Food 101: Learn How to Read Korean Menus

The meal started off so nicely ... spicy fish soup with mussels, radishes, green onions, bean sprouts, and greens.
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I thought the crowd back home would appreciate this photo ... look closely, yes, that is a fish head, eye and all! It is standard for all fish soups to have whole fishes cooked in them.
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I would like to take a moment to give a big "Thanks" to my Dad for toughening me up as a child concerning all things fish!

Next, this plate of what looked like spaghetti appeared. We knew this could not be possible, so we dug in to find out what we had ordered. Come to find it was a spicy (not tomato-y) dish with bean sprouts (not noodles) octopus, crawfish, shrimp, fish bone noodles, greens, unidentifiable round-ish objects that Mark unsuccessfully bit into ... you know the usual. :o) In conclusion, it wasn't good flavor and we were REALLY disappointed.

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LESSON LEARNED: We have to start learning how to better decipher Korean menus. There are often pictures on menus and though they appear helpful, tonight was case-in-point that we need to be able to actually read the menus.

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Now we have had a good laugh at our terrible meal and thought it was worth it in the end to be able to share our experience with all you lovely people back home.

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Bon Appetit!