Since we had stayed up so late the night before we all slept in until about two in the afternoon. Last night we learned that Koreans have special and traditional drinks for everything: barbecue, hiking, snacking, dancing etc. Today we learned that they have special dishes to eat after going out; dishes, that is, to relieve hangovers and fill you up. Derek took us to try one which was basically like a spicy version of American pot roast. It was really good!
After pot roast, we walked around the down town and shopping was in full swing. The shopping was incredible in Korea in particular the skin/face/beauty product stores. Derek had been invited to a real Thanksgiving dinner at his friend's house near the army base so we headed there for the evening and enjoyed a real turkey with all the trimmings while having fun meeting some of Derek's friends.
The next day we visited down town Seoul for Derek's favorite place to eat pig feet. At first I was skeptical, but the meat was unbelievable tender and if you didn't think about the fact that you were eating a foot, it was awesome. The pig feet were accompanied by sweet rice soju and a squid pancake. Derek mentioned that another popular foot was live squid cut into pieces right in front of you. To get the full effect, you are supposed to dip the pieces into sauces and seasonings while they are still wiggling. Derek warned us that one has to chew and eat quickly so that they squid doesn't have time to suction to your throat which can cause some complications. Yeah, I opted out of that dish.
After pig feet, we did some Christmas shopping around the night market and it started snowing! It made me think of my family who is probably at or around a foot of snow in Michigan.
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