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desperation
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
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 Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:02 pm Post subject: Eating Cheaply and Healthy |
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| Eating Helathy and Cheaply. I am allergic to tofu. I eat meat if its sanitary. I avoid pesticides and I know Korean levels MUST be much higher than US levels..... If I'm gonna live in S. Korea, where do I wanna be living and what am I gonna be buying and for how much please and thank you. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Peel your fruit and you should be ok, but good luck finding "organic." Seoul is going to be your best bet for a variety of foods, though it will be pricier than other areas. Supermarkets may be your best bet, but the countless number of restaurants will have something for you. Local markets are a better bet than big name markets, too. |
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KumaraKitty
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Location: Bucheon
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Organic vegetable stores are popping up everywhere lately, even E-Mart has it's own Organic Veggie spot. Organic Veggies are more expensive, but I can get a big bag of greens for about $3.
As for "sanitary" meat, what does that mean? As most of the meat here is Australian or Korean(US just got the green light to ship here after 3 years) they put a high emphasis on the quality of their meat, beef particularily. A shipment of US beef was sent back due to finding bonechips in it. Organic meat, I have no clue, but "sanitary", well, it's pretty clean and safe meat if that's what you mean.
We don't just have open air street markets here, we have big supermarkets like E-Mart(took over Walmart), Homever(took over Carrefour), Home Plus(Tesco is part owner) as well as supermarkets in all the major department stores. |
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Natalie
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
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So cheap, so good. (김밥) |
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desperation
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Those who know, won't say and those who say, don't know. Welcome to Dave's !
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
| Peel your fruit and you should be ok, but good luck finding "organic." Seoul is going to be your best bet for a variety of foods, though it will be pricier than other areas. Supermarkets may be your best bet, but the countless number of restaurants will have something for you. Local markets are a better bet than big name markets, too. |
Are you serious? PEEL IT? It is created with pesticide in the roots dude. By levels I mean WITHIN the composition of the produce. What about leafy vegetables? Should I peel them too? |
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desperation
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| Natalie wrote: |
So cheap, so good. (김밥) |
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OMG! I can't afford sushi here but I COULD LIVE ON IT. Whats the sushi scene like yonder. OMG, this is good. It was my 1st meal in taiwan (not cheap). |
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desperation
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
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Organic vegetable stores are popping up everywhere lately, even E-Mart has it's own Organic Veggie spot. Organic Veggies are more expensive, but I can get a big bag of greens for about $3.
As for "sanitary" meat, what does that mean? As most of the meat here is Australian or Korean(US just got the green light to ship here after 3 years) they put a high emphasis on the quality of their meat, beef particularily. A shipment of US beef was sent back due to finding bonechips in it. Organic meat, I have no clue, but "sanitary", well, it's pretty clean and safe meat if that's what you mean.
We don't just have open air street markets here, we have big supermarkets like E-Mart(took over Walmart), Homever(took over Carrefour), Home Plus(Tesco is part owner) as well as supermarkets in all the major department stores. |
You nailed it I meant the open air trip. This sounds sanitary. I get great austrailian lamb here in NY. What's the deal on the greens? Like salad or cookable? I'm big into that big $3 bag.....what some other stuff? Is rice cheap? I eat brown rice everyday out of cheapness....SUSHI is lookin preferable I dare say! I also eat only once a day out of cheapness too. Well, "poverty" is the correct word I beleive. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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| desperation wrote: |
| Natalie wrote: |
So cheap, so good. (김밥) |
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OMG! I can't afford sushi here but I COULD LIVE ON IT. Whats the sushi scene like yonder. OMG, this is good. It was my 1st meal in taiwan (not cheap). |
It's not sushi. It's sam gyeop sal. They cook it on the bbq and serve it with samjang sauce, lettuce and garlic. Really cheap too. About 500 Won a meal.
Yeah. You can save lots of money. Probably could budget for 1200 Won a day in meals. Really. About 300 less a day than the regular joe. Could save 100 bucks a year.
And yes. You better watch what you eat. There are perfect foods out there that are 100% healthy. Be careful of color. Eat the wrong color and you could get cancer and die. You be careful enough and you'll add a good month to your life. That's if you run away from people who are smoking and things like that. And experts say that you should stay out of cars, buses, subways, etc., wear a mask and walk everywhere. Takes getting up much earlier in the morings, but you'll be really healthy and maybe add a couple of weeks more to your life. And you'll save money to boot. Maybe a good 200 bucks a year. Be sure to keep a good ten feet from a lot of people, animals and cars though. Don't want to inhale any second hand smoke off of people's clothes, get any germs from animals, and inhale fumes.
It's kind of like a game. Dodge here and there everywhere you go to stay away from the killers making an extra 4 bucks/day. Adds up. Just be careful though. Accidents can eat at that healthy stash. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| KumaraKitty wrote: |
Organic vegetable stores are popping up everywhere lately, even E-Mart has it's own Organic Veggie spot. Organic Veggies are more expensive, but I can get a big bag of greens for about $3.
As for "sanitary" meat, what does that mean? As most of the meat here is Australian or Korean(US just got the green light to ship here after 3 years) they put a high emphasis on the quality of their meat, beef particularily. A shipment of US beef was sent back due to finding bonechips in it. Organic meat, I have no clue, but "sanitary", well, it's pretty clean and safe meat if that's what you mean.
We don't just have open air street markets here, we have big supermarkets like E-Mart(took over Walmart), Homever(took over Carrefour), Home Plus(Tesco is part owner) as well as supermarkets in all the major department stores. |
You nailed it I meant the open air trip. This sounds sanitary. I get great austrailian lamb here in NY. What's the deal on the greens? Like salad or cookable? I'm big into that big $3 bag.....what some other stuff? Is rice cheap? I eat brown rice everyday out of cheapness....SUSHI is lookin preferable I dare say! I also eat only once a day out of cheapness too. Well, "poverty" is the correct word I beleive. |
Rice is very expensive. That'll dip into your savings. |
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oxfordstu
Joined: 28 Aug 2004
Location: Bangkok
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| desperation wrote: |
| Natalie wrote: |
So cheap, so good. (김밥) |
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OMG! I can't afford sushi here but I COULD LIVE ON IT. Whats the sushi scene like yonder. OMG, this is good. It was my 1st meal in taiwan (not cheap). |
It's not sushi. It's sam gyeop sal. They cook it on the bbq and serve it with samjang sauce, lettuce and garlic. Really cheap too. About 500 Won a meal.
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You're kidding, right? That's kimbap (at least that's what it says in Korean). And where can you find sam gyeop sal for 500 won? You must be joking. |
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Binch Lover
Joined: 25 Jul 2005
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| You're kidding, right? That's kimbap (at least that's what it says in Korean). And where can you find sam gyeop sal for 500 won? You must be joking. |
Well... duh! 
Not big into sarcasm are we? Are you Korean? |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| desperation wrote: |
| Bibbitybop wrote: |
| Peel your fruit and you should be ok, but good luck finding "organic." Seoul is going to be your best bet for a variety of foods, though it will be pricier than other areas. Supermarkets may be your best bet, but the countless number of restaurants will have something for you. Local markets are a better bet than big name markets, too. |
Are you serious? PEEL IT? It is created with pesticide in the roots dude. By levels I mean WITHIN the composition of the produce. What about leafy vegetables? Should I peel them too? |
Yes. I take the first layer of "skin" off lettuce and beans. It's time consuming, but worth it. |
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discostar23
Joined: 22 Feb 2004
Location: getting the hell out of dodge
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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there are organic veggies at any supermarket.
Avoid the cheap kimbap restaurants (nara, chung-gook) as they put msg in almost everything.
As for sanitary meat...don't eat jeju pork ( i hear they feed their pigs poo) |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| discostar23 wrote: |
there are organic veggies at any supermarket.
Avoid the cheap kimbap restaurants (nara, chung-gook) as they put msg in almost everything.
As for sanitary meat...don't eat jeju pork ( i hear they feed their pigs poo) |
Jeju pork is quite good, even if they feed their piggies shite. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| I'm getting ella flashbacks. |
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