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toby99
Joined: 28 Aug 2009
Location: Dong-Incheon-by-the-sea, South Korea
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| I'm pretty sure I've eaten at Burger B but I totally forgot. Is that the place that had the sign that said "Voted Best Burger in Korea by 10 Magazine?" (Was definitely not the best, btw.) |
It might be...I know some of the big willie food bloggers were promoting Burger B pretty heavily a few years ago. I thought the burgers are pretty good but by the time you add fries and a drink you're in the 15K territory which IMO is too much. |
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geldedgoat
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| Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Yea Neely's, Neely's Interstate, and Rendevous aren't on Beale. |
I was always a fan of Pig N' Whistle and The Commissary (in Germantown). I know Neely's has more national renown, but I really was never that impressed. Never been to Rendezvous.
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| Corky's is a chain but still good. |
Corky's and Huey's are both chains Memphis can be proud of.
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| The BBQ thing at Memphis in May is more about the competition than an actual festival. |
Yep, and thus the source of its lameness. |
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toby99
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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:23 am Post subject: |
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| Is this restaurant run by someone who knows the authetic taste? Pictures don't tell you anything. It's the taste that counts. |
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warmachinenkorea
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| warmachinenkorea wrote: |
| Yea Neely's, Neely's Interstate, and Rendevous aren't on Beale. |
I was always a fan of Pig N' Whistle and The Commissary (in Germantown). I know Neely's has more national renown, but I really was never that impressed. Never been to Rendezvous.
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| Corky's is a chain but still good. |
Corky's and Huey's are both chains Memphis can be proud of.
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| The BBQ thing at Memphis in May is more about the competition than an actual festival. |
Yep, and thus the source of its lameness. |
I forgot about Pig N' Whistle. I hope, in the next week or so, I can get there to test it out. |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Pig and whistle is great. But Neely's is awesome. I talked to old man neely who started the joint once. Quite a character. There is a joint out in West memphis, cant remember the name , a real hole in the wall, but maybe the best bar b cue in the world. It is fairly well known aroud memphis. The name is on the tip of my tongue. |
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peacemaker
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warmachinenkorea
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| rollo wrote: |
| Pig and whistle is great. But Neely's is awesome. I talked to old man neely who started the joint once. Quite a character. There is a joint out in West memphis, cant remember the name , a real hole in the wall, but maybe the best bar b cue in the world. It is fairly well known aroud memphis. The name is on the tip of my tongue. |
Memphis and the whole Mississippi River flood plain are littered with hole in the wall places. In my neck of the woods we've got a guy named Chicken George that barbeques out of a make shift trailer at the only red light in town. Man, is it good. |
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augustine
Joined: 08 Sep 2012
Location: México
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| toby99 wrote: |
| augustine wrote: |
| I'm pretty sure I've eaten at Burger B but I totally forgot. Is that the place that had the sign that said "Voted Best Burger in Korea by 10 Magazine?" (Was definitely not the best, btw.) |
It might be... |
It is, I remember the silver tin can things from the zenkimchi link you posted after. It was/is more expensive than what it's worth, like you said.
I want some more info on this BBQ joint. I don't know where Son Deureo! is from, but I thought he was English, so if he is, I nullify his opinion.  Can anyone who was raised around S. BBQ or someone who hasn't been in Korea for a decade plus and had their taste buds mutilated by the disgusting local "cuisine" here throw out an opinion? |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| I don't know where Son Deureo! is from, but I thought he was English, so if he is, I nullify his opinion. |
I'm not British, I'm from Buffalo, NY and I did my undergrad in Ohio. Probably not that much better so far as sussing out authentic Southern BBQ than a Brit, but I'd definitely recommend giving it a try next time you're in Hongdae. I honestly don't know how it would hold up against Memphis BBQ, but I doubt you'll find better in Korea.
I talked with the owner for a bit, he's Korean but he went to culinary school at Cornell, and fell in love with the BBQ joints in the small towns in upstate NY and thought it would do well in Seoul because Koreans love meat so much. The place was packed with a mixed crowd, and everyone I talked to there was raving about the food just as much as I was so the guy's definitely doing something right. |
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augustine
Joined: 08 Sep 2012
Location: México
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| Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:52 am Post subject: |
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| I don't know where Son Deureo! is from, but I thought he was English, so if he is, I nullify his opinion. |
I'm not British, I'm from Buffalo, NY and I did my undergrad in Ohio. Probably not that much better so far as sussing out authentic Southern BBQ than a Brit, but I'd definitely recommend giving it a try next time you're in Hongdae. I honestly don't know how it would hold up against Memphis BBQ, but I doubt you'll find better in Korea.
I talked with the owner for a bit, he's Korean but he went to culinary school at Cornell, and fell in love with the BBQ joints in the small towns in upstate NY and thought it would do well in Seoul because Koreans love meat so much. The place was packed with a mixed crowd, and everyone I talked to there was raving about the food just as much as I was so the guy's definitely doing something right. |
Thanks, and sorry for assuming you were from the other side  . I live on the six line so hongdae/sangsu is a small step away and I'll be checking that out soon. I'd like to see their menu and see what else besides ribs are on offer as far as BBQ goes. Dry rub ribs are definitely different than the BBQ sauced down, fall off the bone style they serve in most of the southern US, but I can appreciate both. The 10 mag write up pictures on the place left me a little confused to be honest, and I got a Koreanization of southern BBQ vibe from it. I'd be happy to be disappointed about my ignorant interpretation.  |
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toby99
Joined: 28 Aug 2009
Location: Dong-Incheon-by-the-sea, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:14 am Post subject: |
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| augustine wrote: |
| Son Deureo! wrote: |
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| I don't know where Son Deureo! is from, but I thought he was English, so if he is, I nullify his opinion. |
I'm not British, I'm from Buffalo, NY and I did my undergrad in Ohio. Probably not that much better so far as sussing out authentic Southern BBQ than a Brit, but I'd definitely recommend giving it a try next time you're in Hongdae. I honestly don't know how it would hold up against Memphis BBQ, but I doubt you'll find better in Korea.
I talked with the owner for a bit, he's Korean but he went to culinary school at Cornell, and fell in love with the BBQ joints in the small towns in upstate NY and thought it would do well in Seoul because Koreans love meat so much. The place was packed with a mixed crowd, and everyone I talked to there was raving about the food just as much as I was so the guy's definitely doing something right. |
The 10 mag write up pictures on the place left me a little confused to be honest |
You're not alone. 10 started out as an OK concept (ie various top ten lists of things in Korea) but has now denigrated into a glorified advertisement rag. You gotta take everything you see in it with a grain of salt. Groove is a bit better, but the expat community is still in need of a good rag. |
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createasaurus21
Joined: 22 Feb 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:46 am Post subject: |
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When I made this post, the only thing I could find by using GOOGLE was the 10 mag article. I was hoping to find a facebook page or website, or directions to their place, which is why I wrote the post in the first place ... YES, after using google. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Last time I went to Burger B, they raised the price. They make good burgers but I doubt I will be visiting them often. Beale St is right above it but I haven't been there yet. There's plenty of Korean blog posts about it but I can't say how good it really is. |
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