Seoul Food

June 5, 2007

Ashley and I recently traveled to Korea to join my mother’s side family in celebrating my halmoni’s (grandma’s) 90th birthday.  Yup, they live quite long on that side of the family.  It was great being able to see halmoni again, especially on this very special occasion.

During our trip, Ashley and I went to eat sahn nakji (live octopus).  They chopped it up for us, and the squirming tentacles made it a little difficult to grab them with the chopsticks.  It was interesting eating something that could fight back.  The sensation was kind of odd, but it was tasty, and I couldn’t help feeling a little adventurous.  Maybe not Captain Nemo adventurous, but still…

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