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Ribena
Joined: 07 Apr 2011
Location: UK
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| I don't mind Starbucks or McDonalds so much but Taco Bell is the most vile place I've ever had the misfortune to eat at, I'd rather go to Chipotle than Taco Bell. I'm not sure there is any actual meat or chicken in anything at Taco Bell. Went once and never again. |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Ribena wrote: |
| I don't mind Starbucks or McDonalds so much but Taco Bell is the most vile place I've ever had the misfortune to eat at, I'd rather go to Chipotle than Taco Bell. I'm not sure there is any actual meat or chicken in anything at Taco Bell. Went once and never again. |
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Tacos so small they couldn't covermy erect middle finger  |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| The market is here for more Starbucks and other American brands/stores. We all know it and see it in Korea every day. Ever seen an empty McDonalds? An empty Outback? An empty Costco?An empty Krispy Kreme? An empty Taco Bell? Me, neither. |
I'm not talking about waygookin. These places are full of Koreans. That's the target market.
Even the Korean copycat places like Lotteria and the many coffee houses are jam packed from opening to closing on a regular basis. |
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smee18
Joined: 24 Mar 2009
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:47 am Post subject: |
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| This should do wonders for obesity rates in this country. Go the fatties!!!!!! |
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sallymonster
Joined: 06 Feb 2010
Location: Seattle area
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| Now if only Starbucks would start offering eggnog lattes in Korea during the Christmas season, now that would be perfection. |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:35 am Post subject: |
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| sojusucks wrote: |
Even the Korean copycat places like Lotteria and the many coffee houses are jam packed from opening to closing on a regular basis. |
At Seoul Station there is a Lotteria and McDonald's that share the same space. There's not even really a wall between them. Amazingly I see Lotteria is even busier that McDonald's most of the time. I've tried Lotteria several times, and I just don't get it. The prices are similar to McDonald's, yet the food is abysmal. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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| madoka wrote: |
| sojusucks wrote: |
Even the Korean copycat places like Lotteria and the many coffee houses are jam packed from opening to closing on a regular basis. |
At Seoul Station there is a Lotteria and McDonald's that share the same space. There's not even really a wall between them. Amazingly I see Lotteria is even busier that McDonald's most of the time. I've tried Lotteria several times, and I just don't get it. The prices are similar to McDonald's, yet the food is abysmal. |
Nationalism, plus Lotteria's products may be more in tune with Korean tastes. I agree Lotteria is not very good. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Instead of expanding more American garbage, couldn't they just get rid of Starbucks in one final swoop? I thought I came to Korea, instead it's like America-lite. I don't want to see rubbish like Starbucks, Burger King and Taco Bell on every corner, but alas it is not to be. |
Find a rural area and thou shalt findeth thee freedom thy desireth!! Get thou a$$ to thine countryside!! (Read between the lines: Move out of Seoul if that's what you want.) A town of less than 100,000 ought to do the trick. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| metalhead wrote: |
| Instead of expanding more American garbage, couldn't they just get rid of Starbucks in one final swoop? I thought I came to Korea, instead it's like America-lite. I don't want to see rubbish like Starbucks, Burger King and Taco Bell on every corner, but alas it is not to be. |
Uh-oh, someone's Asian adventure got pissed on. |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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Nationalism, plus Lotteria's products may be more in tune with Korean tastes. I agree Lotteria is not very good. |
Given the popularity of western fastfood chains, I'm sure nationalism has nothing to do with it. That's why I'm left puzzled as to Lotteria's popularity. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:08 am Post subject: |
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| madoka wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
Nationalism, plus Lotteria's products may be more in tune with Korean tastes. I agree Lotteria is not very good. |
Given the popularity of western fastfood chains, I'm sure nationalism has nothing to do with it. That's why I'm left puzzled as to Lotteria's popularity. |
Yea right. Explain how Lotteria can charge more for less. Or VIPS. Or E-mart. Or Beanpole. And the list goes on. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:27 am Post subject: |
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Lol. |
I call them iC*nts.  |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:07 am Post subject: |
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| Before Starbucks came the coffee shop scene in Seoul was bleak. |
Before Starbucks opened anywhere the coffee scene was bleak........I know it's cool to hate on big chains. I think I did that when I was a teenager too. 
But you have to give credit where it's due. Actually, decent coffee would have been extremely rare in Korea before the big American chains came. Same for fast-food.
Sorry Korea, but coffee and fast-food are not two of your intrinsic strengths. |
To be fair...coffee is not an American intrinsic strength either
Starbucks is at best half decent coffee..you want great coffee go to Europe, some countries in the middle east as well.
Some of the larger North American cities have GREAT coffee but typically those smaller establishments are run by....Italians, French people...
As far as Korea...when I arrived there way back when, by MY standards, coffee was simply horrid. Now you can access half decent coffee at Starbucks, Angels in us and tons of other places. There are even 2 or 3 places we know in Busan that offer almost excellent espresso and lattes...  |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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Wait, Starbucks to EXPAND???
I seem to recall every time I'm in Seoul I see one of those things every 30 seconds.
Personally of all the chains, I like Ediya the best. I wish they would expand.
What's next a Mrs. Field's in every shopping mall? A Cinnabon? I swear one of these days I'm going to be rolling through some place like Geoje Island and drive past a Sonic. I think at that point it will be time to pic up shop and head for Mongolia. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
Wait, Starbucks to EXPAND???
I seem to recall every time I'm in Seoul I see one of those things every 30 seconds.
Personally of all the chains, I like Ediya the best. I wish they would expand.
What's next a Mrs. Field's in every shopping mall? A Cinnabon? I swear one of these days I'm going to be rolling through some place like Geoje Island and drive past a Sonic. I think at that point it will be time to pic up shop and head for Mongolia. |
There aren't a ton of them in Gyeonggi, however. |
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