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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:54 pm Post subject: Korean food is the #1 reason why tourists come to Korea |
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http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2900292
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Indeed, the number one reason for foreign tourists to fly to Korea is neither an old royal palace nor the natural landscape.
It�s food. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Amazed me. That being said greasy samgyopsal, roasted garlic & kimchi wrapped in lettuce can be a slice of heaven. There`s one thing Korea Sparkling has going for it. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Well it certainly isn't the palaces or the "natural" landscape. |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Is the world ready for Korean cuisine? |
Get over yourselves. Korean food is good, but it isn't any more special than any of the other cuisines out there.
Sounds as, if the locals are feeling good, they might let those who are not Koreans try some. Yawn. |
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ryoga013
Joined: 23 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:06 am Post subject: |
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| weatherman wrote: |
| Get over yourselves. Korean food is good, but it isn't any more special than any of the other cuisines out there. |
I'm with another poster that stated "I don't really call Korean food 'cuisine' Cuisine has a certain ring to it that Korean food lacks. |
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victorology
Joined: 10 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:42 am Post subject: |
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| I wouldn't be surprised. There aren't really many sights in Korea. This is especially true for Seoul. I think Korea as a tourist destination is much more about the experience rather than the sights. Grilling samgyeop-sal while sitting on a plastic stool, eating raw fish by the ocean in Busan, drinking soju in a tent bar, etc. |
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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:48 am Post subject: |
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Features/2009/01/28/27/0801000000AEN20090128007900315F.HTML
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Miyeokguk, Korea's traditional seaweed soup, is also gaining popularity among new mothers in the United States as part of a nutritious post-childbirth diet.
More than half of the new mothers recovering at the Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles order the restorative soup, and many post-childbirth centers in the region have been inquiring about it, officials said.
"We serve about 100 bowls of seaweed soup a day, and about half of those go to non-Korean patients," said Kim Chun-bok, an executive director for Korea's CHA Medical Group which took over the medical center last year. "Rich in calcium and iodine, the soup is effective in contracting the uterus and stopping bleeding for new mothers." |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:09 am Post subject: |
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| Troll_Bait wrote: |
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Features/2009/01/28/27/0801000000AEN20090128007900315F.HTML
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Miyeokguk, Korea's traditional seaweed soup, is also gaining popularity among new mothers in the United States as part of a nutritious post-childbirth diet.
More than half of the new mothers recovering at the Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles order the restorative soup, and many post-childbirth centers in the region have been inquiring about it, officials said.
"We serve about 100 bowls of seaweed soup a day, and about half of those go to non-Korean patients," said Kim Chun-bok, an executive director for Korea's CHA Medical Group which took over the medical center last year. "Rich in calcium and iodine, the soup is effective in contracting the uterus and stopping bleeding for new mothers." |
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Just making the point. Korea does not the market cornered on seaweed soup. Other cultures make and eat seaweed soup too. Korean food is good, but nothing special compared to other foods. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| Troll_Bait wrote: |
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Features/2009/01/28/27/0801000000AEN20090128007900315F.HTML
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Miyeokguk, Korea's traditional seaweed soup, is also gaining popularity among new mothers in the United States as part of a nutritious post-childbirth diet.
More than half of the new mothers recovering at the Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles order the restorative soup, and many post-childbirth centers in the region have been inquiring about it, officials said.
"We serve about 100 bowls of seaweed soup a day, and about half of those go to non-Korean patients," said Kim Chun-bok, an executive director for Korea's CHA Medical Group which took over the medical center last year. "Rich in calcium and iodine, the soup is effective in contracting the uterus and stopping bleeding for new mothers." |
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so a K who is in charge ordered ALL patients to have the soup - is he (she?) also going to each non-K patient's room and making sure they eat the soup?? are they putting those hideous little briny shrimp in there also? or minature morsels of beef?
further - as someone in charge of a medical center - how about sharing with the rest of us what scientific studies that show seaweed soup contracts a woman's uterus huh? basic reproductive physiology credits those contractions to naturally occuring hormones released upon birth. might want to look into that duh. guess they are counting on the readers of this article to have studied in K.  |
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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| Amazed me. That being said greasy samgyopsal, roasted garlic & kimchi wrapped in lettuce can be a slice of heaven. There`s one thing Korea Sparkling has going for it. |
Roasted garlic?
if I even try to put some onion or garlic on the grill to roast - immediately an ajumma runs over and gives me a quick lecture and takes it back OFF the grill...
I am always banned from trying to roast the garlic or onion... |
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ruffie
Joined: 11 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:12 am Post subject: |
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| so a K who is in charge ordered ALL patients to have the soup - is he (she?) also going to each non-K patient's room and making sure they eat the soup?? are they putting those hideous little briny shrimp in there also? or minature morsels of beef? |
Forget watching House. I want a medical drama set in this hospital!
Dr. Kim - "Well Mrs. Jones, it is essential that you do not wash your hooha for two weeks after the birth."
Mrs. Jones "Wha..."
Dr. Kim - "Also, by our superior Korean standards, your baby, at 5 pounds, 8 ounces is morbidly obese. We are putting him on a strict diet as of today."
Mrs. Jones - "But doctor, I don't think.."
Dr. Kim - "Who put a fan in this room??"
Mrs. Jones - "I did. It's terribly hot in here."
Dr. Kim - "You are trying to kill yourself, or your baby? I'm transferring you to the psych ward right away. You will be put on a regimen of psychotropic kimchee drugs."
Mrs. Jones - "Now just wait a minute! I've been drinking that awful soup you gave me, didn't complain about Korean dramas being the only thing on tv here, and even listened to that "Dokdo is Korean" audio book. But now you've gone too far! I'm calling my husband!"
Dr. Kim - "You will enjoy the psych ward. Foreigners like you can pass the time tutoring Korean students in English."
Mrs. Jones - "What the hell? And who are you calling a foreigner?"
Dr. Kim "Why aren't you using a Korean phone? Korean phones are best."
Mrs. Jones - "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:16 am Post subject: |
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| Yesterday wrote: |
| Xuanzang wrote: |
| Amazed me. That being said greasy samgyopsal, roasted garlic & kimchi wrapped in lettuce can be a slice of heaven. There`s one thing Korea Sparkling has going for it. |
Roasted garlic?
if I even try to put some onion or garlic on the grill to roast - immediately an ajumma runs over and gives me a quick lecture and takes it back OFF the grill...
I am always banned from trying to roast the garlic or onion... |
 I sometimes have to ask myself if I'm in the same Korea as the other posters on this board. |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: |
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| Number 1 Reason. Korean Air offers cheap flights from Europe to SOMEWHERE ELSE. Korea is just a stopover. Get off plane, go to Seoul, hang around a bit, get back on plane. |
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victorology
Joined: 10 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| Yesterday wrote: |
| Xuanzang wrote: |
| Amazed me. That being said greasy samgyopsal, roasted garlic & kimchi wrapped in lettuce can be a slice of heaven. There`s one thing Korea Sparkling has going for it. |
Roasted garlic?
if I even try to put some onion or garlic on the grill to roast - immediately an ajumma runs over and gives me a quick lecture and takes it back OFF the grill...
I am always banned from trying to roast the garlic or onion... |
That's weird. They give you the onion and garlic to grill... not to eat raw. I've never had this happen. |
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Ukon
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
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Speaking of Hospitals....I just realized how eff-ing hilarious a korean drama version of the show "house" would be...Hugh Lourie replaced by an ajoessi who swigs soju 
I assumed most tourists came becuase they're fans of korean movies or know people who live/work here....that pretty much describes EVERY single tourist or person interested in visiting korea I've met |
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