A Good Meal In Korea is 10% Inspiration and 90% Perspiration

My sister used to often tell me cautionary tales about getting the "meat sweats".  The what??  Yes, you heard it correctly -- the meat sweats.  And apparently, it is exactly what sounds like.  It is a condition of profuse sweating induced by the consumption of abnormally large quantities of meat.  I had never experienced this phenomenon before, so I didn't even know such a thing existed.  However, many people seemed to have first-hand knowledge of it (thus the various entries in urbandictionary.com), my sister included.

I bring this up because I believe that if ever I were to experience the meat sweats, it just might be right here in Korea.  Note Exhibit A: Meats On A Stick

These are the french fry corn dog, skewered fried chicken and sausages, and regular corn dog respectively.  You can find this type of stuff everywhere, especially at night time when they try to lure in the hungry drunkards.  But make no mistake, this stuff still tastes awesome sober.

Now, onto the hard core stuff.  We're talking Korean barbecue.  This is pretty huge, so I'm going to break this down by animal for now.  Here's Exhibit B: Pork

This is basically marinated/seasoned pork belly (cajun and mustard I think?) that's being grilled up in all it's splendor.  As always, Korean food comes with some pretty awesome sides to accompany the meat.  If you're smart, you'll skip the rice all together so that you can maximize the meat ingestion.

Last but certainly not least is Exhibit C: that's "C" for Cow because this was truly an experience.

You buy your meat here...

And get your grub on here...

Yup!  That last picture there is of my family grilling up some gop chang (cow intestine).  They threw some garlic and onions in with it, so in the end, it didn't taste too terrible.  Nevertheless, I decided to have only one small piece.  At least I tried it right??

Anyway, I'm sure there's plenty more meat eating to come.  This is just rounding out month 1, but I'm sure it's an eyeful.  Good thing I brought my own deodorant from the States!  FYI: Deodorant is a little bit scarce here, and it costs a grip!  I think people prefer the following method of deodorizing here.

It's pretty smart, actually.  Some bbq restaurants will leave a bottle of Febreze outside so that you can spray yourself down on your way out.  Anywho, that's my friend.  I hope he doesn't mind that I just made him the poster child for Korean Febreze.