We celebrated by taking Jared and his girlfriend Ujay ( who is from Korea) out to dinner at a restaurant of his choosing. He chose a Korean BBQ that he and Ujay frequent. Which was fun for the rest of us because we had never been to that style of restaurant. You basically cook your own food over a flame grill set in the middle of your table with a gigantic hooded fan right above your head sucking up the smoke.
They bring you a sampler platter of about 8 different raw meats to try: chicken, beef brisket, beef short ribs, beef intestine, shrimp, baby octopus, beef tongue and spicy pork. You are given tongs and chopsticks to cook your meat.
Once you have tried all the different meats, you tell them your favorites and they bring you all-you-can-eat quantities of it. They also give you soup, salad and lots of garnishes like sprouts, broccoli, potato salad, fish cakes, radish slaw and daikon radish, kimchee, etc.
I was really glad Yujay was there so she could explain everything to me and how to go about preparing our meal, in fact she did most of the cooking. BTW, did you know Koreans don't use knives to eat with? They cut their food up with scissors as they are cooking it and serve it in bite size pieces.
Yes, that is a baby octopus on Becca's plate (right before she ate the WHOLE thing).
It was definitely a new experience for some of us, but we really enjoyed the food and the company.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JARED!!
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