I am the foreigner!

First of all, I just want to start by saying, Korea is an amazing place.  Adam and I are very fortunate to work with extremely nice and welcoming people, all whom made our transition into the east successful to date.  I am starting to shake my jetlag, and I'm feeling back to my normal self.  I thought it would only be appropriate to dedicate my first non jetlag post to food!  If you know me at all, you know that I love to eat and enjoy nothing more than eating  "good" food with family and friends.  Korean food is delicious.  You definitely have to have an open food palette to survive here.  It is common to walk down the street and see tanks of live sea creatures on the sidewalk ready for you to eat.  Kinda weird, kinda smelly at times, but the Koreans like it fresh!  The Koreans also love condiments and sides.  Every meal is served with at least five side dishes [kimchi (patty singer, I do like it <3), sweet radishes, seaweed at times, fresh garlic...] Below are pictures of our food adventures to date (theses aren't our pictures, but are good representations).

Korean BBQ:  Yummy!  You are served raw meat (we had pork) and you cook at your table.  You wrap the meat in bib lettuce.  

Pork Spine Soup (Gamjatang):  Yes, I know, it sounds gross.  It is served with the bones in the soup.  This was more on the spicy side, which I enjoyed.  You spend about 10minutes deboning the soup and then add rice.  The meat was very tender :)  This is my favorite so far.

Chicken soup with ginseng (Samgyetang):  The whole chicken is served in the bowl.  It is stuffed with rice and spices.  Also spend about 10 minutes deboning.   Minus the whole chicken in your bowl, comparable to chicken noodle soup.

Live Octopus:  The octopus is in a tank and brought to the table once ordered.  The tentacles are actually moving on the plate. Extremely creepy, but it was delicious.  I am a huge octopus and calamari fan, and this tops the best that I've ever had.  I dipped it in soy/wasabi.  You need to chew the tentacles vigorously (as Adam said), or they can stick to your throat- Amazing!  Watch this youtube video to see what I am actually talking about (Click me- live octopus video!!).

Silkworm larvae: honestly, f-ing disgusting.  No offense to people who like this, but it looks like a beetle, and I had no desire to try.  I passed on  this, but Adam tried one.  I give him a lot of credit.  My stomach still turns looking at this.  

Ramon Noodles- I know you just cringed mom, but it is delicious here.  Adam's friend recommend a flavor, and its amazing. It's a red spicy broth.  We enjoyed it so much that we had it the past two nights :)

Week one complete, only fifty one to go.  Happy Easter to all my Christians out there.  Adam and I will be celebrating by going to a Korean soccer game: Gwangju vs. Seoul!  Byyyyyeeeee.