A couple of weekends ago we headed out to visit the largest and best preserved palace in Seoul but first stopped at a small mom and pop restaurant for lunch. My tofu soup came out rapidly boiling and spicy, and Stefano-shi's ramen hit the spot. Unfortunately when we left the restaurant what had started as a cloudy day had transformed into a rainy one and we were without umbrellas.
Two umbrellas from a subway vendor later and we were back on our way to the palace. But then it started to rain harder and the puddles got deeper and we decided this was no day to tour the many acres of palace grounds. It was, instead, a day to drink tea among Insadong's art galleries.
My plum tea tasted like fruit juice simmered in sweet syrup and had three pine nuts bobbing on the surface. Stefano-shi had a five flavor tea that was bitter, salty, sweet, sour and strange. We shared a plate of rice pastries and watched the rain continue to patter outside. And before heading home we stopped at our favorite arcade for a couple of rounds of couples' video games.
So it wasn't the day we'd expected but I can't complain. I discovered three perfect rainy day accompaniments: tofu soup, sweet plum tea, and couples' video games. Rainy days will never be the same.
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