it's spring break for the teachers at sfs and we were out to have an adventure. paul, vicki, and i went to the seoul fish market across town. paul had been doing some research on eating fresh fish and other seafood at this market. basically, you pick out what fish you want, they kill it, fillet and clean it, and then the restaurant lady comes to take you to lunch. crazy! it was so fun to walk around and see all the crazy seafood. we chose to have some fish (not sure what kind), octopus, and some sting ray. all not cooked.....yes, raw. at first i was going to just take pictures and document the experience for vicki and paul, but i changed my mind. have a look.....
we had no idea what these are, but lots of people were "shelling" them and cleaning them
giant crabs waiting to be bought
medium octopi swimming in their bucket
very large octopi
this guy is trying to put the live octopus in a plastic bag and it was not being cooperative at all
sharks....i was surprised their skin was so dull looking
this huge tree trunk that they use as a cutting board....i thought they were cool
here i am for some size reference
octopus head
the fish guy showing vicki his goods of live octopus
our lunch is the one on the left which the guy hit over the head with his stick
lunch being prepared......
paul and vicki surpervising our fish
he is filleting and taking off the skin
the tank with the octopus we had for lunch
the lady getting out our three octopi for lunch
our fish prepared for lunch---raw
fresh raw sting ray....not as good as they thought it would be
our octopi for lunch----cut up, raw, and in sesame oil
vicki eating her bit of octopus
paul enjoying his raw fish
yep! i did it! i ate live octopus!
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