Souper

Contrary to popular belief there are many activities in Korea that don’t involve drinking however every now and again Imogen and I do have a few ales, well, beers and Soju mainly. After one heavy night of drinking in Seoul we crawled out of the house to one of our regular cheap fast food joints. I knew what I wanted before I order its called bibimbap. It’s very healthy,  rice, vegetables and egg that you mix together. The menu is in Korean but Imogen and I can read enough to select what we want, or so we thought. Imogens meal comes out first,a beef and rice dish that looks delicious. Mine then appears in front of me in a metal bowl, with condensation on the outside. While my sore brain tries to figure out if this has any relevance, I take it from the waitress. It’s freezing and its not bibimbap. It basically looks like thin brown eels in iced pond water with half a boiled egg sitting a top like some kind of demented cherry. My stomach rolls backwards knocking into my kidneys. I like to think I’m a polite person and I know other Koreans in the restaurant are watching me so I  try a mouthful. All I can say is it tasted as good as it looked, imagine eating a mouthful of rubber bands, ice and meat soup. I had one mouthful then shared Imogens dish. Iced noodles, not for me.