Wandering Browns

I used to be a very picky eater. Austin has helped me to get over many of my aversions to yogurt and peppers and tomatoes. Korean food has given me many opportunities to try new things. We live in a hotel so we go out to eat at least one meal a day, so we have had everything from McDonald's and Jamba Juice to traditional meals. Here are some of my favorites: Learn more from Wikipedia! - BBQ meat: One of the more popular food options here involves picking different cuts of meat  (some marinated, some not) off the menu and cooking it over hot coals that are put in the middle of the table.The important utensils here are tongs and scissors- to make the meat chopstick friendly and to make it cook faster they cut the meat with scissors into smaller pieces. With the meat, there comes a delightful parade of side dishes- some to cook over the coals and some to be eaten raw. We have had different shredded vegetable salads- usually with shredded green onions and other things with a se...

Some of our spread At our hotel, they offered babysitting at the same rate as we normally pay babysitters, so we took advantage of the opportunity and had a date night! The babysitter also worked downstairs at the pool, so she was super excited when she saw Landon again the next day. I think Landon had fun and she did too. I know Austin and I certainly did. One specific type of Korean restaurant that Austin and I really enjoy is a restaurant where you order raw meat and you have a fire at your table and you cook the meats yourself. Along with the meat, they bring out several different types of kimchi, salads, seafood, lettuce leaves, sesame oil and salt for dipping and other interesting tidbits. I'm sure Koreans think it is hilarious when we have no clue what to do, but I have to say we are getting the hang of it the more we go to these types of places. Due to the open flame and low tables, this type of restaurant is a hard one to go to with Landon. Usually one of us has to ...