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BurnChurch
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 Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:12 am Post subject: Korean Food |
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I went to South Korea for a week, I found out that the food over there is great compared to the Japanese food I have tried.
Actually, way different.
What do you guys think? Have you tried Korean food???
it goes perfect with beer. Too spicy sometimes.
It became my favorite food. Geez!
I want to see opinions. You like it? You hate it?
It is hard to be indifferent about their food. |
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Gordon
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to live in Korea and I prefer their food over J-food by a long way. It is spicy, servings are bigger and there is more variety. Yes, Korean food is one of the things I miss the most about the country. |
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Big John Stud
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:02 am Post subject: |
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I also lived in Korea. I prefer Japanese food way over Korean! BurnChurch or Gordon did any of you guys try dog? Yea Korean love eating dog! I didn't! I have tried Basashi(raw horse meat) That is healthy and tasty.
Koreans eat Kimchee way too much. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. And after a while the spicy meals got to me.
Japanese live longer on the average than any other culture. I think it is because of their diet. Nabe, sukiyaki, sushi and so on are so healthy and tasty! |
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Jon Taylor
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:54 am Post subject: |
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| Big John Stud wrote: |
I also lived in Korea. I prefer Japanese food way over Korean! BurnChurch or Gordon did any of you guys try dog? Yea Korean love eating dog! I didn't! I have tried Basashi(raw horse meat) That is healthy and tasty.
Koreans eat Kimchee way too much. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. And after a while the spicy meals got to me.
Japanese live longer on the average than any other culture. I think it is because of their diet. Nabe, sukiyaki, sushi and so on are so healthy and tasty! |
It is a common mis-conception that Korean's like to eat dog meat.
'Bosin tang' as it is known in Korea is eaten by a small minority of Korean's and restaurants serving such food are have been outlawed from selling this on the main streets. |
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Gordon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:30 am Post subject: |
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| I agree. Dog meat in Korea is not as common as whale meat in Japan. Both countries eat some pretty weird stuff (to my palette at least), but that is not the point. If you want to out gross one another, go to China, very little they won't eat. |
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Big John Stud
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:38 am Post subject: |
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I am sorry to bust your bubble Jon Taylor but dog meat is sold almost everywhere in Korea and there are still many restaurants that serve dog meat in thoughout korea!
I lived in Seoul, Korea for five or so months. One time while walking through a crowded market place in the heart of Seoul, I came across skinned animal parts in a glass display. At first I thought it was a pig until I saw the paws and then sever head and realized it was a dog.
A colleague went with a few Korean teachers to a restaurant, they picked out a dog. The dog was taken to the kitchen and after a few drinks they ate the cooked dog.
Dog meat is considered a delicacy to most Koreans! This is a fact! |
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BurnChurch
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:02 am Post subject: Hell-0 |
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Have ANY of you guyz tried Dog before? I spent only a week in korea and I really liked the food. But I cannot imagine myself eating dog.
Even if it is "a special breed only for eating".... just to picture it it makes my head spin.
I think if you never tell me it was dog and you tell me is horse or chicken, whatever.... I might like it.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
But in general, Korean food was SO great. That`s right ..bigger servings! heheh I like that.
Take care guyz! |
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JimDunlop2
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:34 am Post subject: |
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I'd try it! Heck, I'd try cat too given the chance. Bring it on!
I didn't realize until I got to Japan that I moved to an area known for its basashi -- that's horse sashimi (raw meat) for those of you who haven't heard of it before. Just like any sashimi, a bit o' shoyu and wasabi -- and it's really quite nice! I've taken quite a liking to it. Oishii!!!  |
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Lynn
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Interesting topic. I also like K-food. I loved chige. Kim chi chige! I also love "hot-dog" It's a crepe like sweet sold on the streets. I also like miso with that hot paste.
But if I had to choose between the two, it would J-food. Just because I am not much of a meat eater. But if I liked, meat, Korea would be awesome. Bulgogi, somgyupsom...etc.
I found it interesting that sometimes I would get confused what country I was in.
I was sitting at a restaurant. We all took off our shoes and crawled on the matted area. We sat on the floor at low tables. We could NOT pour our own drink. We had to pour for others, and let someone pour for us. And it is rude to just stick your cup out. There is a polite way to do it. We all waited until we got our drinks poured. We said "cheers" and drank. We shared little plates of side dishes. Red faces salary men got drunk at various tables around us.
I kept getting my drink refilled even though I hadn't finished yet. Someone was always pouring me some.
We said "it's delicious" after we ate our first bite and bobbed our head up and down with agreement. We continued to comment on the food as we ate it. "it's good" it's hot". |
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ajgeddes
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:34 am Post subject: |
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I am sorry to bust your bubble Jon Taylor but dog meat is sold almost everywhere in Korea and there are still many restaurants that serve dog meat in thoughout korea!
I lived in Seoul, Korea for five or so months. One time while walking through a crowded market place in the heart of Seoul, I came across skinned animal parts in a glass display. At first I thought it was a pig until I saw the paws and then sever head and realized it was a dog.
A colleague went with a few Korean teachers to a restaurant, they picked out a dog. The dog was taken to the kitchen and after a few drinks they ate the cooked dog.
Dog meat is considered a delicacy to most Koreans! This is a fact! |
That is NOT a fact. Dog meat is actually quite rare. Mostly only older Koreans eat dog meat. Most young Koreans wouldn't even think of eating it. Bosintang restaurants are relatively few and far between seeing as every other business in Korea is a restaurant.
I will admit though, the worst was one time at about 11PM someone was killing one of the dogs, and they way they kill it is to beat it while it is still alive. The dog lasted for about 40 minutes just crying and yelping until it suddenly stopped. I was in a state of shock because I knew exactly what was going on. |
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ajgeddes
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:36 am Post subject: |
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As well, I do agree that Korean food is in general pretty good but gets boring after about one year because there really just isn't that big of a variety. It is mostly spicy (the same spices) and mostly made of the exact same ingredients.
I think that Japanese food is much better, and I eat it as much as I can here. |
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Cshannon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:09 am Post subject: |
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| But if I had to choose between the two, it would J-food. Just because I am not much of a meat eater. But if I liked, meat, Korea would be awesome. Bulgogi, somgyupsom...etc. |
I agree. Korean food is spicy and delicious, but I like how the Japanese use stuff from the sea in everything -- it's so good and healthy and I feel good eating it everyday. Japanese food also has way more variety than people give it credit for; I never get bored eating Japanese food.
Also, I find that almost all other food in Japan is usually very good quality no matter the ethnicity (at least in Tokyo). I've surprisingly had better pasta (made from scratch) in Tokyo than in I've ever had in North America for example. You can find delicious authentic Korean food easily, I used to always eat at Korean places in east Shinjuku. The Chinese food (like in Yokohama, which is pretty famous) is probably better than the real thing too. I've eaten tons of excellent, reasonable priced ethnic buffets ranging from Vietnamese to Brazilian to Russian. There's no shortage of great international cuisine in Tokyo.
I find even most of the cheaper Japanese "fast food" like Ootoya is way better than any western fast food IMO (though I'll admit Yoshinoya is pretty nasty). And Mos/Freshness Burger, while more expensive, are way better than McDonalds and the like...
The bakeries around make way better bread than in North America (real French style boulangeries are all over the place) and the imported produce in the Tokyo department stores is truly excellent. I actually heard that my province in Canada imports most of its best apples to Japan, and Canadians get to choose between the small stumpy leftover ones (at least they don't cost $5 a pop though).
To tell the truth, I don't know if I've been to any other country that has better quality food overall, even if you don't like traditional J-food. Japanese seem to have very high standards in that regard. |
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Jon Taylor
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:31 am Post subject: |
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| Big John Stud wrote: |
I am sorry to bust your bubble Jon Taylor but dog meat is sold almost everywhere in Korea and there are still many restaurants that serve dog meat in thoughout korea!
I lived in Seoul, Korea for five or so months. One time while walking through a crowded market place in the heart of Seoul, I came across skinned animal parts in a glass display. At first I thought it was a pig until I saw the paws and then sever head and realized it was a dog.
A colleague went with a few Korean teachers to a restaurant, they picked out a dog. The dog was taken to the kitchen and after a few drinks they ate the cooked dog.
Dog meat is considered a delicacy to most Koreans! This is a fact! |
You lived in Korea for 4-5 months. Well, I lived there for 4 years and currently have a Korean wife.
Dog meat is considered a delicacy to a small and decreasing minority of Koreans. Very few (if any) of the younger generation have eaten it and turns their noses up at the very thought. That my friend is fact.
On the topic of restaurants, when the World Cup came to Korea, the government decided that restaurants selling dog meat should refrain from selling it on the busiest streets and have since outlawed this.
You are correct with one point however....dog meat is sold in busy markets. |
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Gordon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am Post subject: |
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| CShannon, living in a rural part of Japan, I can hardly relate to you at all about your description of J-food. Bakeries make one kind of bread only, white and spongy, and practically every ethnic restaurant tastes the same, very non-descript. Yes, the food is healthy, but where I live it is about as international as Ft. St. John or Nunavut. |
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Cshannon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:37 am Post subject: |
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| CShannon, living in a rural part of Japan, I can hardly relate to you at all about your description of J-food. Bakeries make one kind of bread only, white and spongy, and practically every ethnic restaurant tastes the same, very non-descript. Yes, the food is healthy, but where I live it is about as international as Ft. St. John or Nunavut. |
Yeah I guess that's fair -- I just re-read my post and realised how Tokyo-centric it was... sorry about that  Actually I haven't spent much time outside the big city, but if it's really rural then what you say makes sense. Hopefully the Japanese food is at least still tasty out there for you though? I'm curious if the food where you live is maybe 'region specific' or something (and therefore perhaps more limited in variety?). I dunno, but in Tokyo you basically get all the different Japanese food-styles from everywhere, so I guess it makes for more variety in day to day eating.
One region I've wanted to visit for some time is Hokkaido: I've heard the food's really good there.
Anyway, I maintain that the international (especially other Asian) cuisine in Tokyo is very good. Vancouver, where I'm from, also has loads of international food too, but I never really found it all that good... like there's sushi places, Thai, Indian and Chinese food everywhere, and it's decent, but somehow kinda lacking IMO. I always figured it was just the ingredients not being as good.
I guess there's not much for eating out in rural areas? In Tokyo I ended up eating out for nearly 1 year nearly everyday (often 3 times per day!) when I was living in a tiny apartment with basically no kitchen (too small to cook anything worthwhile) and it was always good, felt healthy enough, and I never got bored of it (though it was a tad costly). In Canada I'd get sick of eating everyday out really fast... |
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