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mokpochica · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Location: Ann Arbor, MI

I really love Korean food and it is currently my favorite Asian cuisine. It was a bit hard to get used to eating it everyday at first (I have always loved bibimbap, but not everything is as easy to get used to as that) but once I got used to it I really craved it. I was surprised by my parents when they came to Korea--maybe almost as much as some of the korean people. They really loved korean food, including kimchi.

My favorite Asian foods are probably:
1. Korean
2. Chinese
3. Japanese
4. Vietnamese
5. Thai

I think Chinese food is easier for most western people to eat and enjoy, but I find it kind of heavy and greasy now. It does taste great though! the thing I love about being at home is I can eat any of these foods whenever I really want to--I can even find the ingredients at some of my local grocery stores.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

I LOVE Korean food and Vietnamese food.

Particularly the galbi, cooked meat.

Vietnam does the same but instead of lettuce leafs and pepper paste, its thin rice paper and fish sauce.. even more delicious!

My list of Asian foods goes like this:

1) Vietnamese
2) Korean
3) Cambodian
4) Thai
5) Chinese
6) Japanese
7) Indonesian
Cool

Filipino

chomsky · Joined: 03 Jul 2003

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

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crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

Tiger,
Did you like sisig (I forget the spelling) I think it it's basically bits of pig head that's been mixed up. I agree phillipino food is pretty damn fatty, but I love the little lime things they have with the dish yum..

CLG

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

waterbaby · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

I like the spaghetti too. Tiger your missing out on something nice there. Of course the chicken intestine on a skewer wasn't a culinary highlight of my trip there

bee happy

CLG

bucheon bum · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Cedar · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 6:28 am Post subject:

BEFORE I came to Korea I would have said;

1. Indian
2. Japanese
3. Thai
4. Vietnamese
5. Chinese

Now that I have been to all those countries I would say;

1. Korean
2. Japanese
3. Lao
4. Thai
5. Burmese

and Indian, Chinese and Vietnamese aren't even on the list.

Dan · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Sunny Glendale, CA

Restaurant foods:

1. Thai
2. Korean (though soooo expensive)
3. Japanese (even more expensive)
4. Chinese
5. Indian

Actually, I couldn't put a number on the top 5, as I love them all.

BUT:

I think the best judge of a country's food is to eat what they eat at home every day.

With this I only have experience in two countries, which are Korea and Japan. I lived with Japanese people for a year.

And honest to goodness, Korean food wins hands down in this category.

Raw egg on top of rice?! NO THANKS. Nato, umeboshi, koniaku? Nope, sorry.

I like Indian food, but in the home, it all comes down to vegetables and chicken. Chicken this, chicken that, vegetable curry #1, vegetable curry #2. etc, etc.

SweetBear · Joined: 18 May 2003

Cedar makes a good point. Many ethnic restaurants in the west change the original cuisine to cater to the tastes of the host country. I would have said Thai and Indian until I tried it in Thailand or made by an Indian family. A common ingredient in Thai curry is pigs blood, along with inedible pieces of meat.