Ok, so today at work one of the Korean teachers brought his lunch to work. He asked me to come into the teachers lounge with him and asked me to try something. I thought it was really nice of him until I saw what he wanted me to eat. Now, I've seen this "food" on corner vendors but never really knew what it was until today. I always thought they looked like little bugs but I was always told "nahhhhh they're not bugs" by fellow foreigners. Well jokes on you Nathan! I had a good feeling I was going to regret biting into this thing but when someone offers you something in Korean it's an insult not to accept it. With a smile and hesitation I threw back the beetle and started to chew. Yup, it tasted exactly as I had expected; like a salty bug. I guess if I was lost in the Korean wilderness and had to survive off of these things then I could pull it off but outside of that I think I'd starve myself. I chewed the first one and told him it was good so like a true gentleman he offered up another one......great. I threw this one in and just swallowed it with a slight gag to follow. Come to find out the bug is pronounced phonetically as Beon-de-ki which is basically a silkworm larvae!!! Mmmmmmmm, boy do I love Korean food!!
Oh, wow. That's pretty brutal.
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