When we take children to Korea, they sometimes have problems with the food. A lot of Korean food is hot and spicy, and kimchi is served at every meal, even at breakfast. Japanese children aren’t used to eating spicy food, so some of them don’t eat very much. Luckily, meals usually come with rice and five or six side dishes. Not all of those side dishes are hot. One of the girls, who doesn’t like spicy things, kept asking me the same question, “Is it hot?” That is a difficult question! To me, many things weren’t hot, but she couldn’t eat them. (102 words)