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Mikejelai
Joined: 01 Nov 2009
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:25 pm Post subject: restaurant chains you'd like to see in Korea/return? |
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Now that cool weather is finally here I'd love it if Wendy's would return to Seoul. Ahhh, the memories of the double cheeseburgers and chili I used to get at the COEX Wendys.......................
Would love to see Kenny Rogers Roasters return, too.
And the chain restaurant that was in front of Sejong University (across from Childrens Grand Park). Can't remember the name of it................... |
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valhor
Joined: 19 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| CHIPOTLE!!!!!!!!!!!! oh and Zaxby's would be nice too. |
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theevilgenius
Joined: 10 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Supermac's, Charcoal Grill! |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| CiCi's Pizza, IHOP, and Casa Ole |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Wendy's. Best burger joint in the business. |
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waynehead
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Location: Jongno
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Chick Fil A would make my day. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| Wendy's. Best burger joint in the business. |
Wendy's used to be in Korea but withdrew after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Truth be told, the burgers at Wendy's Korea were NOWHERE NEAR as good as the ones in the U.S. |
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sallymonster
Joined: 06 Feb 2010
Location: Seattle area
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 12:56 am Post subject: |
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furtakk
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:17 am Post subject: |
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denny's is only decent, but they are a step up over similar offerings here. plus they are in japan, so it wouldn't be a stretch to see them come over.
also, pizza pizza. there are other random and much smaller canadian chains here (new york fires, pita pit) so it's not a stretch. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:54 am Post subject: |
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| furtakk wrote: |
denny's is only decent, but they are a step up over similar offerings here. plus they are in japan, so it wouldn't be a stretch to see them come over.
also, pizza pizza. there are other random and much smaller canadian chains here (new york fires, pita pit) so it's not a stretch. |
Tim Hortons opened its only foreign branch in the United Arab Emirates. I like Tim Hortons. I like Wendy's more than McDonald's, but it's not as popular internationally as Burger King and McDonald's. I am not sure why. Quiznos is around. I would like to see Taco Bueno, a Texas chain, over here. It's better than Taco Bell. I also like the California-based In and Out burger place. Five Guys isn't bad, either. |
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furtakk
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:23 am Post subject: |
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I don't really know how Tim Horton's would fare over here to be honest. In my 2+ years here, I don't think I have ever seen a Korean order drip coffee and that's all Tim Horton's has. They don't even have espresso machines. That and they are not really a sit down place, which is the draw to most cafes here. It's more of a get a really quick and cheap coffee on the go kind of thing. The only way I could see them doing well is if they were marketed more as a sandwich/lunch kind of shop rather than a coffee shop.
I would murder for Five Guys or Harvey's though. Actually I think Harvey's would do alright here. They are different enough from other burger places and cheap enough that they could draw a good number of people. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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Denny's was here like 15 years ago, they had a location in the Savoy Hotel in Myeong-dong and in Gangmam, it was funny as it appeared to be upscale they even served beer, they didnt last much past 98 though
I'd love to see Chuys or the County Line BBQ here but given how regional they are it would never fly here |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:43 am Post subject: |
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| furtakk wrote: |
| I don't really know how Tim Horton's would fare over here to be honest. |
Considering that Tim Hortons' stores in the US are struggling, it would be an outright failure in Korea. Just goes to show that there really is a cultural differences between Canada and the US. And can make a huge difference in business success in the other's country.
Anyways I'd love to see Wendy's, but I don't think they would even put a dent into Lotteria's Korean market-share. |
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jc1257
Joined: 22 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| waynehead wrote: |
| Chick Fil A would make my day. |
Definitely agree! Five Guys and Wendy's would be rockin' also. |
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tardisrider
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:03 am Post subject: |
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| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
| Denny's was here like 15 years ago, they had a location in the Savoy Hotel in Myeong-dong and in Gangmam |
There was also one in Co-Ex, where Jackie Chan's is (or was--I haven't been there in a while). I remember going there for breakfast a few times in 96 or so--preIMF days. There was an American guy there who was overseeing "quality control". It seemed pretty "perfect" by American Denny's standards, as I recall. |
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