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derbot
Joined: 04 May 2010
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| myenglishisno wrote: |
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Everything that goes in the oven. Sunday roasts.
Indian food.
Subway. |
Indian food and Subway are both extremely common here and they're not much different than back home (I worked at a Subway and I can't even see a difference). |
Some of us live in the shticks my friend. |
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myenglishisno
Joined: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Geumchon
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| interestedinhanguk wrote: |
| myenglishisno wrote: |
| legrande wrote: |
| myenglishisno wrote: |
| derbot wrote: |
Everything that goes in the oven. Sunday roasts.
Indian food.
Subway. |
Indian food and Subway are both extremely common here and they're not much different than back home (I worked at a Subway and I can't even see a difference). |
Subway, yeah, but Indian...Ah, my friend, believe me, there is a difference.
It goes back to the fact that Korea is generally about cutting corners. |
An Ottogi curry chicken or a Japanese style curry place doesn't count  There are plenty of authentic Indian restaurants around with authentic Indian staff. |
Indian staff, yes. Indian food, no. |
Where are you people getting your Indian food from? I've had "authentic" (not Korean/Japanese style) Indian food in Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, Toronto and lots of other places... the Indian food I've had here is equally as good as the rest of them. The only thing that seems to be lacking in Seoul is the amount of choices but even then, if you go to a place like Everest there is still more than enough variety.
When I had Indian food in Toronto at a relatively well known Indian restaurant, it was exactly the same as it is here except twice as expensive and they watered down their curries.
People are probably going to tell me to go to India... |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:16 am Post subject: |
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| RMNC wrote: |
| Anyone who doesn't agree that Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are the greatest food thus discovered by man is a horrible monster deserving of a slow, punishing death. |
Bah. Reese's Pieces are the superior candy. Away with your heresy. |
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interestedinhanguk
Joined: 23 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| myenglishisno wrote: |
| interestedinhanguk wrote: |
| myenglishisno wrote: |
| legrande wrote: |
| myenglishisno wrote: |
| derbot wrote: |
Everything that goes in the oven. Sunday roasts.
Indian food.
Subway. |
Indian food and Subway are both extremely common here and they're not much different than back home (I worked at a Subway and I can't even see a difference). |
Subway, yeah, but Indian...Ah, my friend, believe me, there is a difference.
It goes back to the fact that Korea is generally about cutting corners. |
An Ottogi curry chicken or a Japanese style curry place doesn't count There are plenty of authentic Indian restaurants around with authentic Indian staff. |
Indian staff, yes. Indian food, no. |
Where are you people getting your Indian food from? I've had "authentic" (not Korean/Japanese style) Indian food in Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, Toronto and lots of other places... the Indian food I've had here is equally as good as the rest of them. The only thing that seems to be lacking in Seoul is the amount of choices but even then, if you go to a place like Everest there is still more than enough variety.
When I had Indian food in Toronto at a relatively well known Indian restaurant, it was exactly the same as it is here except twice as expensive and they watered down their curries.
People are probably going to tell me to go to India... |
There's minimal demand for authentic Indian food here in Korea. There might be a couple places in Itaewon, I haven't been to the places there. But in general, the Indian food here is for Koreans. That means it's been altered. What authentic foreign food is in Korea? Close to nothing.
It's the same situation as Jade Palace Mega Buffet for $8.99 in your local suburban strip mall back in the US. Sure, it's got Chinese people cooking, and it's got the name "Chinese," but it's not Chinese. |
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myenglishisno
Joined: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Geumchon
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:47 am Post subject: |
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| interestedinhanguk wrote: |
There's minimal demand for authentic Indian food here in Korea. There might be a couple places in Itaewon, I haven't been to the places there. But in general, the Indian food here is for Koreans. That means it's been altered. What authentic foreign food is in Korea? Close to nothing.
It's the same situation as Jade Palace Mega Buffet for $8.99 in your local suburban strip mall back in the US. Sure, it's got Chinese people cooking, and it's got the name "Chinese," but it's not Chinese. |
That's the thing, I can't tell the difference between the average Indian food here and the Indian food I've had elsewhere. It's pretty much similar, more or less. Has everyone here been to India and had Indian food there, or something? |
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derbot
Joined: 04 May 2010
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:53 am Post subject: |
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| myenglishisno wrote: |
| interestedinhanguk wrote: |
There's minimal demand for authentic Indian food here in Korea. There might be a couple places in Itaewon, I haven't been to the places there. But in general, the Indian food here is for Koreans. That means it's been altered. What authentic foreign food is in Korea? Close to nothing.
It's the same situation as Jade Palace Mega Buffet for $8.99 in your local suburban strip mall back in the US. Sure, it's got Chinese people cooking, and it's got the name "Chinese," but it's not Chinese. |
That's the thing, I can't tell the difference between the average Indian food here and the Indian food I've had elsewhere. It's pretty much similar, more or less. Has everyone here been to India and had Indian food there, or something? |
I don't know about that. That wasn't my point. There's no Indian near me and I'm 3 hours from Seoul so, yea, I miss it. |
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legrande
Joined: 23 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:31 am Post subject: |
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| myenglishisno wrote: |
| interestedinhanguk wrote: |
There's minimal demand for authentic Indian food here in Korea. There might be a couple places in Itaewon, I haven't been to the places there. But in general, the Indian food here is for Koreans. That means it's been altered. What authentic foreign food is in Korea? Close to nothing.
It's the same situation as Jade Palace Mega Buffet for $8.99 in your local suburban strip mall back in the US. Sure, it's got Chinese people cooking, and it's got the name "Chinese," but it's not Chinese. |
That's the thing, I can't tell the difference between the average Indian food here and the Indian food I've had elsewhere. It's pretty much similar, more or less. Has everyone here been to India and had Indian food there, or something? |
Dunno 'bout Everest, but in general the places I've been to even in Itaewon skimp on the portions, abundance/variety of spices, and general depth/care in tems of preparation, and yeah just down home love compared to what I've had in the States. I mean the places I went to, you could clearly discern that it wasn't just a business, it was like a service to the community to take you out of your friggin' mundane existence to some rare plane of culinary splendor, even if the decor was simple and humble.
I have a friend in Tokyo who has a hole-in-the-wall joint (seats a max of 5-6 around a 1.5 meter space for the proprietor), he's the got the same spirit, and just seeing what he did with his devotion to his curries opened my eyes and made me realize how limited by business concerns the stuff you usually get here is. |
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goniff
Joined: 31 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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bubble and squeak
pie, mash and liquor
jellied eels
herring roll mops
I would say the best Indian food is to be found in the Brick Lane area of London. Not on the sub-continent because of the lack of quality of the meat and vegetables. Prices in Brick Lane are great too! |
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robot
Joined: 07 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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Good Beer (Belgian.. thinking specifically of Fin du Monde) |
Gah. You mean Canadian, and specifically Quebecoise -- it's from Unibroue. |
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RMNC
Joined: 21 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:44 am Post subject: |
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Don't ever link me to a Family Guy video ever again. How dare you insult my sense of humor thusly. |
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interestedinhanguk
Joined: 23 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:28 am Post subject: |
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Don't ever link me to a Family Guy video ever again. How dare you insult my sense of humor thusly. |
It's funny. |
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red_devil
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Korea
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Ganga tasted like one of the more mediocre Indian places back home, which means compared to everything else here it was great. It was about as good as the quick-e curry stop in one of the Indian groceries back home. Unfortunately the price was about 3X as much. I was able to get a Kingfisher though. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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I've had Indian food in India and it's way overatted. If you want really awesome Indian food go to The United Arab Emirates. There's a huge migrant worker from India/a Pakinstan here so Indian resturants outnumber Kababs and Falafils.
Some of the best Indian food I had there was actually at Vegetarian restaurants. Things like Thaili and Masala Dosa. Awesome great flavor too. |
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