Korean Job Discussion Forums

[samcheokguy]

and the quality is low, so why do people try to eat western food in Korea? They put strange sauce on it, or charge 1 million won for it. I don't get it. With the money you save on not eating steak you can buy a hooker.

[poet13]

Never eat a hooker. You never know where she's (or he, I suppose) been.

[ekul]

I second not eating hookers, unless it's tuna steak your after.

[prideofidaho]

Out of curiousity where are you eating??? TGI Fridays? Outback? Some other chain restaurant?

I've found a few really decent restaurants in Seoul...food is good, service is good. You get what you pay for, and when you're eating at glorified fast food chains, well you're going to get crap.

[PRagic]

I had the big bacon cheeseburger at the Wolfhoud a week or so ago and didn't even finish it. Thing tasted like old meatloaf. How freakin hard is it to make a burger. ENOUGH with the breadcrumbs, people!

[Demonicat]

breadcrumbs in a burger...sounds like someone's feeling the economic heat. When they start adding filler to burgers, its time to move the f'on

[dean_burrito]

Every now and then I like to eat a Smokey's burger with cheddar cheese and jalepenos.
Nashville burgers are ok too, other than that I prefer to just make one myself.

[harlowethrombey]

[Yesterday]

I have been mainly only buying fruit and vegetables for the last 2 months and due to that - my grocery bill has DOUBLED...

so based on what the OP's logic - why eat fruit/vegetables whilst in korea? - its too expensive...

OP - go to VIPS (restaurant) each night - and just pay the 15,000won for the salad bar -you will get all the taco's, salad, vegetables, fruit, drinks, fish, red salmon, prawns, clams, oysters you want each day for dinner

very healthy and not expensive - (sorry does not include steak)

[jkelly80]

Because it's better than eating at Lotteria (which I still will do depending on the size of my hangover).

[Robot_Teacher]

If you want western food the way you want it, prepare and cook it yourself. This is what I do. And I can make things no restaurant sells and most things much higher quality than any restaurant serves up. Same holds true at home where my cooking is much better than most restaurants. I'm a gourmet foodie. Finding things have proved to be a challenge, but you can get stuff once you have a Gmarket account set up.

These are just a few mouthwatering choices on my menu.

Ham and beans with sliced onions and seasoning.
Real Italian Tortellii with real Italian mushroom sauce and 100% lean ground beef topped with Parmesan cheese baked as a casserole.
100% lean ground beef burger with chopped onions, egg, and seasonings blended. I miss the deer venison meat common at home that's lean as they get.
Pizza made from scratch using the most awesome pepperoni which comes from Australia. This one requires dough work, but rocks.
Awesome oven baked stuffed bell peppers using brown rice or oatmeal.
Corn powder breaded fish and zucchini slices fried in corn oil; not shortening. Yummy.
BBQ baby back ribs. Baked potatoes. Still lacking sweet yellow corn on the cob as I can't find that item.
Baked pork loin chopped up or ground lean beef for a taco salad using Rico brand tortilla chips, cheese, cherry tomatoes, bell pepper, onion, and Taco Bell sauces. Use salsa if no Taco Bell sauce. hmmm hhmm good

Hoeggarden beer for 1995 won at Emart, but 7,000 at a bar serving garbage food you only order if really hungry and can't go home to cook and then food services usually end at an early 10PM so you're limited to McDonalds if you're hungry after a late night on the town drinking in a bar that stops food at 10PM such as 3 Alley Pub. The lack of late night food choices and not knowing what food is made of makes travel uncomfortable. Often, it's low quality over priced crap.

It's still pricey to cook for yourself, but it's the way to go for dinner and weekends home. I eat Korean school lunch, suck it up, and drive on which saves time and money, but is unpleasant. Few restaurants anywhere in the world compare to the cost effective gourmet qualities of the robot chef.

[Straphanger]

[IAMAROBOT]

tell me more about this burger place, straphanger. i'm in your neck of the woods (gyeongsan).

[samcheokguy]

[jkelly80]

The Tide is High

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbMYwuAHK_4