Korea II: Food
Posted by Ray @ 6:14 pmUpdate 27 April 2007:
Hello BoingBoing readers!
I’ve uploaded the videos of live squirmy seafood onto youtube, just in case we take a pumelling. Remember, youtube wasn’t such a big deal back in 2005. For some reason, though, the sound did not get through. So I’ve left the original links intact, for those who want them… but please use the youtube!
Youtube links:
And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming…
Dinner is served (this is actually just the appetizer).
The fish here are fresh. They just catch ‘em, cut ‘em and serve ‘em. They’re so fresh, in fact, that they’re still squirming when they’re served to you.
[Right-click and select “Save as” for video: Squirming Fish.avi (2.71MB)]
No part is wasted. The head is chopped up and later made into a delicious fish-head stew, to be eaten with rice and kimchi and other delicious stuff (the side-dishes included sliced octopus tentacles, marinated spicy octopus tentacles, kimchi, seaweed, various slices of sashimi, and bean curds).
If you squint, you can actually make out the fish head:
The fish isn’t the only fresh thing here. The sea urchin eggs are fantastic (the urchin itself is, of course, still squirming); as is the sotong (cuttlefish). Yes, the cuttlefish is also squirming. It’s just that fresh.
[Right-click and select “Save as” for video: Urchin.avi (1.37MB)]
[Right-click and select “Save as” for video: Sotong.avi (0.98MB)]
Seeing as I ate so much, I couldn’t possibly show you everything. So here’s a quick montage with every meal that I managed to photograph (forgot my camera on a few occasions - my bad!).
Left: Stuffed pig intestines. Right: Pig intestine soup.
Left: 5 out of the ~15 dishes served as appetizer. Right: Lunch itself.
Left: Octopus tentacles. Right: A sort of fried pancake (common in Korea).
Left: Korean melons (Now now, not those kinds of melons…). Right: Sliced. They’re delicious.
Raw cow meat. Yes, raw red meat. It’s really good!
The insects again. I believe they’re silkworms, but I’m not sure. These came in a can, and were surprisingly tasty. Who woulda thunk?
…And that’s all, folks! Ate a few more things but they’re probably not worth mentioning. Ah, Korea ^_^.
Interlude
Posted by Ray @ 2:27 amMSN Conversation excerpt #2:
[Name Withheld - do i look 17 or 21?!]:
A 17 yr old asked me for my no. today
[Name Withheld - do i look 17 or 21?!]:
I feel BAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Rayonnair:
Yeah, it must be so tough being attractive huh.
Rayonnair:
You poor thing
[Name Withheld - do i look 17 or 21?!]:
bah.. he was SEVENTEEN
Hmmm…
I’d comment on how some gals would kill to look that young. I’d comment on how some would kill to look that good. I’d comment on how most people would think it was sweet if a young lad came up and asked for their number. I’d comment on how, even after I pointed out (albeit obliquely and sarcastically) the hitch in her reasoning, all she could think of was her own discomfort; blind to the rest of it.
I’d comment on all these things… but she wouldn’t listen.
Sometimes, there’s just nothing I can say ^_^.