Publication You Stir the Pot organized by Victoria Manganiello, Snake Hair Press, Egg Roll (Gyeran Mari) Dipped in Wild Fantasy InYoung Yeo 2023

Egg Roll (gyeran mari) dipped in wild fantasy by InYoung Yeo (excerpt)

I roll my memories into a floating dimension of a banchan (side dish) I had when I was thirteen. The pattern repeats six times ideally and sits in lust yellow on my grandmother’s red table. I sit on an Ondol (heated floor). My bottom feels warm. My mind wanders into six layers of fantasies, as one sizzles and transforms from the bottom and curves around one another wrapping each other 360 degrees.

Flatten and rotate.

Crack 4 eggs into a bowl,

Mix it well with chopsticks.

The texture is frothy, the color is completely and wholly yellow without any spots, gradations, and transparency,

Heat the pan between low to medium. Pour a bit of oil.

Heat it for about 1 minute.

Pour the egg mix onto the surface of the pan.

Move the pan around and flatten.

Roll the flattened layer carefully,

Flatten and rotate.
Rotate and flatten.
Flatten and rotate.
Rotate and flatten.
Flatten and rotate.
Rotate and rotate.
Flatten and flatten.

Repeat 6 times.

Let it sit.
Carefully slice them.
Six layers of fantasies rolled onto one another.

The first bite is orgasmic. The warm, moist inner layers retain the temperature, wrapped around by the nicely flat outer layers.

Extend,