Experience_Korea_Cooking_20180923
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Traveling to a different country
is a very nerve-wrecking at first.
I know for me,
I was incredibly guarded.
So it started out like a little uneasy.
I wanted to visit Korea
because I liked the culture.
For us, to get involved
with the culture
what better way
than to cook the food?
Hogan was very warm
and very personable.
He's super nice, he's super-welcoming.
When you're traveling to a country
that you don't you know,
those are very important factors.
One of the things I appreciate
about Hogan was he was prepared.
He had all the knives and utensils
laid out for us.
And he also made us
custom made chopsticks,
making the personalized gift
that we could take home,
that was very kind of him.
He started out telling us
what to do by showing us
and then kind of
letting us try it out.
He was explaining
the histories of the food,
the culture of the food
and made us feel like
we are really part of the experience.
His way of just teaching you
flowed really naturally.
My expectations were very level
and then when I left,
I was just like,
"Wow, that was the most amazing thing
I could've done."
We met his family
and everyone's just giving us hugs,
so it was great.
Yeah, that was cute.
I felt very comfortable afterwards.
I felt like I made a new friend.
It made us feel at home.
He made us feel at home.
It was like I was in my own kitchen,
just interacting with friends,
having good conversation,
and I think
you'll leave with much more,
you'll leave not just like
with knowledgery cooking,
but you'll leave knowing
that that experience you have
is going to stay with you.