Just watched the Canucks run show over the Flyers.. so in celebration I will continue the onslaught of blog entries. This will be my last Korea related food entry and centered around the Jagalchi food market in Busan, South Korea. So what was so special about this moment? Well if you like raw fish.. it was something else.. including the raw octopus. Although it wasn't my first time eating raw octopus, it was still interesting... usually it is eaten with a dipping sauce consisting of sesame oil, salt and pepper.. When dipping, the octopus reacts to the salt in the dip and starts to have a mind of its own.. squirming around on your chopstick making it difficult to eat for any non-asian. To continue, there was also a variety of other raw fish and things that were just crazy.. some i put in my mouth and spit right out.. It was like eating tire rubber.. Much like other Korean dinners, we also had a bunch of other side dishes... although these were more seafood oriented.. I specifically remember small crab legs in red pepper paste.. I honestly don't think there was any meat in them whatsoever.. Or maybe I just sucked at getting it out, which very well may have been the problem.. We also got to walk around the fish market where they had all these open air stalls with fresh fish.. really interesting and much unlike anything we'd have at home in the super market.. Anyways I have prepared my first recipe oriented dish tonight, Spaghetti and a Meataballa.. its really tame but delicious! So check it out later:) Here are the pics from Jagalchi though!
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| Trying to get a hold of the octopus... fail |
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| Our sushi boat |
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| Bins upon bins of fresh seafood |
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| Going down... |
Jagalchi market get 3 iron rings out of 5.. It was definately interesting and different.. but after taking down some Tokyo sushi a few weeks before, just doesnt quite make the top grade..
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