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IPayInCash
Joined: 27 Jul 2013
Location: Away from all my board stalkers :)
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So are you a gyopo or Koreaboo, which one?
Japan is ranked #1 in life expectancy. I'd say the food has a lot to do with it as when I lived there they didn't eat crap like they do in the US. I'll give you Korea has healthy food compared to the West but in NO WAY are the Koreans healthier than the Japanese. There are more and more fat people in Korea every year (especially the kids). How do you not notice this? Even Koreans have talked to me about how Korea is getting fatter every year and becoming like America. Yet when I head back to Japan for business trips they're still the same thin people they were when they left. Nothings changed. Which parts of Japan are you visiting where they look unhealthier than Koreans? |
People always go crazy on Dave's, it's fun. 
KR has the lowest obesity rate in the developed world, slightly lower than JP, but their overweight rate is slightly higher, so basically a tie. Life expectancy is complicated, oldies had it hard, I say the new generation lives forever.
But the point is Westerner's think about Japan, KR may have all sorts of good points but is off their radar. |
So are you a gyopo or Koreaboo? |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| I would never visit any country for the food. Food simply isn't that important to me. I could visit France, Italy or Cambodia and barely touch the food and still have a great cultural experience. I travel to see historic buildings, experience the culture, and so forth. The cuisine is down at the very bottom of my list. In fact, food tourism is utterly baffling to me. And although I like Korean food, I can't see many people jumping on airplanes to get a bowl of bibimbap. |
That's pretty much my take on it. I wouldn't travel thousands of miles just for food.
Not that I don't enjoy eating or that I don't enjoy different cuisines, but it's just not very high on my list of things to do when traveling. |
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KimchiNinja
Joined: 01 May 2012
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:52 am Post subject: |
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| IPayInCash wrote: |
So are you a gyopo or Koreaboo? |
My weirdness probably doesn't fit into the categories you place things into, if we can just nip this in the bud.  |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| The Korean and Thai food I had in the US tasted pretty much the same as they did in their respective countries. |
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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| Korean food would encourage me to go elsewhere |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:45 am Post subject: |
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I don't think anyone would move abroad to a specific country because of its food. The food may be one factor for or against moving however.
Ed's point about food is interesting (and I agree with it). The Korean food we get here in Canada is good to great but it does not taste the same as the same dishes in Korea. In fact many dishes in Korea taste different depending on where in Korea you eat them.
I experienced the same with French dishes in Canada vs France.
The ingredients used, where they were grown and harvested, how they are cooked and served, those all change the taste of a dish from one country to another.
To go back to the OP, I would not move to a country based on food. However, the food that is available there will affect my decision (and my wife's decision as well). |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:32 am Post subject: |
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| I miss some of the Korean food from back home...Can't find anything quite like the spicy pork that was thrown on the grill back in the States.... |
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Nester Noodlemon
Joined: 16 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:48 am Post subject: Re: Would you come to Korea for the food? |
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| I've wondered if I'd miss Korean food if/when I left. |
Forget it CC.
You ain't leaving, NEVER. You and the rest of Dave's contingent are LIFERS. You hear that? LIFERS.
Jodami is the only one around who go out.......AND got out at the top!
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Are you the same Jodami who claims to be a professor? You know, the Jodami in a different thread who is also asking about if you will need a Masters for a job?
At the top, yeah, sure.
Jodami's Lesson Plan
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geldedgoat
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:51 am Post subject: Re: Would you come to Korea for the food? |
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| This article got me thinking... I don't think I'd come here for the food. I dig many Korean dishes, but I don't think I'd ever yearn for them. |
I left a few years ago, and I frequently crave Korean food. 떡볶이, 매운오뎅, and 빈대떡 from the street market (never found these even halfway decent in restaurants), 굴밥, 추어탕, 누룽지탕, 해물떡찜, 들깨칼국수, and 수제비 are all very, very high on my list of all-time favorite foods. And freshly grilled 장어... *drool* |
I've wondered if I'd miss Korean food if/when I left. I suppose a lot of it would be if I had any access to it in North America. |
Also 회덮밥, 호떡, 알탕, and 한정식. Most of these dishes require access to fresh ingredients that are very difficult to source outside of Korea or its neighbors.
I really don't understand the people that despise Korean cuisine in its entirety. Not everything has 김치, 된장, and 고추장 mixed in. |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: La Florida
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I really enjoy Korea. I like a lot of different Korean dishes. Especially the ginseng chicken soup. But Korean food is a little like a McDonalds hamburger in one way. If you don't want catsup on your hamburger, McDonalds will all but ask you to get out. A lot of Korean dishes would be edible if they asked in advance whether you wanted cho-jang slathered all over everything. It kind of ruins the experience if you have to spend half an hour washing it off your food, as if that were even possible.
In short, if Korean food were no longer available to me, I'm not sure that I would even notice. |
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Jodami
Joined: 08 Feb 2013
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:24 am Post subject: |
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| I left Korea because of the food.... |
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Jodami
Joined: 08 Feb 2013
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:27 am Post subject: Re: Would you come to Korea for the food? |
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| Nester Noodlemon wrote: |
Are you the same Jodami who claims to be a professor? You know, the Jodami in a different thread who is also asking about if you will need a Masters for a job?
At the top, yeah, sure.
Jodami's Lesson Plan
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Stalker alert.
My, my, my - I am flattered.
FYI, I worked at a uni in Korea for 5 years and banked a ton too. I left for a better deal elsewhere.
The masters thing, I was asking coz my buddy back in Korea is trying to get his big Canadian foot into a uni door. So, he was asking me about this rule.
Keep stalking me though poodle, I am touched. |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: La Florida
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metalhead
Joined: 18 May 2010
Location: Toilet
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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I've never heard of anyone going anywhere just for the food, and I can't see anyone doing it just for Korean food, too many foul dishes compared to a few good ones, but nothing stands out as being really great in Korea, partly because of the lack of variation I would say. You'd really think they'd follow the lead of other countries and try adding new dishes to what they already have, but Korea is a bit slow when it comes to innovation in most areas.
Have Koreans figured out that not covering your mouth when you sneeze spreads germs yet? Or that it's impolite to barge into someone without saying sorry? Then again, on second thought, the few Koreans I've seen here in Sweden have acted normal, so as foreigners in Korea you guys should act like the Koreans do then - no more waiting in line or respecting women at least, wow what a great thing for you fellows. |
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Nester Noodlemon
Joined: 16 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:57 pm Post subject: Re: Would you come to Korea for the food? |
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| Jodami wrote: |
| Nester Noodlemon wrote: |
Are you the same Jodami who claims to be a professor? You know, the Jodami in a different thread who is also asking about if you will need a Masters for a job?
At the top, yeah, sure.
Jodami's Lesson Plan
H A N G M A N |
Stalker alert.
My, my, my - I am flattered.
FYI, I worked at a uni in Korea for 5 years and banked a ton too. I left for a better deal elsewhere.
The masters thing, I was asking coz my buddy back in Korea is trying to get his big Canadian foot into a uni door. So, he was asking me about this rule.
Keep stalking me though poodle, I am touched. |
But no PhD., Englisheeeee professor |
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