Over the Christmas break, I went to Capital One’s Jingleball. The specific show that I went to was held in Atlanta (which meant it didn’t have as good of a lineup as places like LA, but I was still grateful and excited) on Thursday, December 16. Luckily, I was able to exempt my finals to go to the concert.
A friend of mine was the one who got the tickets, which ended up being free. She donated gifts to get entries to a drawing and was lucky enough to win 4 tickets! We met up and went to Atlanta the morning before the show.
My friend is a huge fan of Korean food (and has since learned a lot about their culture in general), however, I’ve never had Korean food. She decided to surprise me with where we were eating and it turned out to be her favorite Korean restaurant. However, after getting there we realized there was a sign on the door saying they weren’t taking any more customers for the day. We searched on our phones and ended up finding another restaurant.
We drove to the new restaurant, which was called Iron Age, and ended up getting a table. I’ve seen Korean restaurants on television, but I felt like a little kid in the way I was excited. The restaurant had a super chill ambiance. The table we were at had a gas-fueled grill in the middle of it, and rather than ordering items off of a menu we chose what kind of meat we wanted and what kind of sides we wanted. We had kimchi, rice cakes (Tteokbokki), steamed rice, beef brisket (bulgogi), and pork belly (samgyeopsal). I really loved the rice cakes and the beef brisket (which was even better in the sweet dipping sauce, which I wish I knew the name of). I wasn’t a huge fan of the pork belly though, since it was really fatty and chewy.
Other than trying all of this new food, I also got to witness what they were playing on tv, which was actually some Korean music. I’m honestly not sure what it was since most of the songs were like Korean R&B, but it was still pretty entertaining to see another culture’s take on music.
I left the restaurant with a very full stomach, and I’ve been craving the food ever since. Hopefully, I’ll live near a Korean barbeque someday (it’s too bad there isn’t one in Carrollton)!
I’ll definitely share more about the experience of the Jingle Ball in my upcoming vlogs.
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