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blakely
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 Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:41 am Post subject: do they sell Soju in Taiwan? |
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TaoyuanSteve
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:04 am Post subject: Re: do they sell Soju in Taiwan? |
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| blakely wrote: |
| Do they sell Soju in Taiwan? |
Yes, though obviously not nearly as readily as in Korea. It's a specialty import item here and not widely sold or consumed. I've seen it on sale in hyper marts like Carrefour. |
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JZer
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Almost every Korean restaurant in Taipei sells soju! |
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Rooster_2006
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:02 pm Post subject: Re: do they sell Soju in Taiwan? |
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| blakely wrote: |
| Do they sell Soju in Taiwan? |
Yes, they do. My friend (a woman by the name of Jeong-ok) sells it at her Korean restaurant in Fongshan City, Kaohsiung. However, why would you want to buy it? Soju sucks... By far, the best thing at her restaurant is the 제육볶음밥, not the 소주... |
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TaoyuanSteve
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| Why all this talk about restaurants? While it may be nice to have a glass with dinner, if you are someone who really enjoys a particular drink, you want a cheaper source for off sales. The hypermart I mentioned is a better source. Although, I have to concur with one poster's sentiment: soju is turpentine. |
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Rooster_2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:55 am Post subject: |
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| TaoyuanSteve wrote: |
| Why all this talk about restaurants? While it may be nice to have a glass with dinner, if you are someone who really enjoys a particular drink, you want a cheaper source for off sales. The hypermart I mentioned is a better source. Although, I have to concur with one poster's sentiment: soju is turpentine. |
Yeah, at least the stuff that comes in green bottles. That's definitely turpentine.
The traditional stuff in the old ceramic bottles (like 안동 소주) is actually fairly palatable, but I have a hunch that's not what the OP is asking for. My guess is that he's looking for 참이슬 or 진로 처음 처럼.
However, if he's looking for the traditional stuff (like you'd give for a gift), there are many Korean gift shops that sell that kind of thing. There is at least one in the basement of Dream Mall in Kaohsiung. |
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TaoyuanSteve
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:38 am Post subject: |
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| Rooster_2006 wrote: |
| TaoyuanSteve wrote: |
| Why all this talk about restaurants? While it may be nice to have a glass with dinner, if you are someone who really enjoys a particular drink, you want a cheaper source for off sales. The hypermart I mentioned is a better source. Although, I have to concur with one poster's sentiment: soju is turpentine. |
Yeah, at least the stuff that comes in green bottles. That's definitely turpentine.
The traditional stuff in the old ceramic bottles (like 안동 소주) is actually fairly palatable, but I have a hunch that's not what the OP is asking for. My guess is that he's looking for 참이슬 or 진로 처음 처럼.
However, if he's looking for the traditional stuff (like you'd give for a gift), there are many Korean gift shops that sell that kind of thing. There is at least one in the basement of Dream Mall in Kaohsiung. |
That's all very nice and dandy. However, since this is an English-language board-- and about Taiwan no less-- could you please refrain from taking every opportunity to show off your beginner-level Korean? Please post the names in romanized phonetic spelling, so all may read it. I could just as easily dazzle you with my Chinese character ability, but think it childish and unnecessary to do so. |
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Rooster_2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:00 am Post subject: |
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| TaoyuanSteve wrote: |
| Rooster_2006 wrote: |
| TaoyuanSteve wrote: |
| Why all this talk about restaurants? While it may be nice to have a glass with dinner, if you are someone who really enjoys a particular drink, you want a cheaper source for off sales. The hypermart I mentioned is a better source. Although, I have to concur with one poster's sentiment: soju is turpentine. |
Yeah, at least the stuff that comes in green bottles. That's definitely turpentine.
The traditional stuff in the old ceramic bottles (like 안동 소주) is actually fairly palatable, but I have a hunch that's not what the OP is asking for. My guess is that he's looking for 참이슬 or 진로 처음 처럼.
However, if he's looking for the traditional stuff (like you'd give for a gift), there are many Korean gift shops that sell that kind of thing. There is at least one in the basement of Dream Mall in Kaohsiung. |
That's all very nice and dandy. However, since this is an English-language board-- and about Taiwan no less-- could you please refrain from taking every opportunity to show off your beginner-level Korean? |
And could you please refrain from being aggressive? Asking me to romanize things is fine, but insulting my Korean ability out of the blue was uncalled-for.
By the way, my Korean is just fine, not "beginner-level" as you have suggested. In addition to living in Korea for five years, I graduated from YSKLI in Seoul, class of '08, and passed KLPT Level 5.
If you can't read what I wrote, maybe rather than insulting my Korean skills, you could simply ask me, in a civil manner to translate it.
안동 소주  Andong Soju (a type of Soju from Andong)
참이슬 Chamiseul (a brand name, cannot be translated further)
진로 처음 처럼 Jinro Cheoeum Cheoreom (once again, a brand name)
I think it was perfectly reasonable to write the things in Korean, since even the romanizations make no sense to someone not familiar with Korea, but if you wanted romanizations, all you had to do was ask nicely (without the insult) and I would have romanized them. Heck, I romanized them anyway.
| TaoyuanSteve wrote: |
| Please post the names in romanized phonetic spelling, so all may read it. I could just as easily dazzle you with my Chinese character ability, but think it childish and unnecessary to do so. |
I wouldn't hold it against you if you did use Chinese on this board. If you decide that you don't want to do so, that's your choice, but don't impose your personal choices/pet peeves on me or the other posters on the board.
The OP's thread was about how to find a Korean beverage in Taiwan. Using a Korean term here or there is suitable for a thread about finding a Korean product. People frequently use French terms when talking about French wine, so I don't see what the problem is when using a conservative number of Korean terms to discuss Korean liquor. |
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TaoyuanSteve
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