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trevorcollins
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Daechidong Waygookin wrote: |
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romanization  |
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someone talking to themself again. |
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anuses
Most rational people would assume someone disagreeing with someone else's posts once every two weeks or so wouldn't constitute stalking.
But then I did say "rational"
Quit being such a friggin drama queen, princess.
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keithinkorea
Joined: 17 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:47 am Post subject: |
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| trevorcollins wrote: |
| Daechidong Waygookin wrote: |
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| romanization |
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someone talking to themself again. |
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Baclk on message about Korean food.
Yeah you can eat chicken anus too. Never had it myself and dont intend to as it supposed to be really chewy and the whole idea of butt munching is a major turnoff! There is also a dish call 'ddong twaeji kalbi' that sort of translates as 'crap eating pig barbecue' dont fancy that one either.
You can try your palate on tortured dog soup AKA the infamous boshintang though that is apparently more of a summer 'delicacy' so yuo may have to wait or have a go at the 'stinky urine smelling bugs in foul brine' locally known as 'Bondeggi'. As you may have guessed most Korean food IMHO is rubbish.
On the plus side 'Kalbi sal' is wonderful, especially when grilled over a proper charcoal grill, some of the seafood restraunts can be really good too- if a bit hit and miss- sitting on the beach with a whole bunch of nice shells popping open with some nice fresh rice and some gojujang and a nice cold beer is a real treat. King crab is available here and is very delicious though a little expensive to make it a regular thing.
My favourite dishes in Korea are 'Kalbi sal' or the never yet mentioned 'bul ddak' in English 'fire chicken' probably the spiciest dish I've had in Korea, there is a good fire chicken place in Itaewon but the best one is in Hongdae.
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Rather_Dashing
Joined: 07 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:15 am Post subject: |
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Romanization...
the restaurant I went to had korean writiing on the menus. And the romanized pronounciation next to it. And then the description of the dish in both english and french.
So, yeah. Romanization.  |
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Deconstructor
Joined: 30 Dec 2003
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:29 am Post subject: |
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| Vertually every type of food in Korea is spicy. PersonllyI loved it. My American friend had to be taken to a hospital every time he tasted kimchi. It was funny and sad all at the same time. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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Romanization...
the restaurant I went to had korean writiing on the menus. And the romanized pronounciation next to it. And then the description of the dish in both english and french.
So, yeah. Romanization. |
Hanguel. Easy to learn. Useful in Korea. Yeah. |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Finally had Korean food today... I need suggestions. |
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I had:
- these weird spicy dark brown potato-like things. Didn't like it.
- this spicy vegetable stuff that looks a bit like pasta. No good.
- this seafood/onion tasting soup. The soup bown was actually clear with a bit of onion floating around in it. Can't say I liked this either.
- white rice. I can live on this stuff, I love it so much.
- Some pretty spicy beef served on this grill-like thing. The korean waitress told me that the Koreans eat it with their hands. When in Rome... anyway, I loved it.
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the restaurant I went to had korean writiing on the menus. And the romanized pronounciation next to it. And then the description of the dish in both english and french.
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Well if the descriptions in the menus were anything like the descriptions in your original posts, no wonder you don't know what you were eating.
At any rate, we just covered this subject about a week or two ago. And you can even see Daechi pissing and moaning about Romanization. In spite of that, there are some useful descriptions of foods there, check out: [url=]this other thread about Korean food that got hijacked by squabbling over Romanization[/url].
Bon appetit! |
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Emu Bitter
Joined: 27 May 2004
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:51 am Post subject: |
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Can't be bothered wading through 3 pages of this, so if someone's already mentioned these sorry. Kalbi is good, simple drinking food, pibambap ok in the Seoul/Kyonggi area, excellent in Chon ju, kimchi cheegae good but if it's a large serving takes a while to eat.
Excuse the spelling, combination of being here before they changed it, & having a missus who speaks the lingo so I don't need to  |
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coolsage
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: The overcast afternoon of the soul
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| Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:53 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, 'simple drinking food' nails it. Some Korean dishes are palatable. I'm rather fond of dakalbi. However, there's a good reason why Korean restaurants aren't springing up all over the West. And that is, to oversimplify, once you've had one Korean meal, you've pretty much had them all. The central 'entree' may vary, but the side dishes are always the same. Like Korean social mores, Korean cuisine seems to be frozen in time. Korea: the land where imagination comes to die. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Hit a Chinese restaurant and try some real jja jja myun before somebody tries to force an instant pack of them on you. Have some tang su yook while you're there (you'll recognize it as a variation of a popular dish in Chinese food restaurants in North America).
(son) Kal guk su is great, and
Deung Shim is delicious, but be very careful of your pronunciation! It's very similar to two words you don't want to say... |
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poddubny
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Location: i have NO avatar privileges!
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| Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, 'simple drinking food' nails it. Some Korean dishes are palatable. I'm rather fond of dakalbi. However, there's a good reason why Korean restaurants aren't springing up all over the West. And that is, to oversimplify, once you've had one Korean meal, you've pretty much had them all. The central 'entree' may vary, but the side dishes are always the same. Like Korean social mores, Korean cuisine seems to be frozen in time. Korea: the land where imagination comes to die. |
i think korean food could be a hit in north america, if only they'd be more inviting towards us "outsiders". k-food is already pretty big in LA, with alot of high-end korean restos situated in the nicer parts of tinseltown. ditto for new york. back in my hometown of toronto, korean food is just beginning to catch on with the locals. not so much the ones in k-town, but some of the newer places in whitey neighborhoods like queen west and such. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:49 am Post subject: |
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After 3 years of dreaming of such an event a chicken kalbi restaurant has just opened in my hometown, bringing the total # of Korean restaurants to 5 (there were only two 2 years ago).
There are also 2 Korean norae bangs that I am aware of... |
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