I went out with some friends last night, and we went to a live seafood restaurant. You pick what you want from the menu and the chef pulls out the seafood from the fish tank, cuts it up, and brings it to the table. One of the things that we ordered was the "live" octopus salad. The chef takes a live octopus and presents it in salad form all cut up and writhing randomly. It was pretty gross how it was wriggling and moving like that, but when in Rome, so I dipped that in some sesame seed oil and ate it. Kinda interesting having the tentacles wriggle around on my tongue, but I chewed the hell out of it before swallowing. I hear that an average of ten people choke and die a year when the tentacle suctions get stuck in their throat.
Speaking of live seafood, I spent last Sunday at the Noryangjin Fish Market for a private tour with the Exec Chefs of the Seoul Ambassador Grand and JW Marriott and their families. Noryangjin is one of the biggest fish markets in the world (700,000 sq. ft. warehouse space) and there are rows and rows and rows of fresh of seafood. We walked around and saw octopuses of various sizes, gigantic Russian king crabs, skates, gigantic clams, etc. The best part of the fish market is being able to pick out your own live fish from the tank, and within three minutes, the fish is cleaned and ready to eat sashimi style.
I forget what the name of this creature is, but I call it the sea penis. When submerged in water, it blows up into it's unique cylindrical shape. When you pull it out of the water and squeeze it, water squirts out from one end like a little boy playing with his wee wee. Seliousry, what else would you call it besides sea penis? If this was a fortune cookie, the message would say, "Lots of women eat it sashimi style." In bed.
You're absolutely right if this sounds like a perfect venue for Bizzare Foods. Andrew Zimmern visited the Noryangjin Fish Market in the Korea episode, and our guide Dan Gray was even featured later in the episode enjoying some turtle soup and poisonous blowfish sashimi with Andrew.
Speaking of live seafood, I spent last Sunday at the Noryangjin Fish Market for a private tour with the Exec Chefs of the Seoul Ambassador Grand and JW Marriott and their families. Noryangjin is one of the biggest fish markets in the world (700,000 sq. ft. warehouse space) and there are rows and rows and rows of fresh of seafood. We walked around and saw octopuses of various sizes, gigantic Russian king crabs, skates, gigantic clams, etc. The best part of the fish market is being able to pick out your own live fish from the tank, and within three minutes, the fish is cleaned and ready to eat sashimi style.
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| Mini octopii |
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| Huge ginormous octopus tentacles |
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| Disembowled monk fish. The quality of the innards reflect the freshness of the fish. |
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| Salted and spicy roe eggs and other inside fish organs. |
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| Gigantic clams and shellfish |
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| This tiger shrimp was bigger than this grown man's hand. |
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| Paul the Octopus. It predicts a Romney win. |
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| Dozen freshly-shucked oysters for less than $5. |
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| This boy was playing with the fish that we picked to be sashimi-ed. |
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| The aftermath. |
I forget what the name of this creature is, but I call it the sea penis. When submerged in water, it blows up into it's unique cylindrical shape. When you pull it out of the water and squeeze it, water squirts out from one end like a little boy playing with his wee wee. Seliousry, what else would you call it besides sea penis? If this was a fortune cookie, the message would say, "Lots of women eat it sashimi style." In bed.
You're absolutely right if this sounds like a perfect venue for Bizzare Foods. Andrew Zimmern visited the Noryangjin Fish Market in the Korea episode, and our guide Dan Gray was even featured later in the episode enjoying some turtle soup and poisonous blowfish sashimi with Andrew.
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