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[The King of Kwangju]

Denizens of Dave's:

The time has come for me to return to the scene of my past crimes, South Korea. It's been more than 10 years. When I left, "Gwangju" was spelled with a "K," as my moniker can attest.

It was a different time.

This board was ruled by a man called The Lemon, and posting here was serious business. Dave Sperling himself hired me to help him fix this very site, and to Photoshop a photo of him wearing a beret, so his arms didn't look too big.

Hard to believe! But I am coming on vacation, for relaxation.

And food.

It's actually very hard to find good food recommendations online for Korea, especially ones with maps or that I would have a chance of finding.

I've been eating Korean food all this time, but I realize that in my absence new dishes have been invented, and new areas have become hot for certain dishes.

If anyone could recommend me some good restaurants for Korean food (no fusion) in Seoul and "Gwangju" (that G is just so weird) I would appreciate it.

[Zyzyfer]

헐...

I'm trying to think of new food "inventions" but drawing a blank.

Buldalk? What else?

[The King of Kwangju]

Someone was telling me that there is a newer chicken dish -- that included a whole chicken, I think? They said it was super-popular a couple years ago and new shops were opening all the time. Kind of a craze.

[eamo]

Can't think of anything very new in the last 10 years........Shabbu-Shabbu is having another mini-renaissance.....

There are a helluva of lot more independent home-roaster coffee shops around. Some of them even do a good espresso/latte/cappuccino....and maye even a decent panini.........

[Draz]

Did they have "wiener baked in a bun" ten years ago? It's like a hot dog, but the wiener is actually baked into the bun, with some different colors of sauce drizzled on top. One of them is yellow but it doesn't taste like mustard. I'm not sure what it is, or the white one. Pretty sure the red sauce is ketchup.

I can't think of any other possible food innovations. I thought the whole point of Korean food was that it's all the same stuff they were eating before the war.

[schwa]

Duck seems to be a newish popular option, especially the kind slow-cooked in a pumpkin.

[The King of Kwangju]

All right. Dave's never was a foodie hangout. That's cool. And expats are more interested in hamburgers and lattes than Korean food.

No sweat. I'll just have to suss it out once I get there.

On another note, amazing to me that this old phpbb forum is still working at all (does anyone use these anymore?) and even more amazing that I recognize some of the posters here. And their avatars, even.

Definitely the traffic has slowed over the years, however.

Years ago, I gave Dave some advice. He didn't take it. That's all right. It's his website, right?

But now I see that I was right. He should have listened to me. His site would have had more visitors, rather than less.

[Zyzyfer]

[ThingsComeAround]

There is a food I heard of where you put a whole chicken in a pot and cook it with veggies- but it doesn't seem like a "new" dish created in the last five years!

I'm curious... what advice did you give??

[ttompatz]

The only full/whole chicken soup that I can think of is samgyetang (whole chicken stuffed with rice and flavored with ginseng).

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[I-am-me]

Try Pizza Hut or Mr Pizza. NOthing there that reminds me of pizza back home.

[Son Deureo!]

[chrisinkorea2011]

[Dave Chance]

New food...dunno, cheese dduk bokki?

What advice did u give to Dave all those years ago, OP?

[zappadelta]

Taco Bell!