Italian Food in Korea

It's always interesting to see a country's perspective on cooking, and Korea definitely has a unique perspective. We've had a lot of fun going out to different restaurants so far, and Italian restaurants are among our favorites. We have been to three different Italian restaurants in Chuncheon so far. The latest place was Arno in Myeondong.

We ordered seafood Pane and Hawaii Pizza Rolls. The meal came with a small loaf of bread with vinegar and oil for dipping, a sampling of pickles and some sort of crazy salad (I'm sorry I forgot to take a picture).

In Korea, the assumption is that everyone shares, so we were served with our main dishes in the middle of the table even though I ordered the pizza rolls and Michael ordered the Pane. Pane here seems to be pretty popular. It is basically spaghetti in a cream sauce contained in a sweet and garlicky bread bowl. It's over the top, just like those ones from Dominos.

The pizza rolls were pretty boring, even though they had apples and pineapple bits in them and a cup of fruit sauce to dip the rolls in.

The food, all in all, was good. We had a nice meal and the waitress came to take our order for dessert. We had a choice of coffee, cake, or fruit. We both chose cake and the waitress came back a few minutes later with two fruit bowls. We thought, okay, they must be out of cake, no big deal, and ate our fruit. A few minutes later, she comes back with two pieces of cake and we were a little confused. We start eating and I looked at Michael and asked him, "Does your cake taste like meat?" He gave me a face of disgust and said, "Yeah, it does." We both kind of giggled. I left the rest of my cake on the plate, but Michael, not wanting to be rude, at his whole piece. It was very meaty. This was my first, and probably last, experience ordering cake for dessert in Korea. I will stick to fruit or ice cream from now on.

As we were leaving Myeongdong, I took a picture of one of the main shopping streets. At 10:30 at night, everything in Chuncheon seems to be dead (with the exception of McDonalds). We kind of expected to see people walking around, but were sadly mistaken. We know there's a nightlife in this small city, just not in Myeongdong.