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machoman



Joined: 11 Jul 2007

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:31 pm    Post subject: do you avoid Reply with quote

any kinds of food?

processed meats, ddeok, foods with too many carbs or sugar, korean style instant coffee (unless it's black), chewing gum
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NYC_Gal



Joined: 08 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I avoid soda, though when I have a stomachache, I drink flat Coca Cola.

I avoid ddeok poki, unless I'm feeling naughty and know I'll be hitting the bike early.
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Hotwire



Joined: 29 Aug 2010
Location: Multiverse

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ddeok.

A tasteless chewy mass that sits overly heavy in my stomach

AND FOR WHAT!???
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ThingsComeAround



Joined: 07 Nov 2008

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Potato Chips

Before coming here I loved 'em, but never ate more than one bag. In my first hagwon, kids would buy snacks in the shop we had downstairs and share their chips with me...

Now if I smell them I think I will puke Embarassed
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oldtactics



Joined: 18 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't eat samgyupsal anymore. Just can't deal with the fat. I agree about instant coffee, and gum.
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NYC_Gal



Joined: 08 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sugarless gum is a good way to clean the molars when you don't have a toothbrush on you (out to eat).
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redaxe



Joined: 01 Dec 2008

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sesame oil, it gives me the runs for some reason. Pretty much any extremely "oily" food does it though, my gut has a low tolerance for lipids I guess. But I can eat samgyupsal as long as I only dip it in the red stuff. If I dip it in the sesame oil it will have me running to the bathroom within the hour.

I also had to avoid eating too much acidic food because it gave me heartburn. Hard to do in Korea since nearly everything is pickled in vinegar.
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Draz



Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Odeng.
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Underwaterbob



Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been avoiding beer. If there's any in the fridge I will drink it. Doesn't matter how much; it'll be gone. I gained a bit of weight over the summer holidays since it was too bloody hot to do anything other than sit on the couch and drink cold beer. Luckily snowboarding season is on the way when I'm inclined to drink my alcohol warm or hot and spend much of my time on the local slopes.
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chellovek



Joined: 29 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hotwire wrote:
Ddeok.



+1
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RMNC



Joined: 21 Jul 2010

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep. Carbs, for the most part.
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J Rock



Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Location: The center of the Earth, Suji

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can't stand Korean instant coffee. Also Any time I drink Korean beer it makes me nauseous, no matter how much of it I drink it still makes me sick.
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NYC_Gal



Joined: 08 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

J Rock wrote:
I can't stand Korean instant coffee. Also Any time I drink Korean beer it makes me nauseous, no matter how much of it I drink it still makes me sick.


I don't like beer, but my friends find that when they drink Korean beer on tap here, it makes them sicker than if they'd eaten some 3-day-old Wendy's chili that hasn't been refrigerated. The pipes aren't cleaned out the same way (or as often from what we've learned from bar workers) as back in the UK (or the USA, I'm assuming).
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J Rock



Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Location: The center of the Earth, Suji

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NYC_Gal wrote:
J Rock wrote:
I can't stand Korean instant coffee. Also Any time I drink Korean beer it makes me nauseous, no matter how much of it I drink it still makes me sick.


I don't like beer, but my friends find that when they drink Korean beer on tap here, it makes them sicker than if they'd eaten some 3-day-old Wendy's chili that hasn't been refrigerated. The pipes aren't cleaned out the same way (or as often from what we've learned from bar workers) as back in the UK (or the USA, I'm assuming).



Yep would have to guess they don't clean the lines often or ever. I also heard they add water to the beer on tap here which might not make me sick but adds to why the beer is horrible.
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DorkothyParker



Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I avoid foods I don't feel like eating at the moment. Which means I almost never eat cake left in the teacher's lounge or chips offered to me by students.

I should avoid dairy and I did for a long time, but I am menstruating and felt a desperate need for strawberry milk. So that's out the window.
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