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stevemcgarrett

Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Worst Korean food?
Um, let's see, I wouldn't know where to start, really.
They can't even get green tea right here.  |
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Hyeon Een

Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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stevemcgarrett wrote: |
Worst Korean food?
Um, let's see, I wouldn't know where to start, really.
They can't even get green tea right here.  |
What the hell's wrong with the green tea?? I think it's great here. Go buy yourself some nice Boseong green tea and make it properly. Good stuff. Expensive though. |
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stevemcgarrett

Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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Hyeon:
Even a common brand of Chinese green tea surpasses the expensive brands here. As for handpicked Hangzhou Dragon Green Tea, nothing in Korea or Japan can approach it. Japan likes to brag about its tea culture but most of it orginated in China--same for Korea. |
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shrews68
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
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Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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sea cucumber is my winner so far |
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stevemcgarrett

Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:11 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, sea cucumber is pretty bad, but they have that in Japan and China too. What about those big insects, are they fried locusts or something?
Anything "native" to Korea that's widely eaten that's unedible?
I'd have to say most of their street food falls into that category, although at least it doesn't make me want to vomit. |
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Alan Partidge
Joined: 29 Nov 2005
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:21 am Post subject: |
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Gaebul, it looks like someone chopped off their d**k and threw it in a fish tank. |
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SuperHero

Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:24 am Post subject: |
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Bulsajo wrote: |
sangnakji. Octopus plucked from the tank, killed and chopped up in front of you (or nearby) and served raw and wriggling. Ugh. |
There is something wrong with you. That stuff is excellent. |
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SuperHero

Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:31 am Post subject: |
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What is everyones beef with 오댕? Man I love that stuff.
However I do agree that 본대기 (spelling?) and 순대 are outright disgusting. And the seafood thingy that Son Dureo mentioned is pretty bad too. |
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Oreovictim
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:14 am Post subject: |
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ED209 wrote: |
Chocolate here sucks Wonka's balls.
Where's my mars and cadbury's.
Give me a lion bar or bounty.
Hershey's? No thanks. And that white chocolate thing, yuk.
Munchies! Malteasers! Creme Eggs! Crunchie! Milky Bar!
I'm going to phone my mum now. |
I'd have to agree with this guy. I'm from the States, and Hershey's is just bland. We have a store back home called World Market. I've had candy in the foreign section from that store, and those Lion bars are incredible. |
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stevemcgarrett

Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:13 am Post subject: |
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Oh, here we go, the old let's knock Hershey's routine.
For the quantity produced and sold and the price, Hershey's is hard to beat. Sure, you can spend a fortune on Belgian chocolates. Cadbury's? Give me a break. English chocolate sucks. Dutch is o.k. and some Swiss and, heck, even some Tianjin dark chocolate from China is good and dirt cheap. Even Japanese Meija isn't too bad or the Ghana variety.
And for fanciers, I suppose Godiva would be up to muster. Some people prefer dark, some milk chocolate, some even...Cadbury's. |
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jaganath69

Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:41 am Post subject: |
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Does anyone here like O-jingo-jot, the spicy raw squid burried in a pot for a while? I love the stuff, usually buy a few hundred grams a week for my final bit of protien for the evening (am weightlifting again). |
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sojusucks

Joined: 31 May 2008
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:17 am Post subject: |
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When I first came to Korea, I was out in the country. In fact, country folk would consider it to be the country. I ate things that I couldn't even tell you the name of; the food I have access to now was a sheer delicacy. I am glad to be out of that small, small, podunk town.
I ate things that were bland and made liver taste quite nice. If you ever want an adventure, travel through the Korean countryside. |
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Freakstar
Joined: 29 Jun 2007
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:33 am Post subject: |
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bondeggi - boiled silkworm larvae - never tried it, never will
san nachi - live squid - never tried it, never will
soondae - blood sausage made from pig or cow intestines - i think it tried when i was a kid and didn't like it
jokbal - pig's feet
dakbal - chicken feet - never tried it, never will
bossam - steamed pork wrapped in lettuce and served with pickled condiments - love samgyeopsal, but bossam doesn't do it for me
anything made from dog meat - never tried it, never will |
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saw6436
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon, ROK
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:11 am Post subject: |
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Fermented fish stomach, eyes, hearts and livers, etc. Served as a sidedish by the captain of a charter boat I went fishing on. I ate it but didn't enjoy it at all. |
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wylies99

Joined: 13 May 2006 Location: I'm one cool cat!
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:36 am Post subject: |
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"bondeggi - boiled silkworm larvae" is some nasty crap. Someone, somewhere, probably uses that as a torture device |
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