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Kimchieluver



Joined: 02 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ilsanman wrote:
Does this sound familiar to anyone?


Rae wrote:
My Swede friend says all Germans like to pack their own food when vacationing. I don't know where he got this idea from but he swears Germans pack sausages everywhere they go for fear of German food withdrawal.

If this is really true, then their food can't be that bad, now can it?


Yeah, it does. Sad, really. I am always tempted to bring some kimchie to Canada but end up leaving it in the airplane due to customs fear.
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DCJames



Joined: 27 Jul 2006

PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:49 am    Post subject: Re: Korean food rules! Reply with quote

Justin Hale wrote:
Freakstar wrote:
For those of you who like to complain about Korean food and how it's so lacking in taste and variety, try living on German food. I'm in Germany right now and I swear, if I have to eat another sausage drenched in disgusting cold gravy and boiled potatoes, I will seriously go nuts. Minus the cheese and bread, German food is highly lacking... I honestly think it's worse than English food. Gimme some Samgyeopsal and kimchee jigae already!

But at least they have good beer here. Korean beer sucks!


British cooks such as Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver are world famous. Name me a single famous Korean cook.


What the FUC,K does British cooking have to do with German or Korean food you nitwit????????!
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Countrygirl



Joined: 19 Nov 2007
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

little mixed girl wrote:
korean food is pretty good.

i wish there was more of it in japan. i don't get why people here are always bashing on korean food. if you want breads, hit up paris bagette(sp) or i bet shinsegye or hyundai dept. store have a bakery...in fact i'm sure of it.

damn...


I agree that Korean food is good, but there is no real bread in Korea. Only fancy hotels carry the real thing and it is too expensive and too inconvenient to consider as an option. Bread in Korea is really cake in the shape of bread. Brown bread is just white bread with molasses added. It's like saying cheese slices are cheese or Uncle Ben's is rice.
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Ilsanman



Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea

PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree. Also, wayyyy too many breads are loaded with sugar and fresh cream.


Countrygirl wrote:
little mixed girl wrote:
korean food is pretty good.

i wish there was more of it in japan. i don't get why people here are always bashing on korean food. if you want breads, hit up paris bagette(sp) or i bet shinsegye or hyundai dept. store have a bakery...in fact i'm sure of it.

damn...


I agree that Korean food is good, but there is no real bread in Korea. Only fancy hotels carry the real thing and it is too expensive and too inconvenient to consider as an option. Bread in Korea is really cake in the shape of bread. Brown bread is just white bread with molasses added. It's like saying cheese slices are cheese or Uncle Ben's is rice.
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demaratus



Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Korean food is good, cheap and there is decent variety. German food is decent, fairly cheap (except their cheeses) and there is comparable variety. English food can be great and its poor reputation is usually from people who have only had bangers and mash or poorly cooked fare. You want poor food? Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, pretty much any east african cuisine (except Ethiopian). Those are poor.
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little mixed girl



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Countrygirl wrote:
little mixed girl wrote:
korean food is pretty good.

i wish there was more of it in japan. i don't get why people here are always bashing on korean food. if you want breads, hit up paris bagette(sp) or i bet shinsegye or hyundai dept. store have a bakery...in fact i'm sure of it.

damn...


I agree that Korean food is good, but there is no real bread in Korea. Only fancy hotels carry the real thing and it is too expensive and too inconvenient to consider as an option. Bread in Korea is really cake in the shape of bread. Brown bread is just white bread with molasses added. It's like saying cheese slices are cheese or Uncle Ben's is rice.


well, if you haven't, check out this page or paris bagette and see if there's something that strikes your fancy Smile
http://www.paris.co.kr/bread/bread_list.html?menu1=1&menu2=4&order=1

i'm not a big fan of the bread (sliced bread, that is) in japan. it's cut too thick and it expires quickly. but...i think that if you go around a bit, you can find something...
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pugwall



Joined: 22 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bucheon bum wrote:
jajdude wrote:
wow

Is there really a country with worse food than Korea?

North Korea perhaps?


Worse food in:

Egypt
Yemen
Jordan (outside Amman)

I'd add Bangladesh too. Not bad food, just gets boring after awhile.






And if it weren't for the influx of foreigners, the whole Arabian peninsula would be much worse as well.


Eat aweome food in Jordan. Syria kicks it to the curb tho
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sonicmatt



Joined: 04 Oct 2007

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ive been to germany twice and both times had awesome food. the doner kebabs are absolutely necessary after a night of drinking and the curry wurst in Berlin is awesome. pretzels are really great too, try and find them with the cheese in the middle, its like 10 cents more but worth it.
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NilesQ



Joined: 27 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jajdude wrote:
wow

Is there really a country with worse food than Korea?

North Korea perhaps?


Yeah, Japan. It is like Korean food but its cold and flavourless. Except sushi but who can afford to eat it every day
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princess



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rae wrote:
My Swede friend says all Germans like to pack their own food when vacationing. I don't know where he got this idea from but he swears Germans pack sausages everywhere they go for fear of German food withdrawal.

If this is really true, then their food can't be that bad, now can it?

hahaha! Many Koreans can't even go somewhere for a few days without packing shin ramyon to take with them. I've got nothing against shin ramyon. I eat it once in a while. But, I know a group of Koreans who recently went to Shanghai for 4 days and they took shin ramyon with them and they took a pic of a Korean restaurant they went to while they were there. I was just in Shanghai over Lunar New Year...and believe me, I didn't need shin ramyon! I had good Chinese food and some good German food while I was there, not to mention the bakeries there kick the bakeries in Seoul big time! And despite what many Koreans say, not all Chinese food is greasy. You just have to know what to order.
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Bramble



Joined: 26 Jan 2007
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe you could request the vegan option and see if it's any better?
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pugwall



Joined: 22 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

princess wrote:
Rae wrote:
My Swede friend says all Germans like to pack their own food when vacationing. I don't know where he got this idea from but he swears Germans pack sausages everywhere they go for fear of German food withdrawal.

If this is really true, then their food can't be that bad, now can it?

hahaha! Many Koreans can't even go somewhere for a few days without packing shin ramyon to take with them. I've got nothing against shin ramyon. I eat it once in a while. But, I know a group of Koreans who recently went to Shanghai for 4 days and they took shin ramyon with them and they took a pic of a Korean restaurant they went to while they were there. I was just in Shanghai over Lunar New Year...and believe me, I didn't need shin ramyon! I had good Chinese food and some good German food while I was there, not to mention the bakeries there kick the bakeries in Seoul big time! And despite what many Koreans say, not all Chinese food is greasy. You just have to know what to order.


More to the point they have Shin Ramyon in China.

Also the Chinese food Koreans eat is way more greasy and sticky than food in China.
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mgafunnell



Joined: 11 Apr 2007

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

korean food is excellent. well, most of it anyway. they know how to do a good bbq.
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Freakstar



Joined: 29 Jun 2007

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sonicmatt wrote:
ive been to germany twice and both times had awesome food. the doner kebabs are absolutely necessary after a night of drinking and the curry wurst in Berlin is awesome. pretzels are really great too, try and find them with the cheese in the middle, its like 10 cents more but worth it.


Dude, I tried the doner kebabs (which is Turkish, by the way) and the currywurst...but you can't live on that crap every day for weeks straight, no matter how good it tastes. I pretty much ate Italian every day, but even the Italian food in Germany was sub par...other than their beer and bread, food in Germany just sucks, period. Germans have strange tastes.

Best meal of the day by far was breakfast. My hotel had a pretty good spread of yogurt, muesli and different kinds of breads with butter, jam and honey and excellent coffee.
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