Ka Ulu Hoi

E ka poʻe ʻono i ka meaʻai Kōlea, e ka poʻe e ʻai mau i ka bibimbap, e ka poʻe i ʻai ʻole mua i ka bibimbap, no ʻoukou nō kēia ʻōlelo: Mai kūʻai i ka bibimbap! ʻOiai he mea ʻai Kōlea kaulana ka bibimbap, hiki nō paha ke kūʻai i ka bibimbap i nā hale ʻaina Kōlea a pau ma Hawaiʻi nei. He mea ʻai kaulana ka bibimbap, a he mea ʻai ʻono nō ia. Akā, e hōʻole i ke kūʻai ʻana i kēia mea ʻai ma ka hale ʻaina. Inā he mea ʻai ʻono ia, no ke aha e kūaʻi ʻole ʻia ai? No ka mea, e aho ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana ma ka hale.

He aha ia mea ʻo ka bibimbap? Inā e ʻoka ʻia ka bibimbap, e lawe ʻia mai ana kekahi pola. He pola hao i kekahi manawa, akā inā i ʻoka ʻia aku ka dolsot bibimbap, he pola pōhaku wela loa ka mea e lawe ʻia mai ana. ʻO ka dolsot kēlā pola pōhaku. I ka ʻike mua ʻana i ka bibimbap, he papa lauʻai ka mea e ʻike ʻia ana. Eia hoʻi, he mau paukū ko ka pōʻai o ke pola, me kekahi hua moa i waena. He aha nā mea o loko? Inā ʻoe i koho i ka bibimbap me ka ʻiʻo, ʻo ia nō kekahi paukū. ʻO nā lauʻai maʻamau kekahi paukū, ʻo ia nā lauʻai i hoʻomākaukau ʻia ma ke ʻano he banchan: ʻo ke kawowo pāpapa ʻoe, ʻo ke kāloke ʻoe, ʻo ka lūʻau haole ʻoe, ke kūkaelio ʻoe, ka sūkini ʻoe, ke kaʻukama ʻoe, a me kekahi mau mea hou aku. Ma lalo o ia papa lauʻai me ka ʻiʻo, a me ka hua moa i kau ma luna loa, aia ka laiki. Lawe ʻia kekahi ʻōmole o ke kai e ninini ai ma luna o ka bibimbap. He kai ʻulaʻula, pikapika, a momona ia, ʻano like me ke kai gochujang. Ma hope o ka ninini ʻana, paʻi ʻia nā mea i loko o ke pola. ʻO ka hopena ka ʻulaʻula loa o kēia meaʻai! Ke manaʻo nei paha ʻoe no ka wewela o ka waha i ka ʻai ʻana i kēia mea ʻulaʻula, a me he mea lā, e komo ana kā ke ahi pele i loko ou! Mai makaʻu i ka pikapika o ka bibimbap. ʻAʻole like kou waha me ke ana kahe pele; na ka nui o nā mea i hoʻohui ʻia e pale aku. Akā nō naʻe, he pikapika ko ka bibimbap, inā ʻeha wale ka waha.

ʻOno loa ka bibimbap! No laila, he aha lā ke kumu e hōʻole ai i ke kūʻai ʻana i ka bibimbap? ʻO ka pilikia, ka pipiʻi kā hoʻi o ka meaʻai Kōlea ma Hawaiʻi. ʻAʻole kēia he meaʻai hana nui o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana. He mea maʻalahi nō ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka bibimbap! Kāwili i ke kai, kuke i ka laiki, baila i nā lauʻai, a paʻi i nā mea a pau! Ke hele ʻoe i ka hale ʻaina Kōlea, e aho ka ʻoka ʻana i ka meaʻai pohihihi o ke kuke ʻana. Mai kūʻai i ka bibimbap he 20 kālā ke kumu kūʻai. E ka mea heluhelu, mai kūʻai i ka bibimbap!

Pehea e hoʻomākaukau ai i ka bibimbap? No ke kai, e kāwili ʻia kēia mau mea:

• ʻelua puna nui gochujang, 

• hoʻokahi puna nui ʻaila sesamī, 

• hoʻokahi puna nui kōpaʻa, 

• hoʻokahi puna nui wai, 

• hoʻokahi puna kī wīneka, 

• hoʻokahi puna kī ʻakaʻakai pīlau i ʻoki liʻiliʻi ʻia, 

• hoʻokahi puna nui hua sesamī. 

E baila i nā lāʻau haole a me nā kawowo pāpapa, a e hoʻomākaukau ma ke ʻano he banchan- me ka ʻakaʻakai pīlau i ʻoki liʻiliʻi ʻia, ka ʻaila sesamī, nā hua sesamī, a me kekahi mau mea hou aku i kuhihuhi ʻia e ka lekapī. E palai i nā kāloke a me nā kūkaelio i ʻoki ʻia, a palai hoʻi i ka hua moa. E hoʻokomo i ka laiki i kuke ʻia i ke pola, a kau ʻia nā lauʻai a me ka hua moa ma luna. E ninini i ke kai, a paʻi i ka bibimbap. 

E ka mea heluhelu, maʻalahi kēia lekapī i kāu heluhelu ʻana? ʻAʻole paha maʻalahi kēia lekapī inā ʻoe molowā, a inā ʻaʻole ʻoe ʻai i ka banchan. Nui nō ka hana e hoʻomākaukau ai i nā lauʻai ma ke ʻano he banchan ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana i ka bibimbap, ma laila ka hapanui o ka hana.  ʻO nā Kōlea, he mea maʻamau iā lākou ka loaʻa o nā lauʻai banchan, no laila, maʻalahi aʻe ka bibimbap. 

Pehea e maʻalahi ai ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka bibimbap? E wehewehe hou ka mea kākau i ia mea he bibimbap i mea e hoʻomaopopo ai ʻoe. ʻElua māhele o ka huaʻōlelo ʻo bibimbap: bibim a me bap. ʻO ka manaʻo o bibim, ʻo ia ke paʻi ʻana, ke kāwili ʻana. ʻO laiki ka manaʻo o bap. I bibimbap ka bibimbap i ka bibim ʻana i ka bap! E hoʻokomo ʻia nā lauʻai i loaʻa iā ʻoe. E hoʻokomo ʻia ka ʻiʻo a me ka hua moa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe. ʻO ka laiki a me ke kai nā mea e pani ʻole ʻia, akā hiki ke kuapo i nā mea ʻē aʻe e like me ka mea i loaʻa. I mea e maʻalahi aʻe ai ke kai, e hoʻohana paha ʻoe i ka gochujang a me ka ʻaila sesamī. E ʻokoʻa iki ana ke ʻano o ka ʻono, akā e mau ana nō. 

ʻO ia nō ke ʻano o ka bibimbap maoli, i hoʻomākaukau ʻia ma nā hale o ka ʻāina Kōlea. Ua kapa ʻia ka bibimbap ʻo ka mea ʻai Aupuni o Kōlea, a no laila, he keu nō ke aloha o ka poʻe Kōlea no kēia meaʻai. He mea ʻai ka bibimbap e hoʻomanaʻo ai nā Kōlea i ko lākou wā kamaliʻi a i ko lākou ʻohana, he mea ʻai home nō ia. ʻO kekahi haliʻa aloha o ka mea kākau, ʻo ia ka nānā ʻana i ka polokalamu kīwī Kōlea ʻo Reply 1988 me kona makuahine. I kekahi lā a māua e nānā ana i ua polokalamu nei, ua hoʻohaliʻa ʻia aʻe māua i ko māua ʻohana ma Kōlea. Aia māua e nānā ana i ka meaʻai a lākou e ʻai ana, ua ʻono ka mea kākau i kekahi meaʻai Kōlea. Ma muli o ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻomākaukau bibimbap, ua hana māua penei: hoʻohui ʻia ka laiki, ka lekuke i poke ʻia, ka gochujang, ka ʻaila sesamī, a me ka hua moa i palai ʻia. I kekahi manawa, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ke kaʻukama kimchi e palakē ana, he ʻaneʻane pohō. I kekahi manawa, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka ʻiʻo. ʻO ia bibimbap maʻalahi loa, he bap ia i bibim ʻia, a he ʻono nō! 

ʻO kekahi kumu paha e kūʻai ai ʻoe i ka bibimbap, ʻo ia ka laiki paʻapaʻa i paʻa i ke pola dolsot (ka nurungji). Ma muli o ka wela o ke pola dolsot, hele ka laiki o lalo a paʻapaʻa. ʻO kekahi poʻe, ʻai lākou i kēia laiki paʻapaʻa, a ʻo kekahi hana a nā Kōlea, ninini ʻia ka wai wela ma luna i mea e lilo ai ia i kī laiki. Inā ʻoe makemake i ka laiki paʻapaʻa, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau i kēlā ʻano bibimbap i ka hale inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i kūʻai i ka dolsot. Ma waho o ka bibimbap dolsot, mai kūʻai hou ʻoe i ka bibimbap, inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka puʻu kālā iā ʻoe. ʻAʻole kohu ka pipiʻi o ka bibimbap i ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana, a ʻaʻole nō hoʻi kohu ka meaʻai bibimbap i ka hale ʻaina: he meaʻai home nō ia. He lekapī maikaʻi kēia no nā haumāna ʻilihune, nā kānaka moloā i ke kuke ʻana, a me nā kānaka ʻono i ka mea ʻai Kōlea like ʻole. E ka poʻe aloha i kēia meaʻai ʻono loa, e hana e like me nā Kōlea: e hoʻomākaukau ʻia ka bibimbap ma ka hale, mai kūʻai aku.

© Kaya Leonard