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definitely maybe
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 Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:12 am Post subject: Bangladeshi Restaurants in Namyangju |
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I've heard there are a ton of Bangladeshis in Namyangju. In fact, I even hear there's an area roughly considered "Bangladeshi Town." For those of you in know about Namyangju, are there any decent to solid restaurants serving up Bangladeshi grub?
I was thinking of driving over from Uijeongbu to look around, but I realized that a wild goose chase of this nature would like end in frustration. I am not looking for Indian/Pakistani/Afghani/whatever spots in Seoul. I already know plenty. Just wondering if there's anything good out that way. Thanks! |
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beast
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:00 am Post subject: |
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| Explain to us how Bangledeshi food is different than Indian or Pakistani food. I ask, because there are an unlimited number of Pakistani and Indian restaurants here. |
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Hyeon Een
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| beast wrote: |
| Explain to us how Bangledeshi food is different than Indian or Pakistani food. I ask, because there are an unlimited number of Pakistani and Indian restaurants here. |
Are you retarded?
Can you not read?
Are you an idiot?
Are you an asshole?
The last question was rhetorical by the way. The OP asked for Bangledeshi restaurants because he's heard there are lots of Bangledeshis in Namyangju. He also happened to mention that he knows of Indian and Pakistani restaurants in Seoul, but he was specifically asking about Namyangju where he believes there is a large Bangladeshi population hence Bangladeshi restaurants.
He wasn't discriminating against other South Asian folk, he simply thought that a place with a lot of Bangladeshis might have a Bangledeshi restaurant. Do you understand? It's like when I go to China Town, wanting to go to a Chinese restaurant, and some douche likes you says "Do you have something against Albanians?". It simply makes no sense in the context.
Offtopic: Most Indian restaurants in the UK are run by Bangladeshis, not Indians. Interesting eh?
OP: I don't know any restaurants in Namyangu let alone Bangladeshi ones, sorry. |
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definitely maybe
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| beast wrote: |
| Explain to us how Bangledeshi food is different than Indian or Pakistani food. I ask, because there are an unlimited number of Pakistani and Indian restaurants here. |
Are you retarded?
Can you not read?
Are you an idiot?
Are you an asshole?
The last question was rhetorical by the way. The OP asked for Bangledeshi restaurants because he's heard there are lots of Bangledeshis in Namyangju. He also happened to mention that he knows of Indian and Pakistani restaurants in Seoul, but he was specifically asking about Namyangju where he believes there is a large Bangladeshi population hence Bangladeshi restaurants.
He wasn't discriminating against other South Asian folk, he simply thought that a place with a lot of Bangladeshis might have a Bangledeshi restaurant. Do you understand? It's like when I go to China Town, wanting to go to a Chinese restaurant, and some douche likes you says "Do you have something against Albanians?". It simply makes no sense in the context.
Offtopic: Most Indian restaurants in the UK are run by Bangladeshis, not Indians. Interesting eh?
OP: I don't know any restaurants in Namyangu let alone Bangladeshi ones, sorry. |
it seems that one reader understood and one didn't. i like indian/pakistani/nepali food, but that had nothing to do with my question. hyeon een beat me to the punch with a response to beast. far more thorough than i would've been too.
the point about bangladeshis running indian restaurants in the uk is even more interesting, because the best indian food this unknowledgable yankee has ever had was in the uk. in my experience, bangladeshi/bengali curries, etc., are awesome. just looking for something a bit different that doesn't require a drive into seoul. figured there might be some folks around namyangju who know something and/or are interested in this too. |
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nosmallplans
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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namyangju is a big place... perhaps you can specify a certain region.
i know for a fact that you won't find anything non-korean east of guri all the way out to gapyoung. i see a decent number of south asians coming through donong station but i'm pretty sure they just jump on a connecting bus towards geumgok or pyeongnae. |
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definitely maybe
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| nosmallplans wrote: |
namyangju is a big place... perhaps you can specify a certain region.
i know for a fact that you won't find anything non-korean east of guri all the way out to gapyoung. i see a decent number of south asians coming through donong station but i'm pretty sure they just jump on a connecting bus towards geumgok or pyeongnae. |
i've never been to namyangju. i just live nearby. i can't specify any particular area, but i'm confident that there is an area in namyangju that has been established as a "bangladeshi town" by the government. there is, of course, nothing positive to be found about it. "bangladeshi town" is mentioned in the article i've linked below, which is about the korean police force's inability to control foreigner-dominated areas:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/11/117_34232.html |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Speaking of Namyangju, anyone know if Jumbo747, the 747 converted into a restaurant, is still standing? |
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Hyeon Een
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Speaking of Namyangju, anyone know if Jumbo747, the 747 converted into a restaurant, is still standing? |
It was there in September. I assme it still is. How's the food? I only drove by.. |
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RACETRAITOR
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm planning to check it out soon. I'll have a full report on it. Thanks for confirming it was there that recently. |
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politicorific
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:16 am Post subject: |
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The 747 is there, but last time I checked the inside was gutted. This was 6 months ago and it stood empty for about a year, prior to that I have no idea.
You can go check, but once you find it's empty, there's a decent Vietnamese place in the opposite direction behind Emart/parallel to the railroad tracks. |
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RACETRAITOR
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:05 am Post subject: |
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| politicorific wrote: |
The 747 is there, but last time I checked the inside was gutted. This was 6 months ago and it stood empty for about a year, prior to that I have no idea.
You can go check, but once you find it's empty, there's a decent Vietnamese place in the opposite direction behind Emart/parallel to the railroad tracks. |
Yes, it doesn't sound very appealing to an urban explorer. |
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nosmallplans
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| politicorific wrote: |
The 747 is there, but last time I checked the inside was gutted. This was 6 months ago and it stood empty for about a year, prior to that I have no idea.
You can go check, but once you find it's empty, there's a decent Vietnamese place in the opposite direction behind Emart/parallel to the railroad tracks. |
i've seen this place, always wondered about it. it's about half a mile from the last stop on 112-1. you can pick that up at gangbyun, it'll take about an hour. |
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nosmallplans
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| definitely maybe wrote: |
| nosmallplans wrote: |
namyangju is a big place... perhaps you can specify a certain region.
i know for a fact that you won't find anything non-korean east of guri all the way out to gapyoung. i see a decent number of south asians coming through donong station but i'm pretty sure they just jump on a connecting bus towards geumgok or pyeongnae. |
i've never been to namyangju. i just live nearby. i can't specify any particular area, but i'm confident that there is an area in namyangju that has been established as a "bangladeshi town" by the government. there is, of course, nothing positive to be found about it. "bangladeshi town" is mentioned in the article i've linked below, which is about the korean police force's inability to control foreigner-dominated areas:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/11/117_34232.html |
interesting.
well if you want to explore, i can tell you for a fact that they do not live beyond donong station. i live in donong and i ride out to dosim everyday for work and i never see foreigners past donong beyond the occasional caucasian in deokso.
like i said, i see quite a few foreigners at donong station but 99% of them transfer onto a bus. the most popular buses hit up deokso to the east along the han and geumgok, pyeongnae and hopyoung to the north east. as pyeongnae and hopyoung are both pretty happening, i can't imagine the property rates are low enough for most 3d workers. geumgok on the other hand does have a reputation of being poor, you might start there. otherwise a few buses do go as far as masok which i've never been to.
your only other choice would be to head north to the uijeongbu and try to take buses east from there. |
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definitely maybe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:48 am Post subject: |
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| nosmallplans wrote: |
| definitely maybe wrote: |
| nosmallplans wrote: |
namyangju is a big place... perhaps you can specify a certain region.
i know for a fact that you won't find anything non-korean east of guri all the way out to gapyoung. i see a decent number of south asians coming through donong station but i'm pretty sure they just jump on a connecting bus towards geumgok or pyeongnae. |
i've never been to namyangju. i just live nearby. i can't specify any particular area, but i'm confident that there is an area in namyangju that has been established as a "bangladeshi town" by the government. there is, of course, nothing positive to be found about it. "bangladeshi town" is mentioned in the article i've linked below, which is about the korean police force's inability to control foreigner-dominated areas:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/11/117_34232.html |
interesting.
well if you want to explore, i can tell you for a fact that they do not live beyond donong station. i live in donong and i ride out to dosim everyday for work and i never see foreigners past donong beyond the occasional caucasian in deokso.
like i said, i see quite a few foreigners at donong station but 99% of them transfer onto a bus. the most popular buses hit up deokso to the east along the han and geumgok, pyeongnae and hopyoung to the north east. as pyeongnae and hopyoung are both pretty happening, i can't imagine the property rates are low enough for most 3d workers. geumgok on the other hand does have a reputation of being poor, you might start there. otherwise a few buses do go as far as masok which i've never been to.
your only other choice would be to head north to the uijeongbu and try to take buses east from there. |
thanks for the help. i live in uijeongbu and have a car, so it won't be nearly as difficult and time-consuming as the various bus routes you've suggested. i've driven through that way on my way east before, but never paid much attention. certainly a dreary place up towards the northern border with uijeongbu and pocheon though. come to think of it, that's probably where bangladeshi town is. |
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beast
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:01 am Post subject: |
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| I guess you think there is a difference between India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Bangladesh only exists because India lets them, kind of like Sri Lanka. So my question remains unanswered: what is the difference between Pakistani, Indian, and Bangladeshi food? As you call me retarded, why don't you take a poll on this site and find out how many people can accurately tell you the difference. Maybe you can't even tell the difference and that is why you were so hostile towards my question. |
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