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kenbamd · Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Location: Seoul, Korea

JUST WONDERING..U CAN CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE AT WWW.ONTHEBORDER.CO.KR
THEY HAVE A LISTED MENU, BUT NO SET PRICES YET?? WILL IT FAIL LIKE TACO BELL??IS IT GOING TO BE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR KOREAN TASTE BUDS??

cruisemonkey · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:24 am Post subject:

Great, rice tortillas filled with kimchee and squid. Rolling Eyes

! Salsa? No... some sickly sweet syrup.

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

reactionary · Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Location: korreia

hopefully they will strictly follow the menu of the american restaurants.

i've had it in the US...it was pricy there...i'm sure it'll be pricey here too

Jizzo T. Clown · Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Location: at my wit's end

That's near Sinchon right? I couldn't find the opening date. Didn't look too bad, though.

jaganath69 · Joined: 17 Jul 2003

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Taco Bell opened and failed in Korea? When? I can't recalling seeing any in 2000-2001 when I was a tourist. I came here in 2003 and never saw one.

zai · Joined: 07 Oct 2007

seems like they're going for the look and feel of baja fresh or rubio's restaurants back in the states. i'll try it out this week and report back.

Optimus Prime · Joined: 05 Jul 2007

I am all over this like white on rice. Heck, even the Margaritas look authentic, and not too pricey, 7,900 won. Yeah, it's a big chain type of Mexican, but that's fine in my book, as we're in Korea. It'll be better than any of these not-quite-mexican tasting joints around.

Unposter · Joined: 04 Jun 2006

I never saw it but I've heard some old timers talk about taco bell being in Korea. My memory is sketchy and someone with more accurate information please chime in. Anyway, there was a taco bell in Gangnam pre-IMF.

It went out of business. Koreans did not like it -- ready for this -- they said it was too spicy.

hogwonguy1979 · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: the racoon den

crazy_arcade · Joined: 05 Nov 2006

many foreign companies pulled out of this country in the late 90's.

Remember, Korea has just recently gotten back to the level of wealth that it had acquired pre-IMF. Old-timers are reminiscent of the old days with wendys, taco bell, and virgin superstores.....

Scotticus · Joined: 18 Mar 2007

samd · Joined: 03 Jan 2007

seoulsucker · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:30 am Post subject:

I wouldn't be surprised to see a Taco Bell pop up in the near future. With KFC and Pizza Hut having such a strong presence here, it's only a matter of time before Pepsico decides that mexican cuisine (if you can even consider Taco Bell mexican cuisine) has finally started to catch on here and it's worth another shot.