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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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 Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: Looking for an American Style Chinese Buffet. |
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| I sometimes have the strong urge to eat some American style Chinese food. I want tons of Sweet and sour chicken balls with lots of goop on them. And the Wonton soup that has just one small Mandoo. Then a nice jumbo Egg roll with plum souce all over it. I used to love Mr. Pongs in Toronto he must have had the biggest egg roll I've seen. |
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lucas_p
Joined: 17 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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HAHAHA,
Really, tell me when you find one.
At least Mexican restaurants EXIST here, albeit in tiny numbers.
Whenever I have asked my Korean friends and associates about THAT one, however, I get blank stares. And then after I explain what is involved with those type of restaurants, I get the baffled "never heard of it" nod.
Really, good luck. |
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maeil
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Location: Haebangchon
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Ho Lee Chow is the most Americanized Chinese food I think you'll find. The two I know of are in Bundang (Jeongja) and Itaewon (in the Hamilton Hotel), but I assume there are more. I don't believe they have a buffet, and the food is on the pricey side. A nice dinner for two there (with a bottle of wine) ran me 100k, but it can be done cheaper if you just want to try one dish. We had a few and shared. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Yongsan Garrison has one Chinese food place in their food court, a couple places down from their Taco Bell. I got some army friends to let me in once and it was worth it. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| maeil wrote: |
| Ho Lee Chow is the most Americanized Chinese food I think you'll find. The two I know of are in Bundang (Jeongja) and Itaewon (in the Hamilton Hotel), but I assume there are more. I don't believe they have a buffet, and the food is on the pricey side. A nice dinner for two there (with a bottle of wine) ran me 100k, but it can be done cheaper if you just want to try one dish. We had a few and shared. |
There is one in Jamsil too near Lotte Department Store. Its expensive but pretty good. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Yongsan Garrison has one Chinese food place in their food court, a couple places down from their Taco Bell. I got some army friends to let me in once and it was worth it. |
Wow, a food court. Paradise. I can just picture the fortune cookies now. |
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NightSky
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for an American Style Chinese Buffet. |
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| Fishead soup wrote: |
| I sometimes have the strong urge to eat some American style Chinese food. I want tons of Sweet and sour chicken balls with lots of goop on them. And the Wonton soup that has just one small Mandoo. Then a nice jumbo Egg roll with plum souce all over it. I used to love Mr. Pongs in Toronto he must have had the biggest egg roll I've seen. |
are you looking for places only in Seoul? |
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jeffkim1972
Joined: 10 Jan 2007
Location: Mokpo
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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Go to the IMperial Palace Seoul Hotel.
Go down one level to the Buffet.
http://www.imperialpalace.co.kr/eng/restaurants/buffet/familia.asp
It is amazing. A bit pricey i think, but the best meal i ever had in my life. They have some american style chinese very well done in a high class way.
The most amazing and widest selection of food. If you have ONE meal or are taking your loved one on that one special occasion, THIS IS THE PLACE! |
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waltjocketty
Joined: 09 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| jeffkim1972 wrote: |
Go to the IMperial Palace Seoul Hotel.
Go down one level to the Buffet.
http://www.imperialpalace.co.kr/eng/restaurants/buffet/familia.asp
It is amazing. A bit pricey i think, but the best meal i ever had in my life. They have some american style chinese very well done in a high class way.
The most amazing and widest selection of food. If you have ONE meal or are taking your loved one on that one special occasion, THIS IS THE PLACE! |
Indeed, my friend. Indeed. In Seoul, you can always count on hotels to have the food that makes you moist. |
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NightSky
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| jeffkim1972 wrote: |
Go to the IMperial Palace Seoul Hotel.
Go down one level to the Buffet.
http://www.imperialpalace.co.kr/eng/restaurants/buffet/familia.asp
It is amazing. A bit pricey i think, but the best meal i ever had in my life. They have some american style chinese very well done in a high class way.
The most amazing and widest selection of food. If you have ONE meal or are taking your loved one on that one special occasion, THIS IS THE PLACE! |
and, not that this is a reflection on the quality of their food, (I hope), when you click on the FAQ at the bottom of that link's page it says "Comming Soom".  |
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jeffkim1972
Joined: 10 Jan 2007
Location: Mokpo
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| NightSky wrote: |
| jeffkim1972 wrote: |
Go to the IMperial Palace Seoul Hotel.
Go down one level to the Buffet.
http://www.imperialpalace.co.kr/eng/restaurants/buffet/familia.asp
It is amazing. A bit pricey i think, but the best meal i ever had in my life. They have some american style chinese very well done in a high class way.
The most amazing and widest selection of food. If you have ONE meal or are taking your loved one on that one special occasion, THIS IS THE PLACE! |
and, not that this is a reflection on the quality of their food, (I hope), when you click on the FAQ at the bottom of that link's page it says "Comming Soom". |
Not at all. The place is pretty much packed all the time. Used to be called the Amiga hotel, recently renovated about a year ago. I don't recall, but it might have been about 66,000Won per person.
I'm probably the most negative about Korean food, but this place just blew me away. |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:12 am Post subject: |
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| jeffkim1972 wrote: |
Go to the IMperial Palace Seoul Hotel.
Go down one level to the Buffet.
http://www.imperialpalace.co.kr/eng/restaurants/buffet/familia.asp
It is amazing. A bit pricey i think, but the best meal i ever had in my life. They have some american style chinese very well done in a high class way.
The most amazing and widest selection of food. If you have ONE meal or are taking your loved one on that one special occasion, THIS IS THE PLACE! |
It is supposed to be a very cheesy and mobbed up place. Do you like Yakuza and Korean gangsters sitting in the same room as you? |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
| maeil wrote: |
| Ho Lee Chow is the most Americanized Chinese food I think you'll find. The two I know of are in Bundang (Jeongja) and Itaewon (in the Hamilton Hotel), but I assume there are more. I don't believe they have a buffet, and the food is on the pricey side. A nice dinner for two there (with a bottle of wine) ran me 100k, but it can be done cheaper if you just want to try one dish. We had a few and shared. |
There is one in Jamsil too near Lotte Department Store. Its expensive but pretty good. |
There is another one right by Hakdong intersection in Apgujeong-dong.
On another note, I went to Ho Lee Chow when they had just one store back in the 1990s. The style is more CANADIAN rather than American because they didn't put the crackers in the hot and sour soup. I talked to the two Korean-Canadian owners about the food, and they told me they'd changed the flavors so many times to cater to customers. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| pkang0202 wrote: |
| maeil wrote: |
| Ho Lee Chow is the most Americanized Chinese food I think you'll find. The two I know of are in Bundang (Jeongja) and Itaewon (in the Hamilton Hotel), but I assume there are more. I don't believe they have a buffet, and the food is on the pricey side. A nice dinner for two there (with a bottle of wine) ran me 100k, but it can be done cheaper if you just want to try one dish. We had a few and shared. |
There is one in Jamsil too near Lotte Department Store. Its expensive but pretty good. |
There is another one right by Hakdong intersection in Apgujeong-dong.
On another note, I went to Ho Lee Chow when they had just one store back in the 1990s. The style is more CANADIAN rather than American because they didn't put the crackers in the hot and sour soup. I talked to the two Korean-Canadian owners about the food, and they told me they'd changed the flavors so many times to cater to customers. |
Did they have ginger beef? |
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jeffkim1972
Joined: 10 Jan 2007
Location: Mokpo
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Roch wrote: |
| jeffkim1972 wrote: |
Go to the IMperial Palace Seoul Hotel.
Go down one level to the Buffet.
http://www.imperialpalace.co.kr/eng/restaurants/buffet/familia.asp
It is amazing. A bit pricey i think, but the best meal i ever had in my life. They have some american style chinese very well done in a high class way.
The most amazing and widest selection of food. If you have ONE meal or are taking your loved one on that one special occasion, THIS IS THE PLACE! |
It is supposed to be a very cheesy and mobbed up place. Do you like Yakuza and Korean gangsters sitting in the same room as you? |
Geez, don't let your oversensitized paranoia prevent you from getting out in this world. There were many kids and familes there. But even if there are Yakuza and gangsters there, they're there for only one reason, the awesome food!
I was there with 4 other foreigners from Australia and the US, don't worry, we were virtually ignored. |
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