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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Location: taking a ride on the magic English bus
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 Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:05 pm Post subject: Why go to hofs? |
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I know this may come off as an ignorant foreigner question, but why does anyone go to hofs?
If there's a Korean restuarant next door, why not go there? The drinks are the same, but the food is ten times as good and 1/10th the price.
The Izakaya places are ok. They have slightly better food and a decent selection of drinks, but a standard hof with a choice of fruit platter, bundaegi and nogari just doesn't strike me as a great place to go.
Why not just go get some dakgalbi or any other type of appetizing korean foods? Most of these places carry Cass, Soju and Baekseju.
So again, what is the appeal of a hof? |
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definitely maybe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| not all hofs have terrible food. they don't all follow one business model. i'd imagine that most people head to hofs for draught beer. |
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Emeliu
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
Location: Korea, i'm OMW
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| What exactly is a Hof? |
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Ukon
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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It's a social thing....With friends it's a blast....also there is a ton of hoffs with totally different decors and quality of food.
Garten Bier in Gangnam is one of my faves...give it a try. |
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ekul
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
Location: [Mod Edit]
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Ukon wrote: |
It's a social thing....With friends it's a blast....also there is a ton of hoffs with totally different decors and quality of food.
Garten Bier in Gangnam is one of my faves...give it a try. |
We go to the Garten Bier in Bundang and always buy the 3 story high glass of beer, even though we hate drinking them. I really don't understand why we do it.
We usually go to hofs so we can get pints of beer. In our local hof it's only 2000won per pint of beer, less than you can buy a can for from family mart. The food is pretty shitty but you can have 3 pints of beer and a couple of dishes for 10grand each.
Short story... I like hofs. |
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Rusty Shackleford
Joined: 08 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Hofs kick ass. Often they have some type of gimmick and the fried chicken is usually great. You can be loud and drunk more than in a restaurant. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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I recommend the Bubblecats hof in Yeouido. It's a completely normal hof with beer, fried chicken, and sausages, but the servers are all HOTT and they walk around in miniskirts and little tanktops that bare their midriffs and introduce themselves to you with names like "Star" or "Pink". Then they get on stage and do a song and dance!
Oh, and try telling them it's your birthday and see what happens... |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Phrase your question thusly:
Why go to a bar when you can go to a restaurant?
Sometimes you want a bar. |
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Rusty Shackleford
Joined: 08 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| redaxe wrote: |
I recommend the Bubblecats hof in Yeouido. It's a completely normal hof with beer, fried chicken, and sausages, but the servers are all HOTT and they walk around in miniskirts and little tanktops that bare their midriffs and introduce themselves to you with names like "Star" or "Pink". Then they get on stage and do a song and dance!
Oh, and try telling them it's your birthday and see what happens... |
Good tip! The gimmicks are good. |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| redaxe wrote: |
I recommend the Bubblecats hof in Yeouido. It's a completely normal hof with beer, fried chicken, and sausages, but the servers are all HOTT and they walk around in miniskirts and little tanktops that bare their midriffs and introduce themselves to you with names like "Star" or "Pink". Then they get on stage and do a song and dance!
Oh, and try telling them it's your birthday and see what happens... |
Directions please!! |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Bubblecats sounds like a good place to go after work...more detailed directions? |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:02 am Post subject: |
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| Because they have live beer? And you don't have to sit on the sanguinary floor? |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:08 am Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| Bubblecats sounds like a good place to go after work...more detailed directions? |
http://www.bubblecats.co.kr/location01.asp
It's kinda dead if you go RIGHT after work but it's a good place to go for 2차 (second round). |
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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
| Hofs kick ass. Often they have some type of gimmick and the fried chicken is usually great. You can be loud and drunk more than in a restaurant. |
This is true. I forgot about the chicken. The gimmicks are good and all, but in my experience, the gimmicky hofs usually have the worst food. For example, ET bar. There are life size ET statues with glowing fingers and a huge space ship dangling from the ceiling, but they have things like saltines and cheezewhiz for 15,000won on the menu.
The fact that you can be loud is a good point, though.
| Straphanger wrote: |
Phrase your question thusly:
Why go to a bar when you can go to a restaurant?
Sometimes you want a bar. |
If I want a bar and no food, then I'll usually go to a western bar. They have mixed drinks, usually a larger variety of beers, and no mandatory food order.
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| Because they have live beer? And you don't have to sit on the sanguinary floor? |
They usually have Cass, Hite, or OB which doesn't taste any better out of a tap than it does out of a can or bottle. Sitting on the floor is a pain in the ass(pun intended), but there are as many restaurants with chairs as there are ones without.
Pitchers, noisiness and fried chicken are all good points, but I still would rather go to a place specifically for drinking or a place specifically for eating rather than a place which offers both and does neither that well. |
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phoneboothface
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Korea
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If you don't want to chase *bleep* you should go to a hof.
I feel so constrained at those places. |
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