Swimming With Piranhas

This past Saturday, Ryan and I met Kevin and Monica for dinner at an awesome Mexican restaurant. After the big meal, we walked around the area when Monica spotted a sign that said "Doctor Fish" on the seventh floor of one of the highrise buildings. Kevin and Monica got very excited which should have been our first clue that this place would be interesting.

We ascended the seven floors step by step. As we reached the 7th floor, Kevin tried to block our view from the inevitable. As we walked in the door we were instructed to remove our shoes. This actually isn't all that strange in a Korean restaurant. As we were led to our seats, the waitress began to explain something about a foot bath and fish and oil and I looked at her with a blank face. What is she talking about? Kevin explained after she left.

We were served tea/beer/coffee and cake and then led to foot baths where we washed our feet. We then followed the group to the middle of the restaurant where there was a huge pool with little fish. As we lowered our feet into the water, the fish swam to our feet. They began to suck all of the dry skin off of our feet. Apparently it's therapeutic. They tickled at first, but before we knew it, we had 30 fish sucking at our feet. (Well, except for Kevin, I think he maxed out at about 5 fish . . . he couldn't handle it). It was crazy! Only in Korea . . . and Turkey & Japan, apparently.