We wake up, in a whirl of a sweaty mess. Time to eat! Walk out of our hostel, to find we woke up at 6am! (I know Dad...I know!) Nothing is open, we didn't bring a phone with us, so we had no clock.. Thank God for 24 hour noodle shops 'round town. We walk in and the lady points us to a machine which shows pictures and some korean writing of food. We get nervous...(we have done this before, and well doesn't always turn out as expected, shall I say Cambodian fish soup Mark?) The lady comes and pushes the buttons for us and sits us back down. A little later, a bowl of fine noodles with rice crispies, soup, kim chee and some water arrive at our table... It was magically delicious! Finally, I am back in love with humanity. Koreans...Always there to help a person out! We leave there bellies full and satisified, one of the main reasons we travel.
Well, moving onto bigger and better things, shall I add we have been here for 2 days and here is the list of what has made its way to out tummies:
1. Fantastic noodles soup
2. Street food pastries, dough filled with sugar paste
3. Street food noodles and red sauce
4. Street food gyozas
5. croque-monsieur- thats right i said it!
6. Live baby octopus tenticles dipped in red sauce
7. The most fantastic bulgogi I have and will ever try in my lifetime! Paired delicately with cold rice wine.
Now, I know what your thinking, well, maybe I don't, but #5 was in a coffee shop, they love coffee and pastries here, they have about 2 shops per block!
Ok, well some of you are probably asking about #6, well we saw it on t.v. a little Anthony Bourdain lovin comin your way! Well they tak the baby octopus and cut it up, and like a chicken with it's head cut off, the tentacals keep moving, and as you eat them they suction to the sides of your mouth, so you gotta chew fast! Well it was pretty good! The freshest seafood I have ever eaten, they were caught earlier that morning (around 2am-ish) and we ate them at 8am, for breakfast. ( I know I just became a hero in some of your minds... no autographs please!) Pictures and video are soon to come! I kinda acted like a baby for sure!
Anyway, day 2 in Seoul, South Korea and it has been a blast so far. We are off the the stadium to watch one of Korea's national sports. BASEBALL!
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