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[megraham]

Hey, I would like to try eating dog at least one time. Could anyone tell me a restaurant that I could go to, I live in Gangnam, Seoul, but can go to other areas of Seoul...Thanks for the help!

[wo buxihuan hanguoren]

I'm using my friend's laptop right now and can't type in hanguel, but surely you do know that is is called bosintang or yeongyang tang, right?

Ask a random Korean in the street. Easy-peezy, correct?

And, surely your boss is Korean, and most of your co-workers are, right?

Easier to ask them, non?

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[oneofthesarahs]

Traumatized dogs taste better.

[excitinghead]

[luvnpeas]

[excitinghead]

That reminds me, a find a lot of Koreans going on and on about the health benefits of eating dog meat, including women. I mean come on, like I said I have no problems with dog meat as long as the industry is clean and humane, but how can dog meat be any more or less healthier than over kinds, expcept perhaps in levels of fat?

I think the "man's stamina" idea has combined with defensiveness after so much foreign criticism of eating dog meat to exaggerate the health beneifs of it in many Korean's minds.

I'll never get the male stamina thing...any food vaguely phalic in this part of the world is apparently good for it and is killing endangered species like luvnpeas said, but so many men here will claim so many foods are good for men's stamina. But personally, if I needed man's stamina and was eating it for that purpose, I'd keep it to myself! Here, eating something for man's stamina almost seems like a virtue

[samd]

[lastat06513]

I had dog 3 times while in Korea (2 times at a restuarant and one time eating dog-flavored Ramyun that was given to me as a gift from one of my students from when she went to China)

There aren't many Boshintangjjips that advertise in the open, especially after the Olympics. Many restuarants are usually back-alley establishments or ajushi/ajumma joints.

The best place to try it would be in the countryside, since they might still use traditional recipes.

But if you're in Seoul, I would say Jungno is a good place to look. I saw a bunch of them near Seoul Cinema.

[indytrucks]

[awalk2remember]

Problems for eating dog are very simple ...

Dogs are part of my family and have always been. I have smelled Dog Soup and it made me vomit. It smelled like my dogs that have shared my life since I was a little girl.

Why chance eating an animal if there is even the slimmest chance that it has been tortured ?

[Pak Yu Man]

[fidel]

Fantastic dog restaurant up Mt Namhansanseong in southern Seoul. Set in amongst the forested mountains where in summer you can grab a table set right over a beautiful stream. Roast dog seemed to be on the menu when i was there though I didn't find in very palatable (mind wasn't quite with it) and got stuck into the duck and samgaetang instead.

For those who haven't been up MT Namhansanseong an amazing array of fabulous restaurants, great walks and a wonderful view.

[HapKi]

I had it last night. 수육 (Su Yook) is my favorite. Thinly sliced pieces of really tender meat steamed with greens. Delicious. The hot months of July and August really are the Dogs Days of Summer in Korea.

[luvnpeas]