Shabu Shabu

Lana and I expanded our Korean food repertoire last weekend by eating some Shabu Shabu. It involved a pot of boiling chicken broth, lots of vegetables, thinly sliced beef and rice...overall the meal wasn't too bad. Of course, before the main portion we had plenty of kimchi to go around...still not used to kimchi after 7 months here!

As in many Asian restaurants, we all sat on the floor, which for many of us bigger guys isn't the easiest thing to do. Every now and then another person around our table would complain about a butt cheek or leg falling asleep...thank goodness for chairs! So far, my favorite Korean dish is still chicken or beef bolgogi with shabu shabu now being second. We finished the evening with a cappuccino at a nice coffe shop in town.

Before our going out for dinner with friends, we did a little exploring around the local countryside. Just north of the base is a large pier which extends out into the Yellow Sea. There's a portion with a small park and another where the Koreans have a dry dock for ship building. We did some snooping around the dry dock for awhile before we were kindly asked leave in Hangul (the Korean language) by one of the security guards...it's nice not being able to read the signs sometimes!

Well, this coming weekend is Labor Day so Lana and I are looking forward to 4 days off on Jeju Island...off the south coast of Korea. We'll update everyone and post pictures when we return.