Is it possible to have so much to say about my amazing culinary journey to Seoul and still be speechless?

It’s been difficult organizing the chaos in my brain. Memories of my experience in Seoul race through my head and I want to tell every story simultaneously. (Navigating a labyrinth of food stalls and restaurants on the O’ngo Food Tour. Trying Buddhist-inspired cuisine at Nwijo. Assembling towers of Bulgolgi at a cooking class. Absorbing the kinetic energy of Hongdae in my free time.) And when I have taken on the challenge of summing up Seoul for friends and family—albeit in 5 minutes or less–it’s pretty much been a mini-disaster in miscommunication. In my head I’ve woven an enchanting tale of gastronomic romance served beautifully course-by-course. In reality? I’ve just thrown an overwhelming buffet of banchan in their faces leaving my audience feeling confused and abused.

So how do you deal with a stream of consciousness that’s out of control? You make a highly edited “home movie” of your adventures set to pop music!

{Photos and clips provided by PlanetCerritosBlog; music is “How I Roll” by Britney Spears}

And there you have it. Rather than starting with individual pieces of the Seoul puzzle, I got the ball rolling with the entire picture of my eclectic foodie voyage. Hopefully as the weeks go on I’ll get to delve into each experience and makes sense of it all—just like I did with the subway system!

Kamsahamnida Seoul. Kamsahamnida Korean Tourism Organization (KTO). You have all been so gracious. And this was truly a trip of a lifetime.