My first night out in Korea

So tonight my co-workers decided to go out tonight since it was the last day of class of this session and two of the teachers were going to be leaving. Now since one of the teachers who was leaving was vegetarian, the decision was made to go to a vegetarian restaurant (apparently theses restaurants are few and far between in Korea). My whole body was still trying to adapted to the changes of the time zone and my stomach wasn’t feeling up to eating anything spicy and I was looking to eat until I was full. Only problem was that the food at the restaurant was just mainly spiced grass clippings. I kid you not. Everything at the table looked like grass and tasted like grass with hot spices on it. Not necessarily what my stomach was looking for at the time. When some of the Korean teachers arrived, they talked cooks into getting some boiled chicken to the table. I had a chicken leg and let me tell you, nothing had ever tasted so good!!!!

After the restaurant we went to a so-ju bar. So-ju is to Korea what saki is to Japan or what Vodka is to Russia. It was a great place to sit and talk and get to know my fellow teachers. So-ju tastes pretty good. It doesn’t have much of a bite to it, but the aftertaste leaves a little to be desired. The beer on the other hand cannot hold a candle to any of the beers that I have had before. What they use in their brewing process is formaldehyde, which gives the beer a unique taste that I must say that I’m not too fond of. I cannot wait until I can have a non-Korean beer, but imported beer costs a lot more than the locally brewed stuff.

Well, vacation is coming and I’m looking forward to lying around and recovering from jet lag. I’ll hopefully write some more thoughts while I have time to just veg.