Noryangjin Fish Market

The Mr. and I went to Seoul. We ate at a big fish market called Noryangjin.

This is probably less than half of it.

The smell was mighty.

We bought a king crab. They gave us some jumbo shrimp as "service", and we took it to a nearby restaurant. They cooked it for us.

It was the best crab I've ever had. The best part wasn't in the legs, but in the body of the crab. Still, it was kinda nasty to cut it open ourselves. It was like that high school biology autopsy assignment. I mean dissection. (Bad memories of a fetal pig are happening right now.)

While we were waiting for our crab, a guy started yelling at one of the women working as a cashier. He was drunk and his friends held him back. The woman who worked there tried to talk to him, but he ended up throwing a chair around. It was exciting. We were really close. It was like front-row-at-a-hockey-game exciting.

If you go to Noryangjin, try to bring a Korean or someone who speaks Korean so you can get a discount. You can really bargain with the fishmongers if you can speak the language. Also, wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty. The fishmongers wear rain boots. I got crab liquid all over me.