This is an occasional blog series on easing our neurodiverse family into foods from different cultures.
By Emma Lynch
Recently, we went to a Korean food restaurant called Bonchon. Bonchon means “My Hometown” in Korean, and a Bonchon may be in your hometown – there are more than 400 of them around the world, and more than 120 of them in the United States.
I’m a really picky eater so I didn’t get to eat much, but I tried a lot of different things.
I tried the fried chicken – which is probably Bonchon’s most famous dish, and it tasted like honey, but it was good.
I ate a lot of rice, and it looked a bit like a dome.
I tried a food called tteokbokki, which are spicy rice cakes. It was very good and sugary.
I had steamed potstickers, or dumplings. I eat them a lot and they were really good.
I had some kimchi – which is salted and fermented vegetables like radish, and it was very garlicky.
I was there with my friend, and they loved the kimchi because they eat it a lot and are used to it.
I thought a lot of the food there was good, and it was really cool how many different things there were and how different they were from each other.
I give it 7 Rockets out of 10 for my neurodiverse family.