I was wandering around some alleys which I could never locate again in Seoul and stumbled across this. I find this quite fascinating because a statue, or should I say tribute of this nature would be deemed highly offensive in Canada, or anywhere else in the world for that matter. However, I am in Korea and this might be some loving homage to Chinese food, quite possibly because it is a Chinese restaurant. I attempted to take a photo with the little guy, but some "ajuma" (old lady) came running towards me at full throttle yelling in Korean. Although I thought she was angry, I soon realized she was smiling, and was perhaps asking me to pose with her and our new Chinese friend. In the end, I was very confused, and felt as though this offensive statue led me to offending the old Korean lady, and did what any man would do...I ran away.
Until we next speak.
-Dave P.
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