HiXPOSURE

From the revolting to the surprising, Korean food has it's challenges. Strangely though, the Koreans love SPAM. During the Korean war, US soldiers introduced SPAM and it ended up becoming a countrywide favourite. However, the Koreans also love offal, octopus (dead or alive), and a number of other unidentifiable things. There are some good things. Bibimbap (really) is a sort of hot stone pot filled with rice and other goodies, although it can be spicy. And the national dish is of course Kimchi, a sort of spicy pickled cabbage dish, recently thought to help the body fight bird flu !! Also, I had octopus pancakes a couple of times, and they were delicious. But the best thing.....there's no tipping in the restaurants.