February 25, 2007

Live Octopus


2.25.07

Interesting experience Friday night. Some of the roommates and I ventured to Hyehwa so that they could eat live octopus. Relatively live, anyway. A woman pulls the octopus from a tank brimming with the little fellows, stretches it several times (ripping it's head off in one of the stretchings), dices it up, adds a few peppers and garlic, puts on plate and serves to eager (or not-so-eager) mouths. They ate (and i filmed) from a street vendor in one of the little tents next to one of the four subway exits. Jay, our Korean friend and coworker, hosted the experience. I have it on video if you go here:

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Other than that, we had the kindergarten play today. It went pretty well. I think english kids are that difficult to understand, too, when they're five or six years old and on-stage. Ah, the people in the picture above (from left to right) are Rob, Jay, David and Scott. All of whom, I might mention, have been, or are my roommates other than Jay. Hasta

kc

2 comments:

Unknown said...

That is one of the more distubing images of food consumption I've seen in a while. I'll all for trying anything once, but for the love of God I'm pretty sure I'd insist on it not moving on my plate. I bet Oz would love to tear up a plate of that action though.

Trey said...

So, can you feel it wiggle all the way down your throat?