Excitment in Concord

It's Saturday night and we've decided to have Korean food. Our favorite Korean restaurant in this area is the Korea House on Willow Pass in Concord. It's about a 20 minute drive from home. After watching Tiger Woods on TV playing in the US Open golf, we left home shortly after 6pm. As usual, Korea House was packed and there were so many people waiting to get a table that we weren't even able to get inside the restaurant. Fortunately, the turnover was quick and we had a table within 20 minutes.


The food was great and the price even better. We stuffed ourselves with Bulgogi, Kalbi, Bimpiba, Chapche, Dokmunduk, Pajan, Tofuchigay and the complementary array of kimchis and other side dishes. We finished dinner at shortly after eight. Just as we were able to leave, Matt decided that he needed to use the bathroom. Since there were still people waiting for tables, we decided to stand up and vacate the table. Mom, Dad and Susan went home in Susan's car while Nick and Felicia went and sat in the car. I was standing outside of the restaurant, waiting for Matt when I started to hear loud arguments from the Bar next door. As the argument escalated, I moved further and further away. That turned out to be a good decision as the argument soon turned ugly with beer bottles thrown through the glass window in front and sounds of chairs flying in the bar area. This was when I decided to go inside Korea House again, thinking safety first as stray bullets could be flying any moment!!


Matt was finally done and we quickly walked around the parking lot to get to our car. Just as we were about to pull out of our parking space, two police cars arrived. As we left the parking lot, three more police cars came on scene.


Welcome to America!! This was like a reality TV Show!!


p.s. I was hoping that this incident would make it into the newspaper and I could attach a clipping to this blog. Unfortunately, this incident must have been too small for the paper as no one (I believe) was hurt. Well, that's okay with us.