Flutterby™! : Korea town adventures

In New York on Wednesday night and Thursday night I ended up doing dinner in Korea town, 32^nd over around 6^th Ave. On Wednesday I was walking west from the east side, hadn't seen it yet, and tried to flag down a well dressed man to ask if I was going the right direction. He took off running. What does it do to your soul to live in a place with that kind of fear, that any human interaction is a threat?

Anyway, Wednesday I hit a barbecue, which means you get a gazillion little plates with all sorts of awesome pickles on it, from kimchee to pickled melon, a cup of rice, and some grilled meat. And they brought me this little bowl of a yummy soufflé thing. Thursday night I went to another place and ordered "beef with vegetables". The waitress, in broken english, said "You sure? Can be very very hot. You order, no complain." I'm up for adventure, so I assured her that, yes, I wanted it. Well, the vegetables were onion and jalapeño, and as you can see from the picture there wasn't much onion. Of course pride overruled common sense, but let me add that while beer is really good at absorbing capsaicin, with enough of those molecules floating around sometimes that means they just end up getting deposited further back in the throat.