Swe Ling asked if I'd like to go out for lunch once but it was only a fortnight later that we had a go at it. She was already seated patiently with a pot of jujube and wolfberry tea at the Korean restaurant when I met up with her. Then, we went through the menu and she ordered a plate of Korean fried rice and I had vegetables bimbibap; the Korean rice dish said to be prepared by mixing various ingredients; in my case an assortment of vegetables and some gluey-looking sauce with warm white rice. Bibimbap; there's a story that says that it originates from the traditional practice of mixing all the food offerings made at a jesa; that's a rite during a prayer to the ancestors, I think.
Now, can you guess which dish belongs to me?
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