BQ Korea and GEMS

Last night, 7 of us landed @ Far East Square for dinner. We weren’t at Ling Zhi. We were in for a Korean cuisine experience @ BQ Korea. It was a rather unique experience, I must say.

It wasn’t a vegetarian restaurant, in the first place. However, I was rather impressed by the extent of accommodation the restaurant was willing to make, knowing most of Korean dishes are rather meaty. They actually got into contact with one of us (a day before) to confirm the can-haves and the cannot-haves in vegetarian dishes, for they need to prepare a special sauce and to make sure they got it right.

Yes, my dish was specially prepared. In other words, I was in for a surprise for I don’t know what will be served to me. I always enjoy surprise-elements. Haha.. I learnt that they modified from one of their dishes in the menu (with most vegetables).

I was presented with the savory Bi-Bim-Bahb. What is it (for those who have no idea)?
I shall try …

Bi-Bim-Bahb is one of Korea's most favorite dishes, a delight to the aristocracy and people of all ages. Ten different vegetables and a choice of meat (I got to forgo this) are arranged on steamed rice in a large bowl, with a cooked egg (I choose to forgo this) on top. Hot sauce (this is the magical sauce they specially prepare for me) is served on the side. The choice of meat is chicken, beef, tofu, or shrimp (I got to forgo these).

A Typical Well Presented Bi-Bim-Bahb

The vegetables used are: soy bean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, spinach, cucumber, zuccini, sweet potato stems, leaf lettuce, radish, doraji and carrot. Each vegetable is sliced separately, seasoned separately, and cooked separately. Very low in fat and calories, and light in sodium (good news for the ladies?). The hot sauce is usually uniquely blended with honey, sesame oil, sesame seeds, garlic (I got to forgo this), and other spices.

The proper way to eat Bi-Bim-Bahb: Add hot sauce and soy sauce as you desire, pouring it over the top. Use chopsticks (Erps.. I left the chopsticks entirely alone) to mix rice, vegetables, egg and sauce together, then use a spoon to eat . Using a spoon at first to mix, is not recommended, since it breaks the grains of rice and destroys the delicate balance of flavours (So the tasty Bi-Bim-Bahb I have tasted could have been tastier). After mixing lightly with chopsticks, it can then be eaten with a spoon.

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For the extra effort that they are willing to put in just for a single soul, I would say they demonstrated GEMS (Go-the-Extra-Mile-for-Service) really well.

I quote W : It was Friday and love the company!
Haha..

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有一位圣者这么说：

心要放宽一点，不要只看在自己眼前的这一个范围。
当你要做每一件事情、思考每一件事情的时候，你第一个想的，先想想：
我想的这一件事情、我要做的这一件事情，适不适合我，
适合我，那么适不适合别人会不会对别人有所障碍。

如果对别人不会有所障碍，那么对整体来说，对你整个小体而言，
会不会有所障碍会不会变成你小体的缺陷。
如果不会，那大家仅可放心去做，而且可以问心无愧。

但是并不是每个人都可以想得这么多、这么远。
当你无法想到这么多的时候也没关系。
但重要的是 —— 不要只想到自己，还要想到别人。
如果你有为别人着想，你就不会自私；
你不会自私，你就会顾虑到别人的感受。

这是一种互相、共同团体成员每一个人该有的心态和作为。