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Mike_Jones
Joined: 27 Nov 2011
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 Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 3:49 pm Post subject: Are there any restaurants for a vegetarian and a carnivore? |
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| I am going to dinner with two friends tonight who want to have korean but one eats meat and one doesn't. This is an issue I've come across before. Things like dakgalbi are out, not much to offer the veggie with bulgogi or galbi. Anyone have ideas that is not a kimbap shop? |
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KimchiNinja
Joined: 01 May 2012
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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It's Korea, so every place in this country serves a bunch of side dishes which are vegi, plus order vegi kimbop or bibimbop without the egg/meat.
My family member who is a vegi came to visit and bascially he just had to shut up and eat what is available. There is what people here call "monk's food"; Insadong has famous places.
Koreans don't like picky eaters by the way. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm glad kimchininja came to teach us about Korea. |
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Mike_Jones
Joined: 27 Nov 2011
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
| I'm glad kimchininja came to teach us about Korea. |
Yeah. What a strange tangent. Just looking for some suggestions of types of restaurants for two types of eaters. Didn't need some lecture about fastidiousness. |
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KimchiNinja
Joined: 01 May 2012
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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It doesn't seem to me that relevant things are tangents.
The meat places are meat places, and the few specialized vegi places are vegi places, and Koreans don't like to customize your order. That would appear relevant and why its going to be hard to find what you want.
People like these places...
www.sanchon.com
www.baru.or.kr |
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jamesy
Joined: 24 Nov 2005
Location: incheon, korea
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I've been to a couple of tofu restaurants in Incheon that also had meat options on the menu. One had bosam (boiled pork), and the other had spicy pork and rice. Both had a good variety of tofu based dishes on offer, and plenty of vegetable dishes and soups as well. I don't know if this is common in tofu restaurants throughout the country, but might be worth looking into in your area. |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 2:02 am Post subject: |
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Even at the bbq places, there are a ton of sides that are filling. Order the egg souffle-type thing as well, so that the veggie has a lot to choose from.
My husband is vegetarian, and I am lapsed vegetarian and eat seafood, so it is very doable. Just know that vegetarians do have to be somewhat flexible. For instance, he'll eat kimchi, even though there's a bit of seafood in it, because it's polite. |
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Nismo
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 3:20 am Post subject: |
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| Ssambap. |
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Modernist
Joined: 23 Mar 2011
Location: The 90s
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 3:51 am Post subject: |
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| Koreans don't like picky eaters by the way. |
I'm a very picky eater. I DO NOT CARE if Koreans like me or not, or 'approve' of my food choices. Why do any of us care whether Koreans like or approve of what we are eating? These are people whose signature dish is essentially rotten cabbage, for God's sake. They really aren't in any position to look down their noses at anyone else's food choices.
I NEVER paid so much attention to what foreigners ate when I was in America. I can hardly think of a subject I cared less about than foreigners' eating choices while they were living in or visiting America. Why is it, do you suppose, that Koreans are so damn sensitive about this subject? Could it be that they know how sucky their food truly is, on a global scale? |
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motiontodismiss
Joined: 18 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 4:18 am Post subject: |
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| KimchiNinja wrote: |
Koreans don't like picky eaters by the way. |
I think it's more like Koreans can't understand or accept that people have different tastes. And there's the whole sheep mentality here where apparently it's a capital crime or something to be different, and they just feel insecure when they're not the same as everyone else or when people don't like the same things  |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 4:22 am Post subject: |
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| motiontodismiss wrote: |
| KimchiNinja wrote: |
Koreans don't like picky eaters by the way. |
I think it's more like Koreans can't understand or accept that people have different tastes. And there's the whole sheep mentality here where apparently it's a capital crime or something to be different, and they just feel insecure when they're not the same as everyone else or when people don't like the same things |
It's kind of a ridiculous statement on KimchiNinja's part, as the implication is that Western restaurant staff just love it when you ask for substitutions in your order. |
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Nismo
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 4:47 am Post subject: |
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| KimchiNinja wrote: |
| Koreans don't like picky eaters by the way. |
Koreans are some of the pickiest eaters I've ever met once you take them out of Korea. However, the pickiest eater I've ever met was some bloke from New Jersey who would only eat hamburgers and pizza as a student in Japan. If you've ever wondered where the stereotype that Americans only eat hamburgers and pizza comes from, it was that guy. |
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Binch Lover
Joined: 25 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 12:01 am Post subject: |
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Ssambap (쌈밥) is a good option. Lots of side dishes and lettucey leaves to make wraps with or without meat.
A tofu or mushroom place would also be a good call.
Noodle places have meaty and non-meaty options but the broths might all be stock based.
Or... you could go the buffet route and go to VIPS or Seven Springs or something, although I've never personally enjoyed any of the buffet places I've been to. |
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soomin
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 12:20 am Post subject: |
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It depends on how strict a vegetarian they are~ if they don't mind meat-based broth, or meat touching their food, I think shabu shabu is a good place to go~
If you go to some places they'll even have two kinds of broth (like the chain폴인샤브), so one could be for the vegetarian (if they don't want their food to come into contact with meat, but don't mind meat broth)~ You have to pay for meat, but veggies are free, and there's usually a buffet of just veggies and tofu and noodles! I went this route when I was veg~
You will have to have them order meat, as meat is what sets the price for a serving, but you and your omnivorous friend can just have a little extra ^.^ |
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huck
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Indian/Nepalese restaurants? There are some good ones around Dongmyo/Dongaemun. |
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