Probably all people who live alone have the experience of waking up from a quiet room in the morning, going to work alone, returning home at night, pushing open the door and seeing darkness. Most of the kitchen has been repaired and I am in a good mood. I cook occasionally. If you are in a bad mood, you can stay out of the kitchen for a month.
As far as cooking is concerned, one is always embarrassed. No matter how much you do, you can't finish it; Do less, but feel too lazy to waste time and energy. Sometimes, I even feel that eating is just a task I have to complete. I took bibimbap from the takeaway brother and sighed sincerely: "Thanks for the takeaway, it saved the lonely people."
This is my first time to try bibimbap. I was a little disappointed when I saw that it was not a stone pot. Bibimbap is packed in a cylindrical plastic box. The boiling rice filled the box with steam, and the contents in the box could not be seen clearly. Anyway, I'm not looking forward to it, just finishing the task of eating. As usual, I sat by the window with bibimbap, took out my mobile phone and prepared to open the food video cached in my mobile phone.
A person is used to watching food videos when eating. Eyes staring at the phone, while mechanically blindly sending food to the mouth. Looking at the delicious food in the mobile phone, it's like someone is eating with me, and I'm not so lonely.
When the lid was lifted, a faint hot air came out. The moment bibimbap appeared, my attention was still attracted by it. Unexpectedly, a simple takeaway can be so exquisite.
Shredded chicken, shredded carrot, shredded mushroom, shredded lettuce and bean sprouts are neatly spread on the rice in circles. Above the dish, there is an fried egg, with a little kimchi and hot sauce next to it. The whole bibimbap is very regular. It looks like not only a kind of food, but also a work of art..
The eggs are fried very tender, the protein is smooth and white, and the yolk is golden. Shake the lunch box gently, and the half-cooked yolk will shake with it.
The last time I saw such a good fried egg was in my hometown during the Spring Festival last year. My mother always likes to fry eggs half-cooked, and the yolk remains liquid, saying that it is the most nutritious and delicious, so it is named sunny side up. I didn't like it at first, and I thought it was fishy. Later, under the "coercion and inducement" of my mother, I gradually developed this unique taste.
"It's like a little sun." Looking at the eggs in the box, I think so.
I picked up chopsticks and gently poked the yolk. Viscous egg yolk liquid flows out slowly. Stir the food evenly with a spoon, and the aroma of Korean hot sauce is also emitted in the constant churning and stirring, which makes people's index fingers move. I put a spoonful of bibimbap in my mouth and chewed it slowly. The freshness of vegetables and the tenderness of shredded pork complement the softness of glutinous rice.
The familiar smell of egg yolk rice seems to take me back to those days when my mother "forced" me to eat eggs. Spicy sauce brings unique sweetness to bibimbap. Some rice, fried in a stone pot, tastes crisp and delicious. Eating bibimbap, I feel so happy.
I don't know when the food video on my mobile phone is finished, because I'm not watching it at all. I just concentrate on eating the bibimbap in front of me and completely forget the sadness of a person.
The charm of food lies in its subjectivity. I have eaten bibimbap countless times, and only this time made me forget my loneliness.
After eating the last bite of bibimbap, I happily put down my spoon and sighed with satisfaction.
Whether alone or accompanied, you can become free in front of food. You can eat carefree and unrestrained. After a satisfying meal, all the troubles are put aside.
This is also the most equal cure that food can give to the world.
Later, I always remember, even if you are lonely again, don't forget to cook a bibimbap for yourself.
Brush a thin layer of oil on the inner wall of the stone pot and compact the white rice at the bottom of the pot. Shred your favorite vegetables and meat, code them on rice, and cook them over medium heat. Add some pickles and hot sauce.
Add a medium-rare sunny-side up egg.