One fall afternoon in Qingdao, China my husband and I ventured by taxi to a Spicy Korean restaurant.
Now for a foreigner to Korean food there are some customs one must know:
1) Take your shoes off on the elevated dining floor. Asians streets are filthy and they want to keep this dining area spotless.
2) Sit like the Koreans on mats. (Note- Korean chop sticks are made out of metal instead of wood like the Chinese chopsticks.)
3) Watch your waitress turn the hot iron skillet on and bring out your dishes.
4) Don’t let the name “Korean potato pancake” fool you into thinking it’s something out-of-this-world because it’s not. It was rather a neutral taste, nothing extraordinary.
5) Watch your waitress cook your food.
5) Pile the Korean meat and vegetables onto your vegetable wrap. After enjoying the delicious meal ask the waitress/waiter to take a memorable photo (I love how these pictures came out blurry; it tells the story of how they were taken).
6) Thank your Korean waitress.
7) Do as the Koreans do and walk off the paleo food.
Warning: The spicy Korean food may not sit well with Western stomachs.
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