We wound up going to a Korean/Japanese restaurant on W. Maple about seven miles from the Youmacon. We ordered a hot pot dish with seafood. Now the menu said, "Two People." But what I think they meant was, "Two people trying to bulk up to be sumo wrestlers who have iron kettles for stomachs."
Let me tell you about this dish we had. First the waitress brought out 6-8 small dishes of various items. She explained what they were but, we didn't really follow what she was saying. We figured out that there was some sort of pickled cabbage dish, seaweed, bean sprouts, a mashed potato dish that tasted sweet and, as far as we were concerned, disgusting. There was a dish with some sort of meat and the last had who knows what on it. I just know it was rather tasteless and very hard to pick up. Then she brought out noodles and two bowls of rice.
Lastly (yes there was much more) there was a portable burner and a big pot of "seafood stew" (my own lable). In the "stew" there were things such as crabs (two whole crabs chopped in half), headless unpeeled shrimp, muscles (again whole) including clams, fish (whole fish minus the heads and chopped in half), squid pieces, and octopi tenticles. Yes, I said octopi tenticles. There were also many other questionable ingredients. Among the veggies were, what one helpful waiter refered to as, aliens. We deemed them alien heads. Very chewy. They popped in your mouth and oozed an odd sort of liquid. Now, I've had some wierd food in my life, squid and raw fish included but, this was totally unexpected.
I had an idea of what we were getting but not the amount, nor variety of oddities, that we got. Yes, I did try everything, most I actually enjoyed.
So. A few tips for future korean/japanese diners:
1. octopi tastes alright, if you can get past when the suckers break off and float around your mouth.
2. you should probably avoid the "alien heads" and if I even find out what they actually WERE you'd have a better chance.
3. the novelty of such an experience may outweigh the food but, it's DEFFINATELY worth trying. We were much amused!
Now I'll sit back and wait until my husband gets home and asks what's for dinner. Then I can tell him the leftovers are in the fridge and note his very probable outrageous reaction.

Heh... now that's what I call good wifery!

TOTALLY worth the reaction!