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SHGator428



Joined: 05 Sep 2014
PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:26 am    Post subject: Can you make it in Korea if you don't... Reply with quote
eat spicy food or use chopsticks well? How about if you don't particularly like K-pop or any pop music for that matter?
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Died By Bear



Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
There's plenty of other food to eat forkman.

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SHGator428



Joined: 05 Sep 2014
PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Died By Bear wrote:
There's plenty of other food to eat forkman.

Very Happy


Thanks for the response. Were you being sarcastic, maybe?

I was asking for a friend. I'm perfectly capable of eating my Shin ramyun with chopsticks, but I wasn't sure if others are as adept.

Can you use metal chopsticks proficiently, DBB? They are more difficult, no?
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Steelrails



Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
For goodness sakes its using chopsticks, not rocket science. A few hours of dedicated practice and you can learn it.
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Troglodyte



Joined: 06 Dec 2009
PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
SHGator428 wrote:
Died By Bear wrote:
There's plenty of other food to eat forkman.

Very Happy


Thanks for the response. Were you being sarcastic, maybe?

I was asking for a friend. I'm perfectly capable of eating my Shin ramyun with chopsticks, but I wasn't sure if others are as adept.

Can you use metal chopsticks proficiently, DBB? They are more difficult, no?


Most restaurants will give you a fork if you ask for it. A lot of them will automatically give you a fork just because they assume that foreigners can't use chopsticks.

Metal chopsticks might be a little more difficult to use than the disposable wood/bamboo variety simply because they are smoother, but it's not a big difference. "Your friend" will adapt.
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northway



Joined: 05 Jul 2010
PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Steelrails wrote:
For goodness sakes its using chopsticks, not rocket science. A few hours of dedicated practice and you can learn it.


This. If you don't learn within your first month or so it's really inexcusable.

As for spicy food: anyone can (and should) learn to eat it. Just take baby steps. Don't be like my aunt who tears up at the sight of cocktail sauce.
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bucheon bum



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Can you make it in Korea if you don't... Reply with quote
SHGator428 wrote:
eat spicy food or use chopsticks well? How about if you don't particularly like K-pop or any pop music for that matter?


1. I survived korea quite fine and I hate k-pop.
2. Korean food isn't even particularly spicy, contrary to what so many Koreans believe.
3. Practice makes perfect, at least when it comes to chopstick proficency.
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Died By Bear



Joined: 13 Jul 2010
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
SHGator428 wrote:
Died By Bear wrote:
There's plenty of other food to eat forkman.

Very Happy


Thanks for the response. Were you being sarcastic, maybe?

I was asking for a friend. I'm perfectly capable of eating my Shin ramyun with chopsticks, but I wasn't sure if others are as adept.

Can you use metal chopsticks proficiently, DBB? They are more difficult, no?



ARE YOU GETTING SNIPPY WITH ME NEWBIE?



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yodanole



Joined: 02 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You got hands?
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SHGator428



Joined: 05 Sep 2014
PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Died By Bear wrote:
SHGator428 wrote:
Died By Bear wrote:
There's plenty of other food to eat forkman.

Very Happy


Thanks for the response. Were you being sarcastic, maybe?

I was asking for a friend. I'm perfectly capable of eating my Shin ramyun with chopsticks, but I wasn't sure if others are as adept.

Can you use metal chopsticks proficiently, DBB? They are more difficult, no?



ARE YOU GETTING SNIPPY WITH ME NEWBIE?


Twisted Evil


Did it come across that way? Lol at calling people 'newbies'.
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northway



Joined: 05 Jul 2010
PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Can you make it in Korea if you don't... Reply with quote
bucheon bum wrote:
2. Korean food isn't even particularly spicy, contrary to what so many Koreans believe.


Yes and no. Is it Indian/Szechuan/Indonesian/northern Thai level burn your face off spicy? No. But for a Westerner who has never messed with spicy food - of which there are many - some of it can be pretty damn spicy. I remember awhile back in the States I saw someone order bibimbap and then request that the bibim be removed after receiving it.
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Stain



Joined: 08 Jan 2014
PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
SHGator428 wrote:
Died By Bear wrote:
SHGator428 wrote:
Died By Bear wrote:
There's plenty of other food to eat forkman.

Very Happy


Thanks for the response. Were you being sarcastic, maybe?

I was asking for a friend. I'm perfectly capable of eating my Shin ramyun with chopsticks, but I wasn't sure if others are as adept.

Can you use metal chopsticks proficiently, DBB? They are more difficult, no?



ARE YOU GETTING SNIPPY WITH ME NEWBIE?


Twisted Evil


Did it come across that way? Lol at calling people 'newbies'.


The only way this will get resolved is through fists, gentlemen.
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SHGator428



Joined: 05 Sep 2014
PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Stain wrote:
SHGator428 wrote:
Died By Bear wrote:
SHGator428 wrote:
Died By Bear wrote:
There's plenty of other food to eat forkman.

Very Happy


Thanks for the response. Were you being sarcastic, maybe?

I was asking for a friend. I'm perfectly capable of eating my Shin ramyun with chopsticks, but I wasn't sure if others are as adept.

Can you use metal chopsticks proficiently, DBB? They are more difficult, no?



ARE YOU GETTING SNIPPY WITH ME NEWBIE?


Twisted Evil


Did it come across that way? Lol at calling people 'newbies'.


The only way this will get resolved is through fists, gentlemen.


Gloves on or off? Can we use umbrellas?
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le-paul



Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
SHGator428 wrote:
Stain wrote:
SHGator428 wrote:
Died By Bear wrote:
SHGator428 wrote:
Died By Bear wrote:
There's plenty of other food to eat forkman.

Very Happy


Thanks for the response. Were you being sarcastic, maybe?

I was asking for a friend. I'm perfectly capable of eating my Shin ramyun with chopsticks, but I wasn't sure if others are as adept.

Can you use metal chopsticks proficiently, DBB? They are more difficult, no?



ARE YOU GETTING SNIPPY WITH ME NEWBIE?


Twisted Evil


Did it come across that way? Lol at calling people 'newbies'.


The only way this will get resolved is through fists, gentlemen.


Gloves on or off? Can we use umbrellas?


Well, you obviously cant use chopsticks! Laughing
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SHGator428



Joined: 05 Sep 2014
PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
le-paul wrote:


Well, you obviously cant use chopsticks! Laughing


Wherever did you get that idea, Pepe Le Peu?
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