Hi from the Busan Airport - A Busan Wrapup

We had a fun last day in Busan. We started at the fish market. Think South Street Seaport. Upstairs in the market are fish tanks and raw fish restaurants. So we had some traditional Korean sashimi ("kwai") with the regular side dishes - spicy pepper sauces, soy sauce, a fresh wasabi (looked the same as Japanese but tasted fresher, like Passover horseradish). No rice, but kimchi.

To the fish, you take either a sesame leaf or a lettuce leaf stuff it with whatever you want - fish + hot sauce(s) + garlic + jalapeno pepper + soy sauce + wasabi + anything and fold and eat. The jalapeno was burningly hot. The garlic fresh. After each bite, we needed a break. The meal was also served with a potato salad and a cole slaw-y type dish. Overall deliciousness, even if our mouths burned.

Next stop was the local market, where Seren got a new pair of glasses and her eyes checked. The good news: she can still see as well as usual. Then a post office stop for some more mailings home. Next, we took the subway back to the Lotte Department Store (attached to the Lotte Hotel, the nicest hotel in Busan), where I bought a tie and we sampled in the basement supermarket. Most importantly, in the subway entrance underground foyer area into the Lotte basement, Seren did a quintessentially Korean activity. She watched how Krispy Kreme doughnuts are made. :) KK donuts are fairly traditional; Dunkin Ds have many more Korean flavors and styles, including peanut with peanut glaze.

Last, we got our bags, went to back to the Lotte Hotel to catch a bus to the airport and just checked in. Flight in an hour. See you in Hong Kong.

Love,
Craig