Bon Appetit!

So many of you playing the home game have asked the same question: how is the food?

In general, we have enjoyed everything we have tried. But going out to eat is an adventure every time we go. From the massive food court in E-Mart and Home Plus to the chicken place by our house, we normally just point to what we think looks good and hope for the best. Take this for example:

This was my birthday dinner at the Korean restaurant by our apartment. Really neat place, you take off your shoes at the front (customary at most restaurants in town) and sit on pillows at low tables. You eat your meals family style and they have silverware type chopsticks. We chose what we thought was going to be a beef dish with vegetables and it was cooked on the grill in front of us. However, we were surprised when they delivered a seafood dish with octopus. It was really delicious, albeit a bit spicy for my taste and a bit chewy for Ronnie. The girls mostly ate the noodles and vegetables that came with it.

You'll also notice there are a lot of small dishes around the main dinner. These were kimchis of all sorts and the leaf in the lower right hand corner of the picture is sesame leaves - taste a lot like mint.



Our second attempt at dining at an unfamiliar Korean restaurant was more successful. The family center has a night where they take you to local places and explain to you what you're eating. Unfortunately, we didn't think to take pictures until we were well into the third course. We had food of all types, from kimchi to grilled fish to jellyfish to their version of chicken noodle soup. It was really nice to have someone at the table who understood the food and could explain to you what it was you were trying.
And I mentioned jellyfish above. Yes, I tried the jellyfish - it was pretty good. They had tossed it with a black bean sauce of sorts and it tasted like a chewy noodle.


All in all, I don't think we have tried anything that we flat out didn't like. Mostly it's been that it was an unexpected taste, like soy beans rather than raisins or a sweet honey filling in a waffle.