We have tried some interesting food since we have lived here. That is definitely a high point of this adventure. I have identified a few favorites that I intend to make when we go home. Well, I guess I will qualify that statement. I will make a version of my favorites depending on whether I can find the exact ingredient or need to use an acceptable substitute. One common food we avoided for almost our first year here is kimbap. Sometimes the kim (seaweed) smells very fishy and I think that may be the reason we were reluctant. Then a few months ago a friend brought some to our home. Yum! We loved it. Now it is one of our "go to" Korean dishes. 
Kinbap is a seaweed rice roll. It is a distinctly Koren dish which has evolved from Sushi. Kimbap is very popular here. It is often the feature food of a picnic or the side to other Korean meals. It's inexpensive, an average cost of 2,000 won ($2) per full roll. Many small restaurants near us specialize in kimbap. They remind me of "Subway" sandwich places at home. The ingredients are arranged in a production line and you can pick the fillings you would like.
Kimbap is made with a variety of fillings. For example:
-strips of pickled daikon radish
-carrot, julienned
-spinach
-2-egg omelet cut into pencil-size strips
-cucumber sticks
-avocado slices
-burdock root
-fish cake
-tuna
This week I learned to make kimbap. It's actually more of an assembly process with a little cooking. It was pretty easy and lots of fun and so delicious! This is one of the favorites I plan to make at home.
So... you all have an open invitation. Korean kimbap (Montana style) at the Fairhursts- in a few months!
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