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Zulu
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| I've had San Miguel. Isn't that from Thailand? |
It is from the Phillipines. Does San Miguel sound Thai to you?
If you are interested in San Miguel here is their website. Don Enrique Maria Barretto de Ycaza founded the company. I think he was probably Spanish.
http://www.sanmiguel.com.ph/subsite.asp?subid=30 |
Yes, I realise that now. I went to the nearest city last night. Drank 2 draft, 2 Tsingtao, 1 Guiness, 3 Long Island Ice Teas, 1 Kalua and vodka (what do you call that?), a Kamakazi and 5 Cass at the noraebang. Took the bus home this morning and had about 300 mm of Korean mushroom wine.
Anyway, I saw San Miguel on the menu and the flag beside it. |
I would have seen Jesus himself on the menu after downing all that! Are you ok?
It's a Black Russian. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: Yum! Asian beer |
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| The King of Kwangju wrote: |
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| If you are from Ontario, you can go to the LCBO and get just about any popular beer you can think about from around the world. Funny thing is, it's about the same price as Canadian beer. |
This is a major, major exaggeration, bordering on an outright lie. |
No it isn't. Have you been to the LCBO. They have more than 100 beers from around the world and most of them are around $2.50-$3.50 for 500ml. The same size Canadian beer costs around $2.00-$3.00. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Chinese food in Korea is appalling. Every country I've been to has great Chinese food except for Korea. |
Can't you find good Chinese food in Seoul? Seems like they have everything else. |
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Zulu wrote: |
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| I've had San Miguel. Isn't that from Thailand? |
It is from the Phillipines. Does San Miguel sound Thai to you?
If you are interested in San Miguel here is their website. Don Enrique Maria Barretto de Ycaza founded the company. I think he was probably Spanish.
http://www.sanmiguel.com.ph/subsite.asp?subid=30 |
Yes, I realise that now. I went to the nearest city last night. Drank 2 draft, 2 Tsingtao, 1 Guiness, 3 Long Island Ice Teas, 1 Kalua and vodka (what do you call that?), a Kamakazi and 5 Cass at the noraebang. Took the bus home this morning and had about 300 mm of Korean mushroom wine.
Anyway, I saw San Miguel on the menu and the flag beside it. |
I would have seen Jesus himself on the menu after downing all that! Are you ok?
It's a Black Russian. |
Yeah. I'm ok. I even had a couple of cans outside the supermarket after all that. Had to wait for the bus. I ate a huge spicy BBQ chicken with the draft. That probably helped. I'm hungry today though and I was planning on going to Seoul for a steak, but it's 3:15 now. Takes a couple of hours to get there. Could still go but I don't feel so well. Hmm. Wonder why? |
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JZer
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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eamo wrote:
Chinese food in Korea is appalling. Every country I've been to has great Chinese food except for Korea. |
I think that eamo is saying the the Korean style of Chinese is appalling. You can't escape it. Maybe you can, since I am not an expert but my guess is that you can't!
Anyone know any good Chinese resturants in Seoul. |
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
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| Chinese food in Korea is appalling. Every country I've been to has great Chinese food except for Korea. |
Can't you find good Chinese food in Seoul? Seems like they have everything else. |
There probaby are some good Chinese restaurants around somewhere. It would be cool to find one. I could go for some honey garlic spareribs right now and one of those huge eggrolls with plum sauce. Wonton soup would be nice too.
*beep*. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:32 pm Post subject: Re: Yum! Asian beer |
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[quote="ajgeddes"][quote="The King of Kwangju"]
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Have you been to the LCBO. They have more than 100 beers from around the world and most of them are around $2.50-$3.50 for 500ml. The same size Canadian beer costs around $2.00-$3.00. |
On the topic of the LCBO, all I can say is that they must be the best liquor stores in North America. Almost all store are super clean. They have attractive shelving and displays. The staff are super polite. And yes, the selection of beer was excellent.
The other place where people buy beer in Ontario, The Beer Stores are the complete opposite of the LCBO. Their displays are a bunch of dirty empty beer bottles on a shelf on the wall. You give your order to an impersonal person who shouts some abbreviated form of your order to some guy in the back. Finally, your case of beer comes rolling out on this noisy conveyor belt made up of metal wheels. And in these stores, they sell the oh-so-fashionable beer brand clothing, hockey shirts, caps, thermal beer mug covers and beer logo beach balls. A classy shopping experience indeed. 
Yep, you guessed it. The LCBO is for the mid to upper class and the beer stores are for the working class. That's Ontario for you. It's the only province I know that has a social class system in place in Canada. And if you think I am lying, think about the different "levels" of supermarkets you find there No Frills, Price Chopper, Loblaws, Dominion, Valu Mart... |
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Zulu
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:53 pm Post subject: Re: Yum! Asian beer |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| The King of Kwangju wrote: |
| ajgeddes wrote: |
| If you are from Ontario, you can go to the LCBO and get just about any popular beer you can think about from around the world. Funny thing is, it's about the same price as Canadian beer. |
This is a major, major exaggeration, bordering on an outright lie. |
No it isn't. Have you been to the LCBO. They have more than 100 beers from around the world and most of them are around $2.50-$3.50 for 500ml. The same size Canadian beer costs around $2.00-$3.00. |
Sounds right to me. Every booze shop I saw in any half-large city in Canada or the US had a very nice selection of foreign beer, and has for as long as I can remember. |
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Zulu
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| There probaby are some good Chinese restaurants around somewhere. It would be cool to find one. I could go for some honey garlic spareribs right now and one of those huge eggrolls with plum sauce. Wonton soup would be nice too. |
There's a foreign chain, Ho-Lee Chow, in a couple of places in Seoul. One right in the Hamilton Hotel in Itaewon. A bit pricey and not the selection you'd get in North America or China obviously but miles beyond the jajangmyung offerings nonetheless. Not sure about the egg rolls, probably a north american thing, but pretty sure they have spring rolls. Worth the $ if you need a fix.
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