| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
|
 Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 6:10 pm Post subject: What food is your (Korean) town "famous" for? |
 |
|
What food is your Korean town 'famous' for? Let us know any others you know of as well. Here's a few I know of:
(춘천 닭갈비)Chuncheon dalk-galbi (spicy chicken stir fry with rice cakes) and (막국수)mag-guk-su (cold buckwheat noodle dish)
(횡성한우쇠고기)Hweong-song han-woo beef (Korean beef from the hweong-song region, usually barbecued in one of the many cuts or styles it's served in across Korea) and, (안흥찐빵) an-heung jjin-bbang (steamed bread)
(돌산도 갓김치)Dolsan-do gatt kimchi (Mustard stem kimchi from the island off the coast of Yeosu)
(광얀숯불갈비)Gwangyang sut-bul-galbi (spicy galbi cooked over coals)
(안동 찜닭) An-dong Jjim-dalk (spicy chicken dish)
(안동소주) An-dong soju. Stronger more traditional version of soju. I think it's made from rice rather than other vegetables like regular soju. I might be wrong though..
(함흥냉면)Ham-heung naeng-myeon (cold noodle dish)
(충무 김밥)chung-mu kimbab (small kimbab with no filling except for rice. Usually eaten with lots of side dishes so the lack of filling isn't a disaster.)
(전주 비빔밥) Jeon-ju bibimbab (rice mixed with vegetables and sometimes a bit of meat and an egg. Not really sure why it's supposed to be better in Jeon-ju than anywhere else.. but then I again I think bibimbap is the weakest dish that Korea promotes to foreigners)
(수원 왕갈비)Su-won wang-galbi (=..galbi)
(태능 갈비)Tae-neung galbi (=...galbi)
Any more to add to my list? It seems every town in Korea has adopted one food or another as it's own, so please add them.
Oh and if anyone know which town has adopted eel as it's local dish I'm especially interested since barbecued eel is one of the best, and most underrated foods in Korea. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
|
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 6:26 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Chungju - Apples (충주 사과) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
|
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 7:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| Chungju - Apples (충주 사과) |
Are they delicious?
Daegu is also famous for apples. I wonder whether Chungjuians and Daeguites argue over who has the best apples. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
losing_touch
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Location: Ulsan - I think!
|
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 7:09 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Ulsan - Pears - Yes, they are delicious! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
|
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 7:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Raw fish. 
K: "Eat this... it's delicious... and good for your health."
CM: "No thanks."
K: "Why not eat?"
CM: "What do you do with your sewage?"
K: (with a look of puzzlement) "I don't know... why you ask?"
CM: "Because I do..."
Last edited by cruisemonkey on Fri May 08, 2009 7:33 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
|
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 7:25 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| Raw fish. |
Yeah.. I was thinking of putting that in my original post but EVERY SINGLE Korean coastal town is 'famous' for it. I was amused in one coastal town when a local spent a good five or ten minutes explaining why the raw fish there was so much better than in another town an hour away. Apparantely the texture was so much better. Yeah right. The fishermen probably fish in the same damn water. The only conceivable difference would be a slightly better dipping sauce I guess. (Of course side dishes could be better too, but the point the local was making was that the actual fish itself was superior). |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
|
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 7:52 pm Post subject: Re: What food is your (Korean) town "famous" for? |
|
|
Koreans teaching us about Korean food. Okay, I'll bite.
| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| (춘천 닭갈비)Chuncheon dalk-galbi (spicy chicken stir fry with rice cakes) |
one of my favorites... taste exactly the same on Geoje Island off the south coast as in Chuncheon near the DMZ. I've had it both parts of the country on multiple occasions. Yum.
| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| (전주 비빔밥) Jeon-ju bibimbab (rice mixed with vegetables and sometimes a bit of meat and an egg. Not really sure why it's supposed to be better in Jeon-ju than anywhere else.. but then I again I think bibimbap is the weakest dish that Korea promotes to foreigners) |
Yeah, in Jeonju it actually taste worse than other places imo. I really like bibimbap, but the times I've had it in Jeonju (when went to that city's film festival) I have been disappointed: watery, less spicy, mushy, yuck.
| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| Any more to add to my list? It seems every town in Korea has adopted one food or another as it's own, so please add them. |
I'm sure you could add another two dozen. I'll add a couple, but will skip the hanguel.
Hadong river shellfish porridge
Tongyeong dried minnow fish side dish
Wando dried seaweed
Jeju dung-eating pork |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
curiousaboutkorea
Joined: 21 Jan 2009
|
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins. My city is only 15 years old  . |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
DaeguKid
Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Location: Daegu
|
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 9:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Daegu...apples and hot chicks...apparently the apples are in relation to why the chicks are hot...apples are delicious and yes, the chicks are hot! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
davai!
Joined: 04 Dec 2005
Location: Kuwait
|
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 10:29 pm Post subject: |
|
|
L.A. Galbi  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
|
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 10:52 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| davai! wrote: |
| L.A. Galbi |
Don't forget that rice paper stuff you can find at AYCE BBQ places. My Korean friend told me its indigenous to LA and you can't find it in Korea. Probably would do well if someone brought it over. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
|
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 10:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Kimcheon (김천) is famous for grapes.
Janghoweon (장호원) is famous for peaches.
Hongcheon (홍천) is famous for corn, also for 무궁화's. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Waluigi
Joined: 09 Apr 2009
|
| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 8:48 am Post subject: |
|
|
no desserts yet. so...
hodugwaja (호두과자) are the famous walnut cakes from Cheonan. really delicious and I would recommend you try them... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
|
| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 4:28 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Seoul - pizza or Lotteria (My students alway tell me its famous Korean food)
Hannam City - scrambled eggs - (My boss told it was famous Korean food) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
|
| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 4:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I live in Jeonju and I must agree with others regarding bibimbap. I've had much better bibimbap in other parts of Korea and also in Fukuoka, Japan where I once lived (there's a small Korean place on Oyafuko-dori). I also find it to be rather bland. Many people tell me that Jeonju is the kitchen of Korea but I haven't really seen it... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
