Although I am not a fan of spicy food I did try al the different dishes and drinks offered in South Korea. The food of a country is a major part of the culture and I enjoyed learning everything I can about the country I live in.
I try and stay away from “western” restaurants when abroad and love trying out all the local hot spots. At my first local Korean bar with some o my co-workers they brought big tea pots filled with rice beer for the table. I am not a big beer drinker but the rice beer had a more pleasing taste that ordinary beer so I had a couple of cups full.
They kept on serving food as long as we kept ordering beer to drink. I don’t know if one of the Korean teachers asked for specific dishes or if it was a set menu but they kept on bringing different dishes and the last dish was a huge live octopus.
I thought they might be asking if we want them to cook this specific octopus and didnt understand why they would bring it to our table on a tray. The waiter held onto the live octopus and then commenced to cut it up with scissors on front of us.
I could not believe my eyes and actually shrieked a bit as this was quite gruesome. The tentacles were cut into bite size pieces and kept moving and sucking after it had been cut off. We had to take the tentacle pieces, careful not to let it suck onto your finger and then chew really fast after putting it in your mouth. I was so scared that it would suck onto my tongue or onto my throat as I swallowed that I chewed them to mush before swallowing. It was very chewy andnot very tasty. But eating live octopus is something I just had to experience.
What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten?
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That story’s insane. Wish I could’ve seen it. Definitely an experience to remember though!
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It is one of my top weird experiences that I have had while travelling!
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Wow, I would have been shocked to get the octopus! Great photos 🙂
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It was a big shock and if I was alone I would definitely not have eaten it.
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Wonderful blog!
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Thank you so much for that lovely compliment!
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well! Hopefully it’s not still wriggling about inside you! 😀
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It felt like they were that whole evening….
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Great post! Was once given a chicken’s stomach in S. Sudan because I was the special guest…. (Or greenhorn?) Sweet and rubbery 😦
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It is always quite interesting to hear what weird dishes different countries serves people.
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You are braver than I!!!!
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Thanks Resa!
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Im glad it was you and not me…. the most unusual thing ive eaten was a witchetty grub in outback Australia….fortunately it was not moving!! ☺
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Just knowing there are little critters in my food would put me off a bit….but then again you have to try the local dishes.
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Wow that’s quite an experience! For me, pig’s brains in scrambled eggs is probably the weirdest thing. It made the eggs super creamy though!
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That sounds super weird to me, dont think I would give that a try though.
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Hi! How are you? I saw your amazing blog its so awesome! That’s why I followed you 😀 Wow! I hope to read more of your post. I hope we could be friends also. 😀 Nice meeting you.
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Lovely to meet you and a very warm welcome to my journey!
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Thank you so much have a good day!
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Haha it’s actually really yummy with wasabi and soy sauce. Have you had chicken feet?
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Next time I will definitely request some wasabi and soy souce! Have not tried chicken feet yet, are they any good?
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Beautiful, wish I was there also!!!!
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South Korea is definitely a very interesting place
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