We were completely exhausted by the time we approached the hotel, but we decided to give traditional Korean food a try. (In reality, we were most interested in Korean beer.)
We ended up with this very delicious spicy pork dish, kept hot by a big burner in the middle of the table.
We also had a dish of rice and beef cooked in sesame oil
Both of these were served with a variety of mushrooms and cabbage in the bowl. There were also several other sides, including pickled radish-type things, dried seaweed and some dried anchovy-like fish -- whole.
But our quest for beer completely failed! Not having had time to study, we just couldn't produce the Korean word for beer so we had to make do with the jug of water served with the meal. I even mimed bottle motions -- so the waitress offered some bottled water!
We did get to drink out water from shot glasses, however.
Gan-bei!! (Bottoms-up!!)
(Saturday Note: We have since discovered that the "water" the waitress offered us was actually Soju, the Korean rice liquor. It's clear and it's served in a green bottle that says "fresh" on the front, with a picture of a droplet of water on a leaf. Who knew?!? If only we'd opened it... And by the way, our research has also revealed the Korean word for beer is "mehkju". Learn and remember!)
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