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Homer · Guest

Things I like about living in Korea....

My wife (well thats love but hey).
My nieces.
My in laws.
My job.
Our lifestyle.
My kids (students).
My friends.
The public baths
The sauna
The mountains (hiking)
A good bowl of makalee or dong dong ju in the summer at won chon.
Baseball (its a good time here)
Taxis
Open air markets
Chagalchi fish market

coolsage · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:16 am Post subject:

Yes, there's much to be said in favor of living in Korea, but the food is not one of them. Other than the dakalbi, the rest is an unimaginative melange of rudely treated beef (bulgolgi) or pork (kalbi) with an assortment of boiled grasses. Small wonder that Korean restaurants are not springing up in every neighborhood in your home country, because once you've had one Korean meal, you've had them all. The only foreigners who appreciate Korean food are the Brits, because their food is (other than the Scots) is worse than Korean food. Send your flames to the above address.

buddy bradley · Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Location: The Beyond

just because · Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: Changwon - 4964

I like the food very much, some have been very negative about it though.

I'm not a fan of meat really(don't mind samgyepsal though) but there are many dishes I like.

Off the top of my head
*Samgyetang
*Bibimbap(Doelsot)
*Tang Su Yuk
*Pizza(its not Korean I know but good)
*Mandu
*Gimbap
*chobap
*kalbi Tang(in my opinion much better than Kalbi)
*Boekambap
*Gimchi(yes, now i love the stuff)

There are heaps more. i can eat here everyday I like it much more than the western diet.

IMO...I've found the foreigners who don' like the Korean food are the ones who can't speak or read Korean as they don't know what to order. So they go down the safe route of what they know over and over again or just live on a diet of fast food.

If i want a change from Korean food, I go to EMart, buy some food myself and cook it up western style. Its not very hard.

Medic · Joined: 11 Mar 2003

Medical treatment is cheap with the insurance they give us, and the prescriptions are usually in the range of W1,000 to W2,000.

Had physical therapy once for W3,000 per 3hours

Gold fillings are cheap too.

Homer · Guest

Coolsage thats sounds like another of your gross oversimplifications... Laughing

You forgot about sea food, soups, and the many other choices available from the korean menu.

However in the end its a question of personal preferences....so its all god.

Your not taken with Korean food thats your preference.

However, many love the stuff and by learning about it you see how diversified it can be, thats their preference...

schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

peppermint · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:39 am Post subject:

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

There are lots of things to enjoy in the food.

My favorite combination:
barley rice
kaenip kimchee
black beans
kim

I could eat this for lunch everyday!

In the summer, I also like bibimmyun with fried tofu. I alternate between these two meals at home. I could cook other things, but why bother?

My favorite Korean food to go out for (and for the life of me I can't quite reproduce it at home) is kimchee fried rice. I will eaat it everywhere just to see how it is made in different places. I will eat it twice a day.

Sometimes I will get kimchee chigae or dolsot bibimbap. And when I go to the mountains, I love that...what is it called? Many many side dishes of mountain vegetables with rice.

And green tea...I love green tea, especially hyun-mi green tea.

And...I will admit...I love coffee mix, especially Maxim Gold. It's not like drinking good coffee, but it's special in its own way.

Someone said eating bibimbap every day was not healthy...why not? I mean, some variety is good, but you do have your starch, a variety of vegetables, probably meat and egg.

Non-food things...public transportations...mountains with temples on them...stationery stores. Stuff like that!

Oi!

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

I seem to be constantly rebuffing attacks on England/the UK here lately, the music, the sitcoms, the leisure activities...
Whatever though, I think english food is actually waaay way down in the international food stakes (no pun intended) so I can live with the jibes However....

The Bobster · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

I got a lotta friends here, probably more in this country than back home in America these days. That's a nice thing, and it keeps me around.

Homer · Guest

Peppermint,

Obviously if you eat bibimbap EVERYDAY its not going to be healthy or appealing..... Laughing

Also, if you eat "meat and potatoes" everyday it is not going be healthy or appealing.

The Korean diet is made up of much more than bibimbap. It can be as varied as you want it to be if you make the effort to look.
In our case, we eat mostly Korean but once a or twice a week we cook western food or other types of food at home.

wylde · Joined: 14 Apr 2003

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

Sorry you got really sick.

But -- I walked into an emergency room with a lacertion.

The cashier was shocked at the size of the bill and very concerned that I didn't have insurance. It was W20,000!

I love that. In the US, I'd still be paying off the bill!

Danielos · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Location: Gumi

Definately the food. I especially like mandu and kimchi. It is much healthier than the diet I ate in Canada. I will probably be fifty pounds lighter at the end of my contract.