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Bryan · Joined: 29 Oct 2007

I want to know some names of Korean dishes that I could order at restaurants and still comply with my diet. No rice, noodles, beans, sugar-added, battered, breaded, or deep fried foods please. Vegetables, spices, meats, seafood, in stew, soup, or on a plate are all what I'm looking for.

Paddycakes · Joined: 05 May 2003 Location: Seoul

Okay, one popular meat dish you'd like is called "Bo-Gee". It's pretty low-fat; you'd like it.

When ordering, you'd say: "Bo-Gee Hanna Cho-say-oh".

icicle · Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Location: Gyeonggi do Korea

Most Korean food I have eaten in a Korean restaurant has come with either rice or noodles ... In fact if it is not a noodle based dish ... It will usually be served with rice on the side (traditionally rice and kimchi are eaten as part of every meal) ... BUT if the rice is served separately and you don't want the rice for whatever reason ... Then don't eat it OR say that you don't want rice with it ... I need to eat as healthily as possible and usually eat Korean food ... But I can't think of many meals that did not include either rice or noodles ... But I have also eaten a lot of meals that other than the rice would meet what you want .. In fact almost all of the restaurant meals I have eaten would but for the rice fit what you have said you want. I would suggest learning the hangul mal to say that you do not want rice. I don't know what that is. But I am sure that someone on this list will.

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

Sung-yup-saa and So-ju.

cisco kid · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject:

A lot of foods come with plenty of veggies though...that's gotta be healthy.

Grab the Chickens Levi · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Location: Ilsan

sargx · Joined: 29 Nov 2007

Vegetables are for girls. I lost 30lbs on my kalbi/bulgogi/samgyupsal diet.

aka Dave · Joined: 02 May 2008 Location: Down by the river

Doen-jang-chugae is one. Soybean paste stew. Has tofu.

Chamchi Kimchi chugae (this is tuna kimi stew) another.

Oching-o dop bop is good, just don't eat the rice. That's squid and veggies on rice.

I'd just go get hweh. Raw fish. Lots of protein.

NightSky · Joined: 19 Apr 2005

jkelly80 · Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Location: you boys like mexico?

"Without" is "bay-go". If you don't want rice, you could say "bap [rice] bay-go [without]". The problem is, 'bap' also means 'meal' so they might get confused. You could just say "rice-uh" after you say 'bap' and they'll understand you.

Bryan · Joined: 29 Oct 2007

Underwaterbob · Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Location: In Cognito

Try out some jjims. They are usually quite spicy, thick and stew-like. they also generally don't come with rice unless you order it. Dwae-ji galbi jjim is my favorite and hae-mul jjim can be great with the right seafood. The wang saewoo (king shrimp) and gae (crab) versions are awesome while the one loaded with fish and sea slugs not so much.

Why the complete abstinence from grains and beans?

Grab the Chickens Levi · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Location: Ilsan

Sundooboo chiggae

Pretty sure it's quite healthy (again it's often boiled to the point where the nutrients are destroyed sadly though) and it tastes superb.

It's my favorite Korean dish by far.

CentralCali · Joined: 17 May 2007

A few weeks ago, I caught part of a tv show discussing the healthfulness of traditional Korean food. Surprisingly, it was a Korean show and the nutritionists interviewed on the program were Koreans. The description of the foods as not healthy didn't surprise me at all.

Come on! How can this stuff even remotely be considered health food?

hugekebab · Joined: 05 Jan 2008