Korean Job Discussion Forums

PatrickBateman

hottest things I can eat while I'm here in Seoul.

Thus far, I've had Bool-Dahk(sp) and it wasn't too bad.

Much appreciated.

digsydinner · Joined: 24 May 2009

hottest thing i ever had was this ttuk-bokki at sindang-dong (the birth of ttukbokki i've been told). go to the establishment across from the one with the grandma on its sign. order the noon-mul (crying) ttuk-bokki. you'll be crapping fire for a week.

benji1422 · Joined: 02 Jun 2009 Location: Los Angeles & Seoul

Nakji bokum bap (spicy octopus on top of rice) or any nakji bokum for that matter is AWESOME! (you might cry though )

Everytime I order this, Korean restaurteurs try to STOP ME from ordering it, fearing my safety Razz

VanIslander · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:31 pm Post subject:

Korean food just isn't very spicy, despite what the locals think.

I like Korean food because it's a bit spicy but you'll be disappointed if you expect it to be anything like hot spices used in Indian, Thai, Szechuan or South American cooking.

Dangcho gimbap is sometimes spicy, when places soak the long hot green peppers in red pepper paste in the fridge but the only truly spicy food I've had in Korea was the garlic sometimes to be had when you order samgypsal. I dunno if there's a special name for it, but sometimes the garlic is spicy hot, and reaching for the water is a delightfully needed surprise.

I order spicy dishes whenever I can, so I'll have to check out that one place digsydinner is raving about, because certainly every other noon-mul ttuk-bokki isn't worthy of the name.

(I brought a couple of bottles of the Tabasco brand habanero sauce from back home - it's the hotter kind of Tabasco brand sauce, not the mild stuff found here - and not a single Korean can stand or appreciate its hotness yet, a couple of dozen have tried it as I tote it around. Razz

It's wonderful. Jacks up a meal just nice.

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Haejoo Naengmyeon in Sincheon.

PatrickBateman · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:22 pm Post subject:

[quote="digsydinner"]hottest thing i ever had was this ttuk-bokki at sindang-dong (the birth of ttukbokki i've been told). go to the establishment across from the one with the grandma on its sign. order the noon-mul (crying) ttuk-bokki. you'll be crapping fire for a week.[/quote

Yum.
Sounds like something I'm interested in.

PatrickBateman · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:24 pm Post subject:

PatrickBateman · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject:

egrog1717 · Joined: 12 Mar 2008

The insane wings at 3 Alley Pub... lol

dean_burrito · Joined: 12 Jun 2007

PatrickBateman · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:46 pm Post subject:

I wonder if those wings at the pub are anything like these 'helacious' wings at this bar when I went to university. They were just soaked in some really spicy sauce that burned the mouth.

I don't like chicken wings, but I had to get my picture on the wall.

mick · Joined: 04 Mar 2005

Ojingo bossam is spicy but there aren't many restaurants around that serve it. It's not like regular bossam as there is no pork. It's basically squid and shredded vegetable (not sure what it is) mixed in spicy sauce which you then place in lettuce and wrap. It's spicier than nakji bokkum.

The spicy chicken from Kyochon is also not bad.

Jane · Joined: 01 Feb 2003

Buldak has got to be the spiciest thing in Korea. I know Koreans who won't touch it.

Other than that, sundubu jjiggae is pretty red and spicy...

digsydinner · Joined: 24 May 2009

halfmanhalfbiscuit · Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Location: Seoul

Korean food only gets 'sandy' or syrupy from chilli flakes or gochujang before it gets genuinely hot.

As said before the raw garlic at bbq houses is the hottest thing.