The class toured one of the many market areas in Seoul - in this portion there are multiple food vendors, where we sampled around 12-15 foods, starting with 3 types of soup - the cold buckwheat noodle soup, a spicy version of that, and a noodle soup. At another stall we tried chicken feet, Korean blood sausage (sundae), fried pork skins, a mung bean pancake. Our students are awesome, they tried so many things. Cleveland stopped and suggested we tried these tiny, spicy crabs that you eat whole - crunch up the shell! They were very tasty!! My favorite!
Above the food area, is a market for Hanbok-the traditional style of Korean dress. Our guide Halle explained the contemporary relevance of this style of dress such as holidays, weddings, and one year old birthdays.
The market was definitely a polarizing experience. The soups we had were some of the best soups I can remember ever having and are something I will be trying to recreate myself. Pig skin, chicken feet, and blood sausage though, are not for everyone I learned, but I am really glad I tried it for the experience.
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