1. Sea Cucumber: my school's PE teacher (who, incidentally enough, is also a pervert and has asked me numerous time to call him 아빠, or "daddy", literally started shoving this down my throat at a school dinner). I suppressed the vomiting but, being a bit overwhelmed, couldn't suppress the tears! Luckily, the principal got very angry with his conduct and snapped at him to get out of my face.

2. Fish Intestines: when my Korean friend asked me if I liked "seafood", I didn't know THIS is what she had in mind. Awesome surprise after a night of drinking and a slight hangover.

3. Sea Worms: they're pretty innocuous apart from the fact that they're STILL MOVING. They are generally served as an appetizer before sashimi. The hardest part about eating them is getting ahold of them because they're slimy and like to slither away from your chopsticks! (They're in the middle of the pic)

5. Squid Ink Soup: other than the off putting grainy consistency and the grey color, it basically just tastes like chalk.

And then there is one thing that no amount of politeness could get me to try...
1. Fried Silk Worms

I've also seen this magical sea creature in shops....it's called a "penis fish" among the local foreign crowd, but I have a sneaky suspicion that's not proper nomenclature.

If any one can help me out as to what it's really called, that would be much appreciated!

I'm not a picky person when it comes to food, but the above choices are making me cringe!
ReplyDeleteIt was good "seeing you" last night. Hope your cold is better today. Hugs, Elaine