
After Gyer-Yong San, we met James and his girlfriend Sook Yaung for dinner. I had some food rules in my head before I came here. 1: Don't eat anything I saw alive a moment ago. 2: Don't eat anything that is still moving. 3: Don't eat anything that I consider to be a pet. In one night, only three weeks into my adventure, the first two rules fell, but I am confidant that the third rule will stand-strong long after the other two have crumbled to dust. It was shrimp season in Korea, so we went to take in the season at restaurant that James recommended. After dinner, we went to another restaurant owned by one of James' friends to drink some more, once again the, must eat while drinking, rule in Korea.
This is soon to be our dinner. There was a noticeable difference between the number of shrimp in the tank when we went into the restaurant and when we came out. But it wasn't just us, the restaurant was very busy.
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This is part of our meal just waiting for us to cook them. This buckets has a kilogram for shrimp in it, we went through 2 kilograms during dinner. There is usually a plate over top of the bucket so they can't jump out.
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This is me eating the tail end of a raw shrimp. As you can see there is a lot of sauce on it to cover up whatever the actual flavour of the shrimp was. It took a while to get me there, especially with the tail twitching even after the head was ripped off. For some reason my eyes were closed for most pictures this night.
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These are shrimp cooking away for us. After everyone but Sook Yaung had their raw shrimp, we moved on to cooked shrimp. They are cooked over a bed of salt which you can see through the lid. Once again, much like the bucket, the lid keeps them from jumping out of the pan.
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This is exactly what it looks like, me eating a shrimp head. Once again like the raw shrimp, everyone ate one, even Sook Yaung this time. You cook the heads a lot longer then the tail. Mine didn't have much flavour to it, but Rob's was horrible he said. I just hated the bits of shell stuck in my mouth.
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After the experience with the shrimp, we decided that we had to continue our drinking. At the second restaurant we drank some kind of traditional apple wine. When pouring or accepting a drink, you are always suppose to use both hands, according to custom. And you never pour your own drink.
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You could write on the walls the restaurant. This was Rob's valiant attempt at a maple leaf. I couldn't have do any better or been any prouder. =)
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Just a little note to send home. It never hurts to earn points, even when you are half around the world. I like the little alien head bulging out of my head. |