AND THEY CAN TAKE THEIR SPACE NOODLE CREEPY TENTACLEY THINGS WITH THEM!!

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Heh. Okay I have to share this small story because well... uh, gross.

So I had Korean food for the first time... First of all the place was grossly overpriced (well for Mongolia that is) and so I ordered a simple bowl of soup. They brought TWELVE little dishes of bite sized portions of various stuffies (some of which looked like it was from the OTHER side of the earth) and it was nice cuz you can try a variety of different things in one sitting, but not so nice since most of it was pickled and eh.

So onto the soup. The broth was delicious tho the water was literally boiling when they brought it so it took forever before I could actually taste it. So there were meat strips in it which come to find out were half cartilage so I passed on most of it. But so I'm enjoying the broth along with the egg that had been dropped in it, and then... THEN I FIND THE SPACE NOODLES!

Space noodles: thin, completely clear, freakish noodles that are slimey and chewy like tapioca. = Ew.

They did not look of this earth and CERTAINLY did not look like they belonged in my soup bowl! I mean, they were cool in a "don't eat it" kind of way but I couldn't quite forgive them. So I stabbed them with my chopsticks and emerged victorious from the restaurant, having bested the SPACE NOODLE JELLY BEAST!

Yes. I know. You're in complete awe. So am I.

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Comments

[Vicky]

LOL
Hahaha you're as silly as ever I see. Those are gluten noodles, they are found in allllll kinds of different asian countries and thus all kinds of different asian cuisine. They don't have any flavor really, they just absorb the flavor of whatever they're in, but their texture does take a little getting used to LMAO. When you get some free time and are all adjusted, I am dying to know.... why Mongolia? Its kinda like, the BFE of Asia so I'm ultra curious! I hear they have one of the lowest GDP's in the world, Clay was shocked they have actual buildings LOL! I told him they are in Asia not Mars but he was still beside himself hahahaha. Anywhoo, hope there is truly yummy things in your near future, so you don't starve!! ;)

[Daria]

You're awesome Linds. That's all I have to say about that.

[LinzTrotter]

Well they're still gross
Heh. Yeah those noodle things don't taste bad they just... yeah. Well anyways, mutton is very tasty. And why Mongolia? I started out last summer wanting to study international women's rights and I did a lot of research on different areas before I came across Mongolia. I chose Mongolia because when I looked up "women Mongolia" under Amazon, I found ONE, count it, ONE, book dedicated to the subject. I thought that was appalling considering Mongolia's rather influencial history (Huns, Chingis Khan, silk roads, etc etc etc.) So I decided it would be better to choose a place that I and so many others know NOTHING about, instead of going to say Europe or Thailand. Not that those places are less deserving, just well traveled :-)

[LinzTrotter]

A note for Clay
Actually, it looks a bit like Mars if you're talking about wide open spaces with little vegetation and LOTS of dirt and dust :-) But actually, UB enjoys quite a lot of infrastructure thanks to the Soviets. It's only when you hit the countryside do you really gain and understanding of what the old world of Mongolia must have been like.

[Rupert]

*chuckles*
:)