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[panthermodern]

How many people who now live in Seoul have lived outside Seoul ....

How many people who lived outside Seoul have eaten Korean food in Seoul ...

How many people have eaten in Jeon Ju (ChonJu) ?


I love Korean food but in Seoul ............

[just because]

I think that all the things that you hear about regional specialities might have been true 50 years ago but its not true. The food to me tastes the same all over the country. I'm sure the Bibimbap tastes good in Jeonju but it tastes the same to me all over the country. An exception maybe seafood on the coasts.

[panthermodern]

I strongly disagree, with everything except the seafood thing.

My opinion is that Korean food is better outside of Seoul, with regards to the average run of the mill restaurants.

The best Korean meals I have had, over the years, have been in either Deajon or Jeon Ju.

That's my opinion.

[The King of Kwangju]

PM, I strongly agree with your strong disagreement.

There is definitely a difference, but if you think Seoul is bad, wait til you try Koreatown in Toronto...

[panthermodern]

KoK:


As I told a friend (from Calgary) complaining about a steak in Seoul ....

"Hey, if you think they got this wrong ... order Korean at home ..."

Has anyone ever had "President's Choice Frozen Korean ...."

[The King of Kwangju]

"GWOW?" surely you mean "KoK?"

Last Friday night my sister went to a big industry party here in Toronto. Apparently "some company" (my sister couldn't remember the name) is launching soju here with great fanfare.

I'd love to hear their angle:

"Immerse yourself in the silky goodness of the mysterious far east..."

[panthermodern]

Sorry about that .......

How about this one:

Soju: Korean White Lighining .......

[Dan]

korean food tastes good in los angeles

[Zyzyfer]

When I go to Seoul, I like to avoid Korean food...particularly grilled meats and stuff. I've found the ultimate cheap kalbi restaurant, the ultimate meaty kalbi restaurant, and the ultimate bulgogi restaurant, and they're all here in Cheonan. Suwon has the strange concoction, bibim mandu, and also has the best donggasuh restaurant I've been to.

Besides, Seoul is "international", so I don't want to eat Korean food when I go there.

[Dr. Buck]

It's all relative. Sometimes you hit a good place, sometimes you don't.

It's the places in the small towns and countryside that you sometimes have to look out for:

Was out fishing last weekend--middle of nowhere, and I stopped in a hole in the wall resturant. "Greasy spoon" would be a compliment for this joint.
Fly-specked flourescent lightbulbs, peeling wallpaper, smeared grime on the lightswitch and on the sliding door, an old soju calendar on the wall, a broken cukoo clock, cigarette burned linoleum with the flaps up on the wall.
The ajumma squats in the kitchen and works on the floor, slapping meat around. The place was a dump, and the food just as bad.
Many of the country folk just don't have standards that are exactly up to par.
But this permeates throughout the nation: simply put, Korean cuisine is low brow, poverty-influenced cooking. It's unoriginal and its the same dishes over and over again. Same tired recipes, same boring ingredients. The list is short and most of the dishes can be made by any 12 year old.
How to butcher a chicken for dak-jim: smash it up with a cleaver and chuck it in the pot.
How to fillet a fish for most Korean dishes: smash it up into chunks with a cleaver, throw it into the pot.

Let the diner pick out the sharp bones stabbed into his gums.


Read John Thorne's Simple Cooking http://www.outlawcook.com/
and you'll get a new perspective on what you put in your mouth.

[indytrucks]

Korean food, like anywhere else in the country, is delicious depending on where you go.

The best places to eat in Seoul, IMHO, are the little ajumma soup places in/near Namdaemun. Cheap and great atmosphere. There are some other great little maeoontang near Kwanghwamun as well.