Korean Job Discussion Forums

[chomsky]

Hello all. How do ye rank Korean grub compared to other Asian vittles? I haven't tried Laotian, Burmese and some others yet so I can't judge. I like hot, spicy, and varied. So for me it's

1) Thai
2) Indian
3) Chinese (especially Hunan style)
4) Vietnamese
5) Pakistani

[Wombat]

My favourites are definitely from the Subcontinent. Korean food doesn't offer a very interesting diet for the vegetarian.

Wombat

PS - But a lot of it is still great.

[Howard Roark]

I agree with your number one pick. Thai food is highly underrated I think. Actually, I agree with your entire list. My ultimate favorite is Turkish - hey, Turkey is on the Asian continent.

[jaderedux]

I travelled in China last year with a native chinese and I have to say
I by far prefer Chinese....siuchan (sp?) especially.
So much variety. Don't want meat ... no problem.
Lots more veggies and variety.

Thai food
Indian Food

Those are my top 3.

Jade

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[the_beaver]

For flavor I'd go with Chinese first and then Thai. Indian and Pakistani are both good (curry's a good thing).

But, as a carnivore, I'm very happy in Korea. Korean food doesn't have the flavor of other ethnic foods, but they have piles and piles of meat.

[chomsky]

Howard, yes of course Turkish food must be great if it's anything close to other middle eastern food, all of which seems to be incredible - especially the breads.

If you go to other Asian cities such as Bangkok or KL, you can get just about anything in addition to the local specialties: Chinese, American, Greek, English pub food, Indian, Pakistani, Vietnamese, French, you name it - even Korean - but in big Korean cities like Pusan and Taegu, even Seoul - true international restaurants hard if not impossible to find. Almost every Korean city seems to offer no other Asian food except the Korean-(insert country here) fusion variety, which is generally awful. So I find myself having to stick to pure Korean stuff rather than 'kimchi-curry' and the like. Day in day out this is maddening. Why the extreme lack of variety here? Help.

[chomsky]

There are a lot of Indonesian, Malaysian and Pakistani people working in Taegu. If any of you are reading this post I think you could make good money here by opening a restaurant that offers the real thing (read no kimchi or fusion food). I don't know if such a business is easy to establish but if you make it, we will come.

[crazylemongirl]

I have to admit as a food genre korea ranks down the bottom of the list of other 'asian fare.' I find that it tends to be rotting stuff covered up with copious amounts of red chillie paste. Yes that could describe the rest of the 'asian' region but for some reason they seem to do it better.

I love

Turkish
Malay
Thai

CLG

[chomsky]

[Korean food doesn't offer a very interesting diet for the vegetarian.
]

Yes Wombat, it must be very difficult for a veggie or vegan here because even the 'vegetable' dishes and soups are often made with meat or fish products (kimchi for example usually contains fish or shrimp sauces). Good luck. [/quote]

[whatthefunk]

Japanese food tops my list. Its lite, and sometimes very odd. I swear I could eat sushi all day and never get sick of it...

Others I like

Thai, and Indian.

[chomsky]

[the_beaver]

[chomsky]

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