You NEVER know what you're gunna get...

Forest Gump was true in saying "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gunna get".

One of my best friends and I went out to lunch a few days ago to one of the restaurants down my street. It looked appealing from the outside so we decided to go in and try the local cuisine. As usual, we walked in took our shoes off and sat down at one of the tables. (and I truly mean sat down-sitting in tables is rare in Korea) We were given water and towels to wash off our hands, then a menu. As normal, we can't read the menu so we just pick out one of the meals that looks appealing. This has yet to be a bad idea, because all the other times prove to be yummy results. We were next handed about 10 side dishes (this is common), they are like appetizers that get refilled. Next we were brought our main course. It was a soup/rice dish with fish eggs, shrimp and octopus tentacles. The tentacles (thank the Lord) were not still alive, but rather big with the suction cups quite noticeable. My friend couldn't handle the octopus so she gave me her portion. I ate the octopus and it was surprisingly good. I mean, I would never go and cook octopus on my own, but I wasn't repelled by the taste.

All in all, the shrimp, octopus, fish egg soup/rice dish was not so bad, but I can say that I probably won't go back to that restaurant again!