Of all the foods of the world that have come to be regularly available in Charlottetown in the last 25 years, among my favourites is bibimbap, a Korean rice dish available at Mr. Sushi, at Seoul Food and at Ta-Ke Sushi.

Each place has its own way of preparing bibimbap, but what’s common to all is a bed of rice topped with various things–meats, vegetables, often an egg–and then, at your option, slathered in chili sauce. It’s very good.

Here’s mine, from lunch today at Mr. Sushi (and here’s the sound of it cooking itself in the heated bowl, recorded in 2013):