Credits: Photo by marichulambino, prepared and plated by Bulgogi.
The annotation on the porcelain dish … tells of a Buddhist monk … called Doseon … of the ancient Kingdom of Silla … who travelled the icy mountains on foot … to find the perfect salad …
i’m messing with you; i can’t read Korean, and neither does the Filipino food server, shown here in another photo:
— the salad however laced our palate mythically … with sweetness-light-mango-honey-tangy, fresh fragrance and a tinge of grassy breeze of an innocent time.