Nova Impression

Ooooh...This picture to the right is Bibimbap. It consists of vegetables over rice in a hot metal bowl which fries the rice while it's in there. As you can see to the right of the bowl, adding meat is also an option. There's also kim chee and other things in the background as well. I should have taken a picture of one my Korean barbecue nights, but I didn't and I'm kicking myself for it now. For Korean barbecue, there's a grill in the middle of the table that you cook meat and some vegetables on. In addition to the meat and vegetables, there is also meat sauce, pickled vegetables, and other lettuce. You have to use the lettuce as a wrap and put the meat, vegetables, rice, etc inside the lettuce and then eat it. IT'S REALLY REALLY GOOD! One of these restaurants didn't let me inside because I said English and she gave me a hand gesture to go away. It was a little disheartening, but I moved on and had the courage to go into another restaurant which was very nice to me. Like an idiot though, I didn't know what I was doing and didn't know that you had to use the lettuce as a wrap. The waitress helped me cook everything and showed me how to put the food inside the lettuce to eat. I went back to the same restaurant the next night with the two other NOVA teachers I met from my DMZ tour and the waitress literally fed us by hand. She wrapped our food, told us to open our mouths, and shoved the lettuce wrap inside!.It was so funny, but I didn't have my camera to capture the moment. The outdoor food stalls were really good and there's a lot of varety too.