At least that's what my parents believe whenever mieko14 and I come out to visit.  The good news is that we totally don't mind!  So today we were able to check off 2 of the myriad things we were looking forward to eating on this trip:  Hwae-neng-myun (cold spicy noodles) for marketman:

...and Kal-guk-soo (hand-pulled noodles) for mieko14:

We are so not gonna enjoy the Korean food in the Bay Area once we get back home...