One of the most bizarre features of restaurants in Korea is the display cases of plastic meals outside the restaurants. They have mock meals made out of plastic so that you can see what you will be eating and choose based on the look of the dish. It is really weird when you first see it, especially when it's for a burger joint. I don't know about you, but the picture on the board generally gives me a pretty good idea of what my hamburger and fries are gonna look like. They even have fake fruit drinks at Dunkin Donuts and fake scoops of ice cream sitting by the register in Baskin Robbins. Honestly, I find it kinda disturbing and it actually kills my appetite a little...only not as much as all the squid and octopus around--that's just edible plastic food.
I went for lunch to a fusion restaurant downtown yesterday. It was beautiful inside with a water wall and big comfy wicker chairs. The restaurant serves what they call "Omurice" which is an omelette with rice inside. You can get a chicken curry omurice, shrimp omurice, sweet and sour pork omurice, sauteed chicken and veggie omurice, etc... Basically it's the meat served over top of an omelette with lots of goopy sauce completely covering the plate. I got the Beijing Duck Omurice which was pretty good. AND it only cost 7900 won which is approximately $7.90 Canadian!!! In many ways it is cheaper to eat out than to cook at home in Korea which is really strange. I stupidly forgot to take a picture but I will snap one of some plastic food some time soon. My Omurice lunch made me realize how much I miss omelettes and breakfast food. I'm going to go to Seoul next weekend and have breakfast at this Canadian bar called "Rocky Mountain" that apparently serves a really good Canadian-style breakfast. Can't wait! I'm also going to go to the foreigner grocery store to buy some food that I can't get in Gwangju!
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