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[bangbayed]

[offtheoche]

[Vancouver]

if you hate korean food, you have at least 2 options
1)make your own food. It's easy to make scrambled eggs, pork roast, chicken. a lot of western ingredients are available, like bell peppers and button mushrooms. Plus, onions garlic and eggs are in almost every cuisine. If you can't make your own food, go to Itaewon or something...or date a girl that can cook western food. oh, and you can easily get pasta here too. And making your own dough is easy too.

2)Get the frak out.

[madoka]

[Mdvl_lady50]

Anthony Bourdain rocks. I love his shows and books. Commercial over.

I've only had Korean food half a dozen times in moderate priced restaurants in California -- There is a Koreatown. It was okay, and represented what I ate that I read in the Lonely Planet book. I happen to like Chinese better, but whatever.

This is a very subjective topic, as we all love food. Whenever we venture to another country, it comes down to loving, tolerating or hating the food. My eldest daughter whom I consider to be very bright in the brains department could not stand Czech food. She really never gave it a chance. She also hates UK/Irish food with the added carbs/fats, etc. That being said, she was raised on a lot of Mex food (we lived close to the border) -- Go figure. And this is a girl who has a Master's (obviously not a dietician), but has a bias. I think we all do.

My preaching point is that when we decide to move to a foreign country, take the food in mind. When I move to Korea in the spring, I will buy a crock pot and small oven. I will cook at home and buy from the overpriced capatlistic Costco (at least it's available) on occasion. That being said, I do like rice, kimchi, soups, stews, seafood, etc. I'm not a vegetarian, but I like the broths and can happily eat around the meat like I do in the States. It's really not rocket science to find something to eat.

Traveling to different parts of the world is to try and adjust or make subs with your own ingredients, which my "Mommy" will be mailing me when I run out of what I need and can't get.

[Mdvl_lady50]

This is why food is so subjective. I hadn't really read the previous post of why Yanks (i.e. I'm one) wouldn't be receptive to eating fries with gravy on top --excuse me. It's a cultural thing. It's not particularly appealing or appetizing. Somehow, I don't think a lot of Koreans would particularly like french fries, with chili cheese on top (salsa on the side) which we get in the States at several drive through fast foods (Del Taco stands up there which is hideous in most respects). I remember being in York, England years ago at a KFC, and I was served gravy with the chips -- my kids had a fit. I just had another Johnny Walker, and let them fight over it. Where were the mashed spuds -- but we were not in the States, so whatever. Go with the flow.

That being said I learned to love chips in England with curry type of gravy. At first I thought it would be gruesome, but it was yummy. We all have to try new things.

[Yesterday]

[VanIslander]

[crusher_of_heads]

[Scotticus]

[Gimpokid]

There isn't a universally liked food in the west.

I've never met a Korean who didn't LOVE kimchi.

Has anyone ever met a Korean that didn't like kimchi or didn't want to eat it 3 times a day?

Even 2 gyopo friends I had in the states who hadn't been in Korea since infancy tried kimchi and thought it was really, really good. I swear it's genetic.

[VanIslander]

[Fishead soup]

The secret to eating Kimchi is eating the stuff that doesn't have tons of fish sauce on it. There's one province that makes crappy Kimchi. I'm not sure which one it is.

[jkelly80]

Korean food is not nearly as bad as the OP made it out to be, nor it is nearly as good as the 우리나라 everything-Korean-is-great-great-GREAT make it out to be. It only has one sauce, fer chrissakes. It needs to be gormandized, a la Thai food.

[crusher_of_heads]