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isisaredead

Joined: 18 May 2010

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:42 pm Post subject:

edwardcatflap wrote:

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My father visited and said, "Let's go to a high end Korean restaurant for dinner

I went to a high end Korean restaurant once and was a bit disappointed. The place, the decor, the waitresses' traditional outfits etc.. were all pretty smart but the food was a bit strange. Really over ornate in its presentation, tiny portions of everything, food cut into the shape of flowers etc... and arriving on ridiculously impractical plates or in weird little pots. All fluff and no substance. It was an interesting experience though.

sounds pretty similar to a lot of "high-end" western restaurants. i don't get much out of korean food, but your experience doesn't sound dissimilar to many places i've eaten at in western countries.

not being an apologist. just sayin'.

rchristo10

Joined: 14 Jul 2009

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:22 pm Post subject:

Totally off point, but since when did the opposite of fast food become "slow food?" Maybe I've been gone for a very long time, but do people actually go around talking about eating "slow food?" At first, I thought this was a pun aimed at the mentally challenged.

NYC_Gal 2.0

Joined: 10 Dec 2010

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 3:07 am Post subject:

Slow food is all about cooking (and if you can, growing) your own food, and getting it from small, local farms.

rchristo10

Joined: 14 Jul 2009

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:13 am Post subject:

NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote:

Slow food is all about cooking (and if you can, growing) your own food, and getting it from small, local farms.

Interesting...I always thought it was called non-fast food items...

Maybe I've been eating too many slow foods... Laughing

apparently I wasn't paying attention to this mockery of English in the 1980s.^^

Thanks

TheUrbanMyth

Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:29 pm Post subject:

shapeshifter wrote:

Zyzyfer wrote:

cj1976 wrote:

What Korean food have you eaten that is so different to everything else? Being married into a Korean family has given me the opportunity to try a lot of authentic Korean cooking, but I haven't seen a great deal of variety in terms of ingredients, cooking methods or taste. That's not to say you can't get good quality ingredients. Korean beef is expensive but it is pretty damn good.
I agree with the cheese thing. I don't understand how people can love cheese (a soured bovine lactate) and be reviled by kimchi.

Home cooking isn't really a good comparison. I mean my mom was a great cook but had the same somewhat limited rotation of food going on. She did a couple of "exotic" dishes but overall very meat-potatos-veg.

I don't think what's seen as traditionally Western food is bursting with variety. The main problem with Korea is that ethnic food wasn't really on the radar until very recently.

I had no idea Kimchi could be so unfriendly. .

Oh kimchi can be very aggressive at times. Laughing

carleverson

Joined: 04 Dec 2009

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: today's comedy reading in the Korea Times

rainism wrote:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2011/09/123_95576.html

the Wonder Girls example is just precious. Those poor girls desperately need a hamburger, as they're kept starved on a 900 calorie a day "diet". (like SNSD and all other girlie groups so they can retain their "I have the body of a 13 year old boy" figures)

I'd say 2 fists of that "punch rice" that all my kids constantly buy would probably exceed their 900 calorie daily limit.

in a similar article, the Minister (who's clearly a fool, or else just trying to drum up govt money for this sure to fail "investment") says foreigners can't remember "gojuchang" or "hot pepper taste" so it's best just to call it "Korean jam" and then they'll remember it and request it that much more!

Laughing

LOL at you for spending the time, thought and energy on this. If you hate this crap so much, why even bother??

Who freaking cares??? Rolling Eyes

Obviously you do. Laughing

NYC_Gal 2.0

Joined: 10 Dec 2010

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:10 pm Post subject:

rchristo10 wrote:

NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote:

Slow food is all about cooking (and if you can, growing) your own food, and getting it from small, local farms.

Interesting...I always thought it was called non-fast food items...

Maybe I've been eating too many slow foods... Laughing

apparently I wasn't paying attention to this mockery of English in the 1980s.^^

Thanks

It's my pleasure. I love cooking and small markets, so I'm very much into the slow food movement. I'm not totally against some street food every now and then, though! Kimchi pancakes are my favorite snack/light meal, though I only have them once in a while.

isisaredead

Joined: 18 May 2010

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:58 pm Post subject:

"slow food" is a "movement" now? holy crap i hate this world.

cj1976

Joined: 26 Oct 2005

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject:

TheUrbanMyth wrote:

shapeshifter wrote:

Zyzyfer wrote:

cj1976 wrote:

I had no idea Kimchi could be so unfriendly. .

Oh kimchi can be very aggressive at times. Laughing

The spicy variety can be particularly violent.

4 months left

Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:31 pm Post subject:

cj1976 wrote:

Korean food is not the worst in Asia. That award would have to go to the Philippines.?

But at least you can get decent reasonably priced foreign food in the Philippines.

NYC_Gal 2.0

Joined: 10 Dec 2010

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:36 pm Post subject:

isisaredead wrote:

"slow food" is a "movement" now?

holy crap i hate this world.

It's a shame that it has to be a movement, and not common sense.

isisaredead

Joined: 18 May 2010

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 1:01 am Post subject:

NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote:

isisaredead wrote:

"slow food" is a "movement" now?

holy crap i hate this world.

It's a shame that it has to be a movement, and not common sense.

nice save. i completely agree with you.

isisaredead

Joined: 18 May 2010

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 1:02 am Post subject:

4 months left wrote:

cj1976 wrote:

Korean food is not the worst in Asia. That award would have to go to the Philippines.?

But at least you can get decent reasonably priced foreign food in the Philippines.

thank god, yes.

NYC_Gal 2.0

Joined: 10 Dec 2010

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:10 am Post subject:

isisaredead wrote:

NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote:

isisaredead wrote:

"slow food" is a "movement" now?

holy crap i hate this world.

It's a shame that it has to be a movement, and not common sense.

nice save. i completely agree with you.

On the bright side, it might help curb the obesity epidemic that processed foods helped cause.

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