Sunday was supposed to be a festival in an area of Busan called Sasang. I invited Jasmin to come with me and we stopped at a little restaurant on the way for lunch. This was a VERY Korean venue. We had to remove our shoes and sit on the ground. Our table was about six inches off the floor and we had an assortment of dishes in front of us (around 20 or so). We were served hot clothes to clean our hands with throughout the meal and we didn’t have our own plates… everything was shared on the middle of the table.
There were two fish (which still had all of the bones in) and some turnip, a pork stew, a Korean kimchi ‘pancake’ and many other dishes as you’ll see in the picture. It was delicious! I can’t say that I’d want to eat it every day but it was very interesting to try everything. After the meal, we were served this drink that was very sweet and had a different texture. Well it turned out to be fermented rice. Apparently if you soak rice in water for long enough, it begins to turn sweet. It was quite good, but unlike anything I’ve had before.
After lunch we went back on our way to the festival. This turned out to be a bit of a disappointment because the festival wasn’t really a festival but more like 5 guys on stage who were drunk and attempting to sing…. We met up with some friends there and decided to go for a stroll on a nearby path. The timing was perfect because the cherry blossom trees were still in full bloom but they were starting to fall, so it was very picturesque.
Our walk was very nice and then we decided to do a bit of shopping and head home… overall a nice day!
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