Encouraged by my successful outing to the cat and dog venues, the next day I met two Korean friends for lunch in the same neighborhood. We chose one place because the menu included a "vegetarian burger," which I ordered. When it arrived, there was just some spinach and mushrooms inside a standard hamburger bun, but no veggie burger anywhere. My friends explained that sometimes Koreans mistakenly think that "burger" means the style of bread (i.e. a bun) rather than the patty inside.
I may be the only vegetarian in the world who doesn't like mushrooms (I maintain that the consistency is like rubber and they are, after all, fungi), so I sent it back and ordered a salad instead.
Later we went to a coffee shop that featured a "blood cappuccino" on the menu. My friends asked the waitress what made it different than a regular cappuccino (I was wondering if maybe it was red) and she explained it had something to do with the shape of the foam on top. Out of curiousity, I ordered one and it looked and tasted like a regular cappuccino. It was good, but I still have no idea why it has that peculiar, rather ghoulish, name.
I may be the only vegetarian in the world who doesn't like mushrooms (I maintain that the consistency is like rubber and they are, after all, fungi), so I sent it back and ordered a salad instead.
Later we went to a coffee shop that featured a "blood cappuccino" on the menu. My friends asked the waitress what made it different than a regular cappuccino (I was wondering if maybe it was red) and she explained it had something to do with the shape of the foam on top. Out of curiousity, I ordered one and it looked and tasted like a regular cappuccino. It was good, but I still have no idea why it has that peculiar, rather ghoulish, name.
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