Korean food

One of the few advantages of travelling in a pack is that inevitably someone knows the specialties of wherever we are. And to be fair, last night we were only 6. That's not much of a pack, right?

So we were aiming for Japanese sushi, but wound up at a Korean restaurant. The menu helper was Joel, a Korean immigrant to the DC area. Sushi was still had, but so was the whole array of Korean sides, as well as a couple main dishes. The sushi was respectable, but the whole table was exceptional. Noodles wrapped in nori then breaded and fried. Kimchee and noodles together (bim bop?). Fried rice with a fried egg on top. A platter of veggies and tobiko to wrap in small pieces of nori. And 'bai si jiu', (I have no idea about that pinyin, especially because most everything was a mixture of Korean and Chinese--to the point that when Joel attempted to order, the Cantonese student yelled "STOP! You just asked her what time she gets off.") a liquor made with Chinese medicines.

Dinner led to a bar, and the bar led to KTV. A whole other cultural experience to be talked about at a later date.