July 20, 2009

  • San nakji juseyo...

    ...or not. I did it. I ate live octupus! Ahhhh. That is the one thing I told Sean I really didn't want to eat, but those Korean tricksters. I couldn't believe my eyes when those wriggling tentacles were brought to the table. They expected me to eat that? Well, with the help of a little salty sauce...but seriously. I gulped in apprehension, but I knew this was one food I couldn't turn down. This was the absolute Korean experience I was looking for, right? So that was it, I had no choice. I grabbed my stainless steel chopsticks chose the least lively tentacle I could find, and then...whaa...can't lift it up. arghh. The tentacle was suction cupping to the plate, causing me to lift the whole plate of live delicacies off the table. Dang it, you freakin' nakji! Out of frustration I lifted the whole plate up and just shoveled one piece into the sauce and watched it wiggle itself into the salty oily goodness. Finally, I took the plunge...I popped that sucker into my mouth and tried to chew as fast as I could so that it had no chance at suction cupping to my tongue or cheek. I did it without thinking, with just one mission in mind, to make sure that "food" was dead. When it was over, it was then that I was able to think about the taste. Yeah, hm, taste like octupus sushi. I guess it wasn't that bad. Let's try another one, maybe one with more gusto...one with nice big suction cups. Yeah... This time I waited a few sections before chomping down. Just to give the fella some false hope, that it wasn't going to end up attacked by my stomach acid. Yep, that thing sure suction cupped this time. My tongue felt a feeling it had never felt before. I'm sure it was utterly confused at what was going on, but again, I put an end to it by using my chompers to break that little octupus arm into a chewy mess. Bleh, what's this? Something hard in here like a small pebble, like some part of the big suction cup thingy. That was weird.... Thus, the first (and probably last) experience with san nakji (live octupus).

    Korean Music Video of the Day - the fastest rapper today, imo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rk8d3yV4Sw