Charpie's Travels

My parents are here!! I feel like a tourist now... 7 months late. It's kinda cool though; it's a different perspective of the city than usual. And it's quite nice to have family around to be touristy with you.  I took the subway home tonight and decided to get off at a different station. I NEVER get of there. But I figured, by the time I caught the transfer and walked home, I'd arrive about the same time. Plus, getting off at a different stop meant a change of scenery.  As I was passing a line-up of street food vendors, a lady tapped my shoulder. She pointed somewhere across the street and asked, "Hae-aw een lau-buh?" I quickly put on my puzzled face as I removed my headphones and replied, "What?" "Hae-aw een lau-buh," she repeated.  Ahh.  I nodded, thrilled and relieved that I understood. My last haircut was at the salon across the street. It's got a stellar Konglish name. (Look back at what the lady said to me and read it quickly....

I ate fern tonight. It was one of the many ingredients in my bibimbap . We also enjoyed kimchi, pickled radish, peppers, onions, pickled potato, mushrooms, seaweed, carrots, bean sprouts (pickled and not), and rice cakes coated in soybean flour. I'm beginning to think Koreans eat more vegetables in one meal than I touch in a couple weeks. So I'm attempting to acclimate before I move. While browsing the menu, we stumbled upon a fun typo (sorry it's blurry).  "Yakki Kyoja - Japanese style fried dumping"