This evening, since knowing that my daughter was able to be home early to join us for dinner together, I quickly picked up some usual grill stuff, such as sukiyaki beef, pork belly, butterhead lettuce, tofu, Japanese fish cakes & fresh mushrooms from the supermarket to prepare a grill dinner at home. My fridge is always stocked up with all the condiments & sauces necessary to use for a grill, whether in Korean or Japanese style.
Whenever, we have our grill at home, my boy will always enjoy grilling the food for everyone. My girl will not mind not having to do the grill at all. She will happily layer her ingredients, dab it with the chilli sauce & miso paste; and wrap them in the lettuce then pop it into her mouth. As usual, she will cheerfully let her brother knows that she likes to have more mushrooms or pork belly or fish cake & etc. Her brother will just happily serve her. We will all slowly enjoy ourselves together over our dinner conversation.
I asked my boy did he prefer to have the grill at a restaurant or at home. His response is always warm & heartening. To him,in a restaurant, although we can choose to order many more other grilling ingredients & side dishes, it is never the same as having the grill dinner prepared by me because the flavour of the grill outside is never the same as when we eat together at home. He calls it "Home Flavour".
