Well, let's get started! I'm going to be talking chronologically starting with two weeks ago. All the different foods will be underlined.
The NICS home office took us out to a Brazilian Steakhouse all you can eat. They served meat, meat, and more meat! There were nine different cuts of meat and all of it was tender, juicy, and tasty! You could probably get this in the US too, if you are okay with shelling out the dough. Although I don't have pictures of the food, below is a picture of our entire staff at Pyeongtaek International Christian School.
Afterward, I went to Baskin Robbins. Yes, the ice cream place. It's pretty similar to in the states, but there are some exotic flavors. My favorite is Blueberry Aloe. It is super sweet and creamy! Tastes just like aloe juice.
Chocolate Chip (Yum!) and Green Tea (Yuck!)
Mint Chocolate Chip (Normally yummy) and Blueberry Aloe (YUMMY!)
Apple Mint (Good!) and Popping Tropica (Haven't tried)
Chocolate (Normally yummy) and Yuzu Yogurt (Haven't tried)
A few days later for dinner, my roommates and I went out to eat at a Shabu Shabu Restaurant. You eat a Shabu Shabu meal in courses. First we boil soup at our table that had broth and various vegetables in it. The broth is hot enough to cook the thin pieces of meat they brought us in minutes. We ate the veggies and meat first, and then cooked noodles in the broth. We ate the noodles and then the older woman who was serving us came and made us fried rice. It was a very filling yummy meal that tasted mostly just very spicy.
And of course we went out for dessert afterward. We got ice flakes with fruit. It's like a snowcone with fresh fruit, ice cream, granola, and sweet sauce on top. I loved this dessert. Typical Koreans will get it with red beans instead of fresh fruit.
Another night we went out for chicken. There were many different kinds we got. It was really good and tasted like chicken wings. We also ate white radish kimchi. This is one of two kinds of kimchi I like.
I went out to a fast food Korean snack stand last Tuesday for dinner. The girl I went with ordered us four different dishes:
Oh Dang/ Fish Cakes - It looks like a super long noodle that is squished onto a skewer that is served in broth that tastes like chicken noodle soup. It's yummy and cheap.
Dduk bokki - Red spicy sauce with chewy rice cake noodles, spam, and cabbage I think. I was able to eat this spicy food, but that's all it tasted like.
Liver - It was served cold and in chopstick-size pieces. It was interesting and kind of dry. Not one of my favorites.
Pig Intestines Stuffed with Rice - It looked just like sushi, except the rice was black and there wasn't anything else inside it. The pig intestines were chewy. The taste wasn't too weird though.
When I got home from this dinner, my roommate brought home live crabs. We killed them, marinated them in soy sauce and a few other things, and ate it the next day.
Here is the link to the video of us killing them:
It tasted pretty good, just like the sweet soy sauce we made it in. Yes, we did eat the crab raw and with rice.
I had a very adventurous weekend especially in the terms of food while at the Korean American Friendship Festival. Immediately after arriving I knew I wanted to try potato spiral chip thing. They take a raw potato, cut it with a spiral cutter thing, extend it like a slinky and fry it on a stick. Before serving it, they sprinkle it was a cheese powder. So yummy (and probably really bad for you)!
Next, the group I was with bought roasted chestnuts. It reminded me of Christmas, but wasn't very flavorful.
For lunch we ordered stuffed squid and pig feet. The squid was very chewy and had spicy mushy orange stuff inside. I'm not sure what it was though, probably more fish or squid guts. The pig feet tasted like cold lunch meat, I really like it especially with the red bean paste sauce. Below are some pictures.
Stuffed squid
Pig feet
For dessert, a friend and I bought Korean rice krispy treats that tasted like kettle korn!
The next day at the festival I ate bulgolgi for dinner. It was similar to a meat you would find in beef and broccoli (but I think it was pork). Very very yummy!
Korean foods are very hard to describe and different from anything I have eaten before. I love love trying new foods! I wish all of you back at home could try these foods with me!
Nicole, that is amazing you are so willing to try all that food! I would not be brave enough to try all those things...I would need a cheeseburger :) Their food choices are so different than ours...or at least mine! Love the update. Hope all is well.
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