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Korean Taco: Fusion Food?
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Would you eat it?
Yes - sounds delicious!
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No - sounds disgusting!
16%
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Depends on how hungry I am.
16%
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Total Votes : 12

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Jeweltone



Joined: 29 Mar 2005
Location: Seoul, S. Korea

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:32 pm    Post subject: Korean Taco: Fusion Food? Reply with quote

So, do you think the idea would fly in Korea?

In Los Angeles, there is a Korean taco truck making waves in the news:

http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-kogi11-2009feb11,0,159741.story
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michaelambling



Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Location: Paradise

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the Koreans might like it as a quaint novelty--but the older generations would probably see it as a bastardization.

It sounds like it could be good; from their website, it sounds like they're trying to take the disgusting out of Korean food--not a bad idea.
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reactionary



Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'd eat it in korea.

i wouldn't eat it in LA
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Zulethe



Joined: 04 Jul 2008

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would pay sib mon wan for taco pail right now!

seriously mates..seriously!!
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coralreefer_1



Joined: 19 Jan 2009

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd try it in LA. Something about regular sanitation checks by the health department appeals to me.


Congrats to the owners for making a buck in this economic environment.
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Illysook



Joined: 30 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It brings to mind a burrito that I had one time at that mexican place in Bundang's Samsung Plaza. It had frozen peas in it.
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michaelambling



Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Location: Paradise

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Illysook wrote:
It brings to mind a burrito that I had one time at that mexican place in Bundang's Samsung Plaza. It had frozen peas in it.


I don't understand why some nations take perfectly good food and mess it up with disgusting additions, like English sandwiches with sweetcorn in it, or the infamous beans on toast.

Or, in Korea, anything with anything.
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mt01ap



Joined: 04 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd try it, but I wouldn't want to wait 2 hours to try one
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Goku



Joined: 10 Dec 2008

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks delicious,

I'd eat it, I'm concerned though that most Koreans wouldn't take to the fusion like LA would. It is my assumption that LA Koreans are well infused with Mexican food so the combination isn't so alien to them. But Koreans aren't so much used to eating Mexican food.

Actually this fusion is really just bulgogi in a taco. It isn't so much Korean food as it is Mexican food. At least in my opinion
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rumdiary



Joined: 05 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I saw a tortilla galbi resttaurant in namdemun not long ago so I'm sure it would work.
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rumdiary



Joined: 05 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I saw a tortilla galbi restaurant in namdemun not long ago so I'm sure it would work.
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blackjack



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

michaelambling wrote:
Illysook wrote:
It brings to mind a burrito that I had one time at that mexican place in Bundang's Samsung Plaza. It had frozen peas in it.


I don't understand why some nations take perfectly good food and mess it up with disgusting additions, like English sandwiches with sweetcorn in it, or the infamous beans on toast.

Or, in Korea, anything with anything.


Baked beans on toast?

You can't beat it, esp throw in some chilli sauce, mushrooms and silverbeet. You got a healthy start to the day
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jkelly80



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

PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Or perhaps it's the exquisite cultural co-mingling inherent in the food that draws crowds; the only-in-L.A. combination of two of the city's most beloved ethnic cuisines.


Yes, Los Angeles, the only city where Latino and Koreans both live.

Dumb line. Evil or Very Mad
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petethebrick



Joined: 25 Jul 2006

PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

michaelambling wrote:
Illysook wrote:
It brings to mind a burrito that I had one time at that mexican place in Bundang's Samsung Plaza. It had frozen peas in it.


I don't understand why some nations take perfectly good food and mess it up with disgusting additions, like English sandwiches with sweetcorn in it, or the infamous beans on toast.

Or, in Korea, anything with anything.


Hey - Tuna and Sweetcorn sandwiches are delicious!! - don't people eat them everywhere?? And beans on toast is one of my favourites, especially with the curry beans back in Ireland^^
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ryoga013



Joined: 23 Nov 2008

PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had a "burrito" here from a buffet style restaurant. It was cold, it didn't have chili, refried beans or anything familiar, or anything familiar to it other than cheese and tortilla... for heaven's sake, they didn't even use lettuce, they used cabbage!!!

In LA, I might try it, but in Korea.... no, no, and no
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