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Hyeon Een · Joined: 24 Jun 2005

I have had lots of 'so-so' food in korea, but only a couple of things I'd refuse to eat again because I think they really sucked.

(1) Bondeggi. Horrible horrible. Un-delicious to the max.

(2) Black goat. This wasn't as bad as bondeggi but it was totally unappealing. When I ate it we first had to be driven half an hour into the mountains which was irritating (no sneaking out when you get bored). The meat looked horrible before it was cooked. It looked like thick soggy shoelaces. After it was cooked it tasted like thick chewy damp shoelaces. Chewy with an unappealing taste.

The black goat was also served with maple tree water. This tastes like slightly sweetened water. I think a lot of Canadians are already familiar with the drink. There was nothing offensive about the treewater except that we had several gallons of it to get through and we had to keep one-shotting bowls of it so that we could get through the several gallons of it the boss had generously bought. Good for health apparantely. Unappealing once you're into your 5th litre in five minutes.

There haven't been any other foods I've had here with a negative-deliciousness-quotient though. (Though plenty which were, at best, average).

What foods don't you like here?

Beej · Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Location: Eungam Loop

The worst food is gotta be hong-a ?. Its raw sting ray that has been buried for some time. It tastes and smells like bleach. I couldnt even get one piece down.

Hyeon Een · Joined: 24 Jun 2005

Oh I'd forgotten about that..

I don't think I've actually tasted it though. I think I just smelled it and announced I'd already eaten dinner and it wasn't part of my culture to eat whilst drinking haha.

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

sangnakji. Octopus plucked from the tank, killed and chopped up in front of you (or nearby) and served raw and wriggling. Ugh.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I don't remember the name of it, but its cold fatty pork. Very fatty. Fattier than sahm-gyap-sahl. Just looking at it will clog your arteries. The meat part doesn't taste horrible but there's no knife around to cut off the fat.

jaganath69 · Joined: 17 Jul 2003

Roch · Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul

insamjunkie · Joined: 04 Oct 2006

Roch · Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul

cwaddell · Joined: 23 Jan 2006

Definitely bondeggi. Although the smell is even worse than the taste. And dog ribs/dog stir fry was disgusting, never again (the soup wasn't as bad).

I quite liked the black goat kalbi! Also, had an octopus ball at some seafood buffet and that tasted like paint.

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

rothkowitz · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

My main hassle with Korean food these days is that they don't prepare the ingredients.At all.

No de-veining of shrimps so the poo-sack is intact and no filleting of the fish so all the yucky gooey bits impart their taste too.

I could understand if Koreans were still dirt poor and they needed nourishment from wherever they could get it.

But haemuljim for 60.000 for 3 people and they're still fish-poo in it?? Rolling Eyes

Anyways my worst poo in food moment was at a friends restaurant and they were bbqing cow intestines........with green gooey stuff inside.

I couldn't eat for 2 days after just seeing and smelling that.

brianthestrider · Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Location: Seoul

Wow - I'd been quite enjoying Korean food so far (without knowing what any of it is, granted) but maybe I'll think twice now... Cow poo, yuck..

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

yup, yellow raddishes

and.......

Bondeggi was very nice in a spicy soup, but I've no intention of eating it straight.