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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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 Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:32 am Post subject: Worst food in Korea |
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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? |
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Beej
Joined: 05 Mar 2005
Location: Eungam Loop
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: |
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| 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. |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:42 am Post subject: |
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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. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| sangnakji. Octopus plucked from the tank, killed and chopped up in front of you (or nearby) and served raw and wriggling. Ugh. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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| 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. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
| sangnakji. Octopus plucked from the tank, killed and chopped up in front of you (or nearby) and served raw and wriggling. Ugh. |
Heathen! I love that stuff. How often do you get to have a good old fashioned wrestle with what you eat? Agree with hong-A and bontaeggi tho. |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: Worst food in Korea |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
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? |
You are now up for at least five drinks on Roch at any bar in the R.O.K.
God bless, and take care.
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insamjunkie
Joined: 04 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:30 pm Post subject: I Was Not an English-ee Major |
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| I know this doesn't have the yuck factor like silkworm or live octopus, but what I really can't stand are those sweet yellow radishes. Something is really off about the flavor combination in those, at least to my taste buds. |
Are you on drugs?
These are the Saving Grace of many local dishes that try to pass as Northern Chinese. Mix 'em around a bit in your K-Chinese Dish and taste the tangy and delicious relief!!
Go to Quindao City: There you will find a less agreeable version of Jah-Jeong-Me-Ong (pardon my Romanisation). It's the noodle dish that, when perfected to the Nth Degree, is the forkin' balls! Locals there do not have the yellow things that, in the R.O.K., offer such an acidic after-taste to this famous noodle dish.
Roch
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cwaddell
Joined: 23 Jan 2006
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