Angelo vs. The Brain

This post is dedicated to culinary adventurers all over the world. With invincible tastebuds and iron stomachs, they explore other cultures' foods so that the other foreigners with them can say "no thanks, you've already enjoyed it enough for the rest of us." This is a tale of one such man....

Angelo loves him some food. And Korea does have an abundance of it. This picture was taken at a supermarket. Lets not ask why he's holding a beer with Tony the Tiger, lets just embrace the fact that we weren't shunned out of the country right then and there. Back to the story...

So we decide to try spicy seafood stew. Its full of the favorites like shrimp and oyster. But that's not all. Apparently, the stew goes best with what seems to look like a brain. However, we were told that it is NOT brain. BUT, our moment of relief was only replaced by horror when we were told that it was fish intestines. Brains are for thinking and intestines are for tinkling...even trade. Angelo decides that he will bite the bullet and "just eat it", so here's the play by play




Angelo about to place the "brain" in his mouth. His confidence is high and he swears that this is "no problem" and a "piece of cake"






This is the "Are you Serious?" Shot. This picture also highlights the universal appeal of the "brain". With its ridges and squishiness, its a wonder that we don't eat this more often.





"Over the Teeth and Through the Gums..."










Not sure if he'll ever be the same again. But I will never question this man's bravery (his intelligence however...)




Writers Note: I paid about 30 dollars for my share of this meal in which I had 3 bites. I only went here because we ate with 2 hot Korean bartenders who really dug a guy who can handle him some "brain". I immediately ate as much "brain" as I could. After the meal, we rushed ourselves to a food court and ordered burgers.