Luxury Dinner in Jeju
One of the most amazing moment in tour is having delicious local food, especially in my case.
We tried to discuss what to eat in dinner and concluded to have hairtail fish.
It is not easy to have a fresh hairtail fish on the land, because the hairtail fish die as soon as being caught.
And there are not so many hairtail fish around Korean sea due to the change of climate.
When we were kid, the hairtail fish was one of the main source of protein.
But now, fresh hairtail fish is regarded as the expensive fish.
And as you experienced, we missed the food what we ate in childhood. Mom also agreed with us.
As soon as we got to the restaurant, we ordered the grilled hairtail fish.
A waiter told us it took 20 minutes for preparing food.
They served the side dish first, but the side dish was excellent.
They prepared for the hairtail fish sashimi and the sea vegetables.
We can taste the hairtail fish sashimi only in Jeju island for its freshness.
While tasting sashimi, the grilled hairtail fish was served.
About 2 feet long size of the hairtail fish was set on the table.
The waiter removed the fine bones on the table to eat comfortably.
The taste ?
It was excellent. But I couldn’t feel the same taste as much as when I ate it in my childhood.
Why do I feel the taste in my childhood was much more delicious than today’s ?
The cooking style, ingredients and many other factors may be the responsible for the taste difference.
Also as we age the taste buds seem to need stronger flavors to keep us satisfied e.g more salt or more spice.
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hahaha. I tend to agree. This is really cool. I have friends that live in Jeju. Cool vacation spot in South Korea!
It really looks so yuummmmyyyy
Nothing nicer than the original food .. well done the recipe
Great post from you
Thanks for sharing..
Soup looks tasty also :-)
looking great
This looks like seafood heaven!
Now that looks like my kind of meal. Thank you for posting!!!
Why do I feel the taste in my childhood was much more delicious than today’s ?....a child's taste buds are very fresh and vibrant...as are memories...and the planet is changing...this meal is stunningly intriguing ...have a blessed journey...and thank you again
Your explanation is very reasonable
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Ahhh and why is that Everytime I try to eat new kind of food when I go travel I always forgot to take picture of it? My goshhh, I can only remember after all is done and gone to our stomach, maybe it's because I really am exhausted and hungry and eager to eat what's in front of me! My bad really );
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Thanks for the laugh hahaha :)
An interesting post, @slowwalker, concerning childhood reminiscences.
The great British poet, Wordsworth, believed childhood perceptions were more pure than adult experience.
I constantly go back and compare and I agree - the tastes of our childhood were much more dramatic - our sensations clearer and more defined.
I recall eating halibut fish as a child - it too was relatively inexpensive then, but now it's very expensive and almost a delicacy here, in Toronto.
Does it taste the same? By no means - it has a distinctly fishy taste, not at all like the halibut of my childhood.
But there's another consideration - we are polluting our oceans - perhaps that is a factor.
Thanks for prompting some pleasant recollections, my friend :)
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