On Wednesday, November 5th, a group of co-workers decided to try 족발 (jokbal) aka pig's feet. Coincidentally, this was also the night of the US Presidential Election. What a joyous evening for us!
Jokbal comes with lots of side dishes, including blood sausage and flesh from the pig's head (both on the right plate). The meat tasted very good. It was sort of fatty, but once you got past thinking "This is a pig's foot" it was very enjoyable. We shared two orders of jokbal between four people and that was definitely enough. If you are going to eat some, have at least three people to an order, but four is better.
The newbies enjoying the fruits of our labor/the labor of the Koreans with us who had to deal with the crazy restaurant owners. It was actually quite a scene to be seated. There were eight of us and many of the restaurants in the area were very small. Two women from nearby shops actually slapped each other over who would get us. We almost left because it was so awkward, but the nicer woman (who did not start the slap fight) came out to us and we ate in her area.
Our second, and last stop, of the evening. Fried food! Right next to the boiled pig's feet area is the fried anything-you-can-imagine area. It's very good when you are drinking. The newbies' favorite fried food: fried bread, haha! In the above picture, the fried food is in the center. Of course makgeolli is our bowls/cups.
We were all really sad that we missed out on history, but we made sure that we were as connected as possible. We were already pretty positive when we woke up Wednesday that Obama was our president, but I (as a Floridian) wanted to wait until it was 100% approved. This was that that moment.
오바마 wins! Cheers to Obama! YAY America!
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