Have you ever eaten something so spicy that you felt like you were transported to another dimension? Last night, I had an out-of-body experience when I ate the kimichi jigae.
My husband loves this place. In fact, he had the kimichi jigae just a few days previous to last night. I decided to have a go. I ordered the kimichi jigae without tuna or pork. Maybe they figured that as a subsitute, I'd like more chilis or maybe because I'm asian, they figured I could hack it. They don't have the heat rating like Buk Chang Dong Soon Tofu. If they did, I would've ordered mine a couple notches above "white".
I don't tend to sweat a lot and I came into the restaurant feeling really chilly. After eating a few bites of the jigae, I had beads of sweat forming on my forehead and my nose was leaking like a drippy faucet. How is spicy food suppoed to be an aphrodisiac? What's so sexy about sweating from every orifice and having a runny nose?
It tasted good though although I did lose sense of my tasebuds after awhile since the heat killed them. The little free appetizers helped cool things down a bit.
My husband told me that you can get beers here and they leave the beer caps on. Good idea if you've missed the boat on the beer store. just grab a bunch of beers and take 'em to go with your kimichi jigae. you'll need it to cool your tongue down!