White/Black Day & Story of Jjajangmyeon
Uh, Valentine’s Day was last month … so you may very well be thinking what’s with all the candied hearts and stuffed animals?! Well, in addition to the veneration of St. Valentine or Valentinus (whomever you believe to be the true martyr behind this very misunderstood holiday), many Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, etc.) celebrate another day of love called White Day a month later on the 14th of March … Koreans (as they so often do) take…