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mindmetoo
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 Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:43 am Post subject: Tapas: El Plato en Ho�gdae |
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http://lao-ocean.com/2007/08/23/el-plato/
http://maryeats.com/2006/10/04/new-review-in-the-korea-times-4/
http://www.elplato.co.kr/
There are not many restaurants in Seoul I go back to twice (besides Lotteria). But this tapas place is good stuff. Never been to Spain (but one of the bloggers above has and it passed muster) but I've had tapas in Toronto (no shortage of authentic ethnic cuisine there) and Seattle (everything tends to get dumbed down for whitey). This Korean tapas place in Ho�gdae pretty much nails it. A mite on the price side. A great date restaurant. Not big and the place fills up quickly. Another good sign. |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:48 am Post subject: |
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| uh, is it as good as lotteria? |
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mehmeh
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Location: South, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:50 am Post subject: Re: Tapas: El Plato en Ho�gdae |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| I've had tapas in Toronto (no shortage of authentic ethnic cuisine there) and Seattle (everything tends to get dumbed down for whitey). |
...people in Toronto aren't white? Spanish people aren't white? |
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The Bobster
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| MM2's on the spot with this, and he's right that it's a bit pricey, which means it's once-ce in a while kind of place. Good food, atmosphere elegant yet comfortable, and the location is central to a lot of the clubbing spots, so you can dance the food off afterwards. Tried the tapas at one or two other places and decided I liked this one better. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Tapas bars in Hongdae. I've now seen it all. People living in Seoul do not have a right to complain about any kind of food or drink, ever. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: Tapas: El Plato en Ho�gdae |
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| mehmeh wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| I've had tapas in Toronto (no shortage of authentic ethnic cuisine there) and Seattle (everything tends to get dumbed down for whitey). |
...people in Toronto aren't white? Spanish people aren't white? |
Toronto has very large ethnic communities upon which restaurants can draw their customers. Indian restaurants can make their food as spicy as they would back in India and have enough Indian expats to keep their restaurant alive. In smaller cities and cities not noted for taking great waves of immigrants (ie Seattle), ethnic restaurants find they have to appeal to indigenous tastes. Whitey. They have to dumb down their recipes.
Whitey can mean many things. I used it synonymous with "mangia cake".
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mangiacake |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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| indytrucks wrote: |
| Tapas bars in Hongdae. I've now seen it all. People living in Seoul do not have a right to complain about any kind of food or drink, ever. |
Actually there appears to be another one across from the Krispy Kream. Did not try that place. I'm not sure what you mean by people don't have a right to complain.
I remember once I went to this place in Seoul advertising gyros. Meat on a pita with lettuce and thousand island dressing, it turns out, doesn't make it gyros. Anyway, I mentioned that on a blog and someone who has never lived in Seoul was like "wow imagine you can't get authentic greek food in Seoul".
I thought a moment. I've had Mexican food in Seoul (Chili Chili's) that I was pleased with but if I was served that in Detroit's Mexican town I'd walk away from without paying. There is a certain wiggle room we grant here in Seoul. "Wow, this is about as close as they'll get it!" That tends to be the metric.
So when one complains, one complains on the basis "did they actually try to get it close? Or did they just look at a picture and made it based on a guess as to the ingredients?" |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I guess what I mean is, you're really spoiled for choice in Seoul now. Here in the 'country' haute cuisine is Outback or TGIF. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
I thought a moment. I've had Mexican food in Seoul (Chili Chili's) that I was pleased with but if I was served that in Detroit's Mexican town I'd walk away from without paying. |
If you walked out of any restaurant in Detroit without paying you'd be gangbanged and possibly shot. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: Tapas: El Plato en Ho�gdae |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Never been to Spain (but one of the bloggers above has and it passed muster) but I've had tapas in Toronto (no shortage of authentic ethnic cuisine there) and Seattle (everything tends to get dumbed down for whitey). |
Toronto is full of minorities? |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:10 am Post subject: Re: Tapas: El Plato en Ho�gdae |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| mehmeh wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| I've had tapas in Toronto (no shortage of authentic ethnic cuisine there) and Seattle (everything tends to get dumbed down for whitey). |
...people in Toronto aren't white? Spanish people aren't white? |
Toronto has very large ethnic communities upon which restaurants can draw their customers. |
What's the name of this large ethnic neighborhood coming from Spain that has settled in Toronto?
I never heard of large Spain-Spain immigrants creating large ethnic neighborhoods in Canada. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:26 am Post subject: Re: Tapas: El Plato en Ho�gdae |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| I never heard of large Spain-Spain immigrants creating large ethnic neighborhoods in Canada. |
First, I'm speaking in general, not of the Spanish specifically. However, there is a large Portuguese community and Portuguese also eat tapas. And I'm sure one is not above a bait n switch. A large number of Japanese sushi places in Toronto are run by Koreans, for example. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:36 am Post subject: |
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| indytrucks wrote: |
| I guess what I mean is, you're really spoiled for choice in Seoul now. Here in the 'country' haute cuisine is Outback or TGIF. |
Ah! Okay that makes sense. Yes. |
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