Arka, I'm not a girl who can only see on your financial side. I...” said he was cut off as he felt his throat choked.

“Why did you stop talking.”

“I hate you!,” said Felly with tears that began to fall so profusely from her eyelids.

“You deserve to hate me. But one thing you should know. I never reneged on my promise to come back to you! Because you know, your Arkana Aditya will never change even if the world changes it. I'll stay the same as before. Just like the Ark you once loved. Same with my race. Everything, still intact Felly!”

Felly just fell silent with continuous teardrops. He could not look into the eyes of someone he had always missed. Thus, his residence had brought both arms of Arka to encircle and hold Felly's body that night. It was a cold but beautiful night.

They were in that position for a long time, until they finally slipped out of the embrace with the finishing touch. That is, enjoy the bulgogi bimbimbab Felly creations. Combining two histories in the same cuisine.

Jeonju City in North Jeolla is the home town of the most famous regional bibimbap variation in Korea called “Jeonju Bibimbap”. There are several theories about the origin of the bibimbab, one of which says that this food is made from offerings offered to ancestral spirits. After performing jesa, people share the food and mix it in a bowl. There is also a similar food called heotjesabap or “food after jesa”.

Mix with bulgogi seasoning. Namely, a mixture of soy sauce and sugar plus other spices depends on recipes and regions in Korea. Before eating, lettuce leaves are used to wrap bulgogi with kimchi, garlic, or other flavoring spices. In Japan, a similar food is called Yakiniku. Compared to Yakiniku, meat seasoning for bulgogi is made sweeter. The water on the seasoning is quite a lot so that the meat is not baked on an iron plate (teppan), but rather on a flat pan. Wise their taste with unity of longing and love.